Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: Plthijnx on December 19, 2005, 04:42:19 AM
Title: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: Plthijnx on December 19, 2005, 04:42:19 AM
hey guys, i was just reading over a spec sheet that i derived from the POH out of the Geronimo that I fly from time to time and was relishing how much I enjoyed flying that aircraft and want to know what aircraft y'all best enjoy.....my obvious choice is the Geronimo, afterall, I earned my multi-commercial ticket in her. biased? maybe, but I love her! here's the spec sheet I came up with for my checkride and to remind myself about her....(you DO go over this material for the planes you fly, right?) Engines - Lycoming O-320B 160 H.P. @2700 RPM Single Engine Rate of Climb - 180 fpm Single Engine Service Ceiling - 5,500 Empty Weight - 2417.3 Useful Load - 1382.7 Fuel - (Nylon & Neoprene Fuel Cells) Mains - 72 Gal. (36 ea) Aux - 36 Gal. (18 ea) Total - 108 Gal. 18.8 GPH @ 75% Power 16.3 GPH @ 65% Power Heater Consumption - 1 QPH From Left Main Fuel Cell Hydraulic System Gear and Flaps - MIL-O-5606 Gear has Anti-Retraction valve on left main Hydraulic Pump is on Left Engine Gear Retraction/Extension Takes Approx. 10-12 Secs. Flap Operation Takes Approx. 4 Secs Emergency Ext. Via Hand Pump Under Pedastal 30-40 pumps or if Hydraulic Failure then Emergency Ext. - CO-2 charge Released by Pulling Emerg. Ext. Ring Under Pilots Seat Flaps Must be Down to Fill Hydraulic System. Chk Level Visually in Left Access Nose Pnl Emergency Flap Extension - 12 pumps on handle Electrical - 12V - 33A/H Battery Generators - 2 (1 Per Engine) - 12V 35 Amp - Kicks in @ 1200 RPM Vacuum Pumps - 2 - One Per Engine Operation Range: ****POH has two values listed. see top page 20 in section I and Suppliment 5 report 948 page 14****** Page 20, Section I states: 3-3/4" to 4-1/2" Hg. Suppliment 5 report 948 page 14 States: In Left or Right Source Position - 8" to 10"Hg In Gyro Compass or Gyro Horizon Position - 4-1/4" to not more than 5" Hg. Engine Oil - Max - 8 Qts. Min - 2 Qts. Tire Pressure Main - 35 psi, Size - 700 X 6 Nose - 27 psi, Size 600 X 6 Brakes Type - Cleveland Fluid - MIL-O-5606, Fill Through Access Panel on Left Side of Nose Props - Low - 11.8 +/- 2 Degrees Start Lock - 17.3 +/- 1.5 Degrees Feather - 78 +/- 1 Degrees 72" Diameter Max, 71" Minimum Opposing forces: Air Charge Spring Counterweights Props held out of high pitch/feather per oil pressure against a propeller mounted hydraulic piston that oppose above mentioned forces to low pitch/high RPM Radios - Nav Radios Y-Tap into One Antenna Comm Radios Have Separate Antennas
Title: Re: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: Sleek-Jet on December 20, 2005, 11:13:11 PM
My straight tail 182 was by far my favorite... but I would be a little biased. The cool thing about those older Cessna's was they were light. My 59 182 was nothing more than a 230 hp 172... ;D Even fully loaded in Vegas during the summer, I would be off and climbing at a 1000 fpm in less than a 1000 feet, without really trying. It would climb to 15,000 feet in the winter and cruise all day long, no problems. And the manual flaps were just cool. 8)
A close second would be a Bellanca Turbo Viking... talk about a sweet flying bird. A little tight in the cockpit, but she was silky smooth in the air.
I like the old B model Aztec I got my multi in as well. Kinda like a twin engine super cub, with those big old fat wings out there and two big fans blowing accross them. Trying to stay on the ground until blue-line was a challange with just me and an instructor aboard.
Title: Re: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: leiafee on January 03, 2006, 10:05:53 PM
Still only a student so haven't a vast swathe of types to my name, but of those good souls who let me get my mitts on their aeroplanes, far and away my favourite has been a Beagle Pup.
Lovely aeroplane. Wonderful feel to the controls, nice visibilty, cracking rate of climb, semi-aerobatic and just fun.
If I won a fortune tomorrow I wouldn't get anything dramatic or glamourous of mega-powerful, I'd get one of those in a short second.
Title: Re: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: fireflyr on January 26, 2006, 05:36:08 PM
OKAY, I just spotted this subject for the first time so I gotta brag about an airplane---unfortunetly it ain't mine but at least I get to instruct the owner. It'a a Cessna 185 that's been tweaked with every speed mod available plus some that were thought up by the owner AND it's got a brand-new IO550 Continental that was balanced and polished to where it puts out 370 HP on the dyno coupled to a 3 blade scimatar prop. It's airborne at 50 Knots in about 3 seconds and accelerating through 90 before you can release the 1st notch of flaps---climbs out of pattern altitude before you get to the end of a 4500 ft runway, and the trues about 165 knots at 4000 MSL. It is the hottest single engine recip general aviation A/C I have ever flown. But my favorite recip airplane for good manners and reliability is the Rockwell Shrike---good single engine performance, comfortable on long flights, and you can hang over a fire at 90 knots all day doing steep turns and it will never try to bite you in a stall.
Title: Re: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: pilotfriend on February 06, 2006, 05:37:51 PM
Always thought it would be Mooney forever until I built my Glasair. It is the ultimate
Title: Re: favorite aircraft to fly
Post by: fireflyr on February 06, 2006, 05:54:05 PM
What kind of power and performance for the Glasair?
