Complex / High Performance / Low Performance

"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:eMmEc.7250$z81.6499@fed1read01...
so it would be Complex, but not High Performance.. C 172RG, Cutlass..
it
was
a sweet flying Skyhawk.. did not cruise like a standard gear dragger..

I was at GFK when UND still had the Cessna's. What years were you
there?


I was in GFK.. actually KRDR... from 1988-1991.

I was at GFK from 3/89-12/92.

"Troy Towner" wrote:
Actually it has to have 201 hp or more... 200 is not high perf.

Look, if you're going to nitpick, at least get it right. A high performance
airplane (under US FAA rules) is one which has an engine of greater than 200
HP. So a 200.5 HP engine is high performance, as is a 200.1 HP engine, as
is a 200.00000001 HP engine. The magic number is " 200" not " = 201".
See FAR 61.31

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory...R.nsf/0/283B12
B7EA4B82BD86256959004B99F0?OpenDocument


Russell Kent

Thanks for all your insights. I test flew a 182 last week and I'm hoping to
get up in a six this week.
RT
"EDR" wrote in message
...
In article , R.T. wrote:

For my needs a decent payload is going to be important, so I am
considering
purchasing a 182 or possibly a Cherokee 6 (which would suit me even
better).
Any opinions on either of these aircraft good or bad would be
appreciated.

Six seats vice four seats gives you more flexibility, leg room and
cargo space.

The Cherokee Six has a ten knot speed advantage in cruise (135 kts vice
125 kts).

For off airport/non-paved surface operations, the 182 will be less
succeptible to FOD damage (high wing and higher horizontal stabilizer)

Typical Cessna vice Piper arguements:
High wing vice low wing
Both have two doors, in this case!

I fly both and I think the 182 will get in and out of shorter fields.
Then again, the Cherokee Six has 300 higher gross (3400 lbs vice 3100
lbs)
The 1978 Cherokee Six has 84 gallons usable
The 1986 Cessna 182R has 88 gallons usable

The Cherokee Six consumes 16 gph in cruise
The 182 consumes 12 gph in cruise

My observations and experiences.