New (old) bird

I remember flying a -6 in the 1990s.. I also remember the magic number in
the traffic pattern was 90..
you get it too slow and you will be behind the power curve.
you think it's heavy.. wait until you load it.. granted.. two pax in the way
back seats make the flare a little easier..
is it a 260HP or 300HP
B

"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
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Well my partners & I are officially broke, again. We picked up our 1966
Cherokee Six today. I got my checkout & gave 1 partner the beginning of
his.
Compared to our 180, it's huge!

In a couple weeks we upgrade the panel.



One thing that amazes me is the power off sink rate. In the 180, you'd
lose
about 500-600 feet in a 210 degree turn back to a runway (learning this
number from practice up at altitude). Today we tried it and the Six lost
1000 feet easy. Heavy thing.


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CP-ASEL, instrument, CFI

It's a 260hp. Is that 90 magic number knots? or mph? Downwind, 85-90 knots
seemed to work well, with 80 knots around base & final. Slowing to 70 knots
across the numbers. We're still playing, so it'll take a while to get some
good numbers down.
On our test flying when we first looked at the plane, we had 2 up front & 2
in the aft row. Adding the 2nd notch of flaps seemed to cause a significant
pitch up motion. The landing was pretty smooth, though. Yesterday, my
partner's best landing was his no flap landing with much nose up. I was
hollering for power & he ignored me & greased it on. Pretty funny.

Now it's 14 degrees out & 24 knot winds with forecasts up to 32. She can sit
in the hanger today. :-)

"BT" wrote in message
...
I remember flying a -6 in the 1990s.. I also remember the magic number in
the traffic pattern was 90..
you get it too slow and you will be behind the power curve.
you think it's heavy.. wait until you load it.. granted.. two pax in the
way
back seats make the flare a little easier..
is it a 260HP or 300HP
B

"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
...
Well my partners & I are officially broke, again. We picked up our 1966
Cherokee Six today. I got my checkout & gave 1 partner the beginning of
his.
Compared to our 180, it's huge!

In a couple weeks we upgrade the panel.



One thing that amazes me is the power off sink rate. In the 180, you'd
lose
about 500-600 feet in a 210 degree turn back to a runway (learning this
number from practice up at altitude). Today we tried it and the Six lost
1000 feet easy. Heavy thing.


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CP-ASEL, instrument, CFI