Grumman Options

[TigerGene]

TBO on the Tiger is 2000 hrs. Not sure about TBO on the C182 but I'm pretty sure it's less and more expensive to overhaul.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

If you are only getting 105kts true airspeed, at 2650-2700 rpm, there is definitely something wrong. My Ex-cheetah saw 128 kts true, my current tiger, 135kts true.

What year is toy traveler? Do you have wheel pants and brake covers? Which prop? How many hrs on the engine/cylinders?

I will send you a p.m. I don't want to tear out the thread

 

[Skyrys62]

My Cheetah, with the STC, got about 120-122 KTAS at a bit under 8 gph.

Watcha gettin in the C172N-180?

 

[ktup-flyer]

TBO on the Tiger is 2000 hrs. Not sure about TBO on the C182 but I'm pretty sure it's less and more expensive to overhaul.

mine is 2000. Most are 1500

 

[Pilawt]

Watcha gettin in the C172N-180?

125 KTAS at 9 gph, with long-stack Power-Flow exhaust, Maple Leaf fairing, flap gap seals and full factory wheel & brake fairings.

 

[Skyrys62]

nice..
whaddya reckon the fuel burn is?

 

[Pilawt]

nice..
whaddya reckon the fuel burn is?

9 gph or so at cruise. I flight plan 10 gph average, including takeoff and climb, on longer trips and usually come out a bit ahead.

Cheetah was more fun to fly, to be sure, but the 172 handles high DA and short and rough fields better. After the Cheetah I had a ‘59 Bonanza then a Sport Cub. Then I inherited my dad’s 172, and couldn’t bear to sell it, so here we are.

 

[Skyrys62]

Sounds like a good pilot-plane combination.