Speed mods for Cherokee180

If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go.

Thanks

Ballpark? 1 knot per $1000.

Tony

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"aluckyguess" wrote:

If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go.

Thanks




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tony roberts wrote in message news:nospam-BE420F.22335514112004@shawnews...
Ballpark? 1 knot per $1000.

And each one you add helps less and less but costs more and more. A 3
knot speed mod won't get you a full 3 knots if you've already cleaned
up the plane with another speed mod.

-Robert

If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go.

Our Cherokee 235 has 'em all.

Best bang for your buck? The full-boot wheel pants. You'll net 5 - 7 knots
from them.

Knots-2-U and Lopresti both make versions of these wheel pants.
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Jay Honeck wrote:
If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go.

Our Cherokee 235 has 'em all.
Best bang for your buck? The full-boot wheel pants. You'll net 5 - 7 knots
from them.
Knots-2-U and Lopresti both make versions of these wheel pants.

That's also the approximate gain you'll get from aileron/flap gap seals,
and I think the gap seal kits from Knot2U, etc are still cheaper than the
wheel pants kits.

Incidentally, the mods are definitely NOT $1000 per knot. Maybe more like
$250-300 per knot.

--- Jay


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Jay Masino wrote:
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That's also the approximate gain you'll get from aileron/flap gap seals,
and I think the gap seal kits from Knot2U, etc are still cheaper than the
wheel pants kits.


No way you get 5-7 knots from flap and aileron gap seals. 1-3 maybe.

Newps wrote:
Jay Masino wrote:
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That's also the approximate gain you'll get from aileron/flap gap
seals, and I think the gap seal kits from Knot2U, etc are still
cheaper than the wheel pants kits.


No way you get 5-7 knots from flap and aileron gap seals. 1-3 maybe.



Agreed. Any company that quotes 5-7 for gap seals is trying to create a gap
in your wallet.

Newps wrote:
No way you get 5-7 knots from flap and aileron gap seals. 1-3 maybe.

I did (approximately). It's been a while, so I don't remember the exact
number, but my cruise speed went up by a definite, measurable amount when
I installed the Knots2U kit. I'm sure it was atleat 5 knots. At the
time, the Knots2U kit was only something like $800.

--- Jay


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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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If I put all the speed mods on my 180 how much faster will it really go.

Our Cherokee 235 has 'em all.

Best bang for your buck? The full-boot wheel pants. You'll net 5 - 7
knots
from them.

Knots-2-U and Lopresti both make versions of these wheel pants.
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Jay Honeck

So your wheel pants cost 5 thousand dollars? WoW! g
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So your wheel pants cost 5 thousand dollars? WoW! g

Heh. I don't know what they cost originally, but I just paid a thousand
bucks to have them completely re-done. (The fiberglass was in bad shape,
as was most of the connecting hardware...)

I'd have left them off, but we literally dropped 5 - 7 knots without them.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"