FR-172G Reims Rocket - whats the difference?

[Fabo]

Hello,

So I was biking yesterday and stop by the local airport and had a nice day loitering around airplanes, helped wash some nice Treners and so,

but I noticed one of the local Cessnas looked a little... different. Apparently, it is a model FR172G Reims Rocket.
Does anybody know what is the difference from your common Cessna or Reims Cessna 172?

Although I realise most of you are stateside and may not know much about Reims products...

[Ragwing]

Cessna licensed production of the C-172K to Reims Aviation in Reims, France.  Reims used a Rolls-Royce/Continental O-300-C 145 horsepower engine and designated the aircraft FP.172D.

This led to their further development of a 180 horsepower version, and the FR.172 Reims Rocket using Continental IO-360-D of 210 horsepower with a variable-pitch prop.

Another derivative was the R-172 Hawk XP with 195 horsepower Continental IO-360-K.

The US Air Force first used  a stripped  version of the C-172F as the T-41A Mescalero ab initio trainer with Continental O-300-D 145 horsepower six cylinder engines. In time, T-41Bs with 180 horsepower six cylinder fuel-injected Continental IOs were supplied to the US Army and T-41Cs were built under  USAF contracts. Most of the USAF T-41Cs were subsequently upgraded to T-41D versions with  210 horsepower and  constant speed props. Some T-41s are now civilian owned.

There were at least 746 Reims built.

The aircraft are mostly identifiable by their modified cowlings.

[Baradium]

Reims also built the twin caravan, which is a 404 fuselage with IIRC 421 wings and PT-6s.