How fast cessna 172

Minimum for Local Flight 6 qt. Minimum for X-Country 7 qt. Grade and Type Summer - W50 wt. Winter - 65W30 wt. Total Usable System Description: The airplane is equipped with a standard fuel system consisting of two vented fuel tanks, a fuel tank selector valve, fuel strainer, manual primer, and carburetor.

Landing Gear and Brakes System Description: Landing gear is fixed in the tricycle configuration with a steerable nosewheel. Tire Inflation: Mains 28 psi Nose 34 psi Electrical System Alternator 28 volt, 60 ampere Battery 24 volt System Description: Power is supplied to most general electrical items through the primary bus. Pitot-Static System System Description: The system is standard with a heated pitot head under the left wing and a static port on the left nose cowling.

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Special Missions Airborne Solutions Textron Aviation aircraft are engineered to be flexible and accommodating to meet a number of mission specific challenges. Ramp Vision. It purportedly improves very-low-speed roll response, but it's a subtle difference at best. There is no effect on speed. That so-called "Camber-Lift wing" was applied to the and in , and to the and , as well as the , in The Cardinal had a similar change in A few months ago the automotive section of the local newspaper had an article about the Aston Martin DB9.

I noticed that the DB9 has a greater maximum speed than our Cessna S. The Cessna was not designed for speed. The K had spring steel main landing gear. The L and later have tubular gear which is lighter and has less drag. The M has an improved cowling which Cessna claimed increased the speed.

And the N has 10 HP more power. If you want fast, get a Corvalis Cessna It is a fixed gear plane that has a cruise speed of knots, about twice as fast as a fixed gear Oh, a Cessna Corvalis would be so sweet. I love that plane, but what real person can afford to own and operate one? I have trouble keeping my XP flying. It isn't the fastest, doesn't have the biggest payload, burns gas almost as fast as I can pour it in the tank and requires lots of TLC, but it's cool as hell and that's why we play the game.

Well, there's always an RV, a poor man's Corvalis Well, not quite but pretty sweet nonetheless. But I digress Apart from the obvious engine differences, what were the differences between the and ?

Any airframe differences? Originally Posted By: Renegade 9. When we're over the interstate and going much faster than any of the cars down there and then they hit a traffic jam and we don't, the feels pretty fast indeed. But we're getting pretty far off of the subject. I don't think Racehorse is going to buy a Corvalis instead of a Maybe the seller is confused and meant that this one has the thinner main landing gear.

That doesn't make it faster since the tubular gear has less drag. He might have gotten this misinformation from the person who sold him the plane or some other mistaken K owner. This K could be a fine plane to buy, even if it is the same speed as earlier and later models.

I don't trust the seller but I would never trust a seller - and he shouldn't expect me to trust him. If the aircraft condition and equipment are good maybe you can use this performance information to negotiate a lower price.

And make sure you get everything in writing and have a really thorough pre-buy inspection. Originally Posted By: ramrod Flying isn't always faster, but down here there are several places where it's a heck of a lot faster to fly. Orlando, not such a big time saver, maybe 45 minutes when factoring in preflight, etc.

I find the sweet spot for time saving to be in the 3 - 4. It's faster than commercial and WAY faster than driving. What I have found is that door to door time is about equal on a mile trip. Anything longer than that it's faster to fly. Both are about a hour drive. Should be about a I'll take that. Here quite often when heading south we follow the highway a ways The nearest destination is about nauticals Still get an advantage with the and feel a lot safer.

Originally Posted By: Willie.