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Cessna Skyhawk C172: Features, Performance, and Flight Experience

Airspeed Junkie

With a maximum takeoff weight of 2,400 pounds and a maximum gross weight that ensures stability, this aircraft is robust enough to handle a variety of flying conditions. The control yoke and rudder pedals offer precise control, contributing to the ease of flying. It is powered by a 180-hp Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know. But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. As for outright performance, the Gweduck “will hold altitude on one engine.” lb/sq ft Power loading 10.32