Bigger tank for early Arrow

Anybody know of a (legal) way to expand the 50 gal fuel capacity of an
early Piper Arrow?

(Yeah, I know, buy an Arrow II, but I love this airplane)

http://www.cabo-rental.net/cherokee235/cherokeestc1.htm

This is a list of every STC ever made for Cherokees. If there's one for
expanding the fuel capacity of the Arrow, it'll be listed here.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:UN41c.28397$PR3.505833@attbi_s03...
http://www.cabo-rental.net/cherokee235/cherokeestc1.htm

This is a list of every STC ever made for Cherokees. If there's one for
expanding the fuel capacity of the Arrow, it'll be listed here.

Thanks, Jay - great site for 235/6 owners! But not a tank listed.
Kinda surprising given the relatively small tank size.

Paul H

(PaulH) wrote in message . com...
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:UN41c.28397$PR3.505833@attbi_s03...
http://www.cabo-rental.net/cherokee235/cherokeestc1.htm

This is a list of every STC ever made for Cherokees. If there's one for
expanding the fuel capacity of the Arrow, it'll be listed here.

Thanks, Jay - great site for 235/6 owners! But not a tank listed.
Kinda surprising given the relatively small tank size.


50 gals is about 5 hrs of 75% cruise in the 180 hp Arrow. That's
not too bad. Unforunately, the bigger tanks were only fitted to
tapered wing Arrows.

I thought 50 gallons was a lot of fuel after stepping up from a 172
with 37.5 usable.


John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Well, if you don't feel comfortable sharing with me, then stay on the
ground.

Me, too. Then, I got 84 gallons.

Of course, my fuel burn went up 50%, so...

Much always wants more.

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

John Galban wrote:
: (PaulH) wrote in message . com...
: "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:UN41c.28397$PR3.505833@attbi_s03...
: http://www.cabo-rental.net/cherokee235/cherokeestc1.htm
:
: This is a list of every STC ever made for Cherokees. If there's one for
: expanding the fuel capacity of the Arrow, it'll be listed here.
:
: Thanks, Jay - great site for 235/6 owners! But not a tank listed.
: Kinda surprising given the relatively small tank size.
:

: 50 gals is about 5 hrs of 75% cruise in the 180 hp Arrow. That's
: not too bad. Unforunately, the bigger tanks were only fitted to
: tapered wing Arrows.

: I thought 50 gallons was a lot of fuel after stepping up from a 172
: with 37.5 usable.


: John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

The nice thing about the (relatively) higher power cherokees (or any plane for
that reason) is you don't *have* to use it. I generally fly my 180 at 65%, which is
like the 140/150 at 75% (8.5 gph) but kinder to the engine, can run a little leaner,
etc. There comes a point where putting more power on an airframe in cruise just makes
it burn more gas, not go much faster. I just looked at the cruise chart on mine...
roughly 15% more gph for 7% more speed from 65% to 75%. I suspect Jay can see that
pretty readily... of course he's got another 150 lbs of engine/airplane to have to
haul around too. What's your empty weight, Jay?

-Cory

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On 2-Mar-2004, (PaulH) wrote:

Anybody know of a (legal) way to expand the 50 gal fuel capacity of an
early Piper Arrow?

(Yeah, I know, buy an Arrow II, but I love this airplane)


Actually, the larger (total 72 gal. usable) tanks did not appear until the
Arrow III. I understand that Piper went to the larger tanks because of the
thirstier Turbo Arrow III. The normally aspirated version benefited with
exceptional range. Of course you can't fill the tanks if the cabin load is
heavy, but being able to trade off range for payload is a very good feature.

The smaller (50 gal) tanks on earlier Arrows are a bit constraining for IFR
flights that require an alternate.

-Elliott Drucker