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Picture of my newest ride, joins the taylorcraft and cub.
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C172, Lycoming powered, very nice.
Please pump up the nose strut a little!!!!
Rob
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180 hp Super hawk, just got it.TF# 702 Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember amatuers built the ark, professionals built the titanic!Comment
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What is that thing hanging down under the front, right behind the exhaust?Randy Buell
1940 BL-65 N27504
1946 C140 N89129
“No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.” WWComment
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Yea yea i know it's not a tail dragger, it was a deal I could not pass up. 2200 total with 250 on conversion, all new avionics including JPI engine engine monitor!TF# 702 Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember amatuers built the ark, professionals built the titanic!Comment
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I'm sure the fuel burn will be similar to the T-Craft. LolCheers,
Marty
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1946 BC-12D N95258
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Looks good George!Mike
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Nice looking airplane George.That would be fun to fly with the 180.Comment
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I was just having fun. I tried to put one of the smiley things on my post but it did not work. I have one with the training wheel in front also.Originally posted by flybikefarm View PostRandy Buell
1940 BL-65 N27504
1946 C140 N89129
“No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.” WWComment
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At least with my "other" plane, I have the decency to tuck that nosewheel thing out of site where decent folks don't have to see it hanging out...
But I do admit that the Cessna with a 180 should be a blast to fly. Congrats on a nice new bird!Attached FilesSkip Egdorf
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George: the XPII is a great machine (like a C182 but in a C172 airframe). Have good fun!Originally posted by flybikefarm View Post
The French-built 172 Reims Rocket, from which your machine is derived, uses a 6-pot 210hp Continental, and it is as smooth as silk.
About 10 years ago I had great fun during two weeks of flying a Penn-Yan (as in NY State) converted 172 (with Lycoming 4-pot 180hp) around Queensland in Australia. Fixed pitch-prop, mind you, because at 500 hours of use, the blades were scrap from all the gravel rash. What a wonderful machine.
If & when I get too old to handle tailwheels, I'd have an XPII / Reims Rocket or a Penn Yann 172 any time.
Gravel / mud strips in Australia:
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Nice pictures. I still have the cub and taylorcraft.TF# 702 Don't be afraid to try something new. Remember amatuers built the ark, professionals built the titanic!Comment
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Nice plane George. Now you will never get the T-craft done. You and Janis will just be flying around in all that luxury and comfort.
Fly down to see us. I can get you some cheep gas.
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