faster 182?

ktbr wrote:
How much does thirty extra minutes on your tach cost you?

I see your point (adding another $47.50 to my cost above). There's also the
question of "how much is 30 minutes worth to you?"

I'm really wondering if the airframe is the root of the speed difference or
power settings. I haven't parked next to a glass Skylane, so I don't konw
what airframe differences there are. If a different style wheel pant and
cowl would buy me 27 knots, I'm all over it.

On the other hand, if most of this comes from running at a significantly
higher power setting, it doesn't look as appealing. There may also be a
significant difference in powerplant since I'm running a carbureted 230hp
engine and I'd bet he's running an IO-540 (260hp?).

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