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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