Steve Weber's C180   N3880C at Johnson Creek Idaho (3U2)

Specs: 
1954, 0470 -L Continental engine 235 HP (later engine) 
Gross weight 2550 land plane & 2700 as sea plane. 

Factory specs: 
Load factor w/flaps up is +3.5 & -1.5
Never exceed speed is 184 mph
Maximum cruising speed is 160 mph,
Normal operating range is 64 - 160 mph, 
Normal take off on sod with 0 wind is 382 ft. 
I have seen climb rates as high as 1900 fpm in cool conditions
Fuel capacity is 60 gal with 55 usable. 
Fuel burn is approximately 11 gal hr at altitude & cruise speed. 

We have owned this plane for the past 8 years, flown to Oshkosh twice, to the tip of Baha in 1998 and plan to take it to Alaska for a month later this year. Currently the airframe has 5000 hours and the engine 1000 hr. It is a VFR aircraft with a Arnav R50V Loran and Lowrance GPS.

 

 

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