New member - hello! (Hawk XP II amphibian)

bnesheimbnesheim
in Show and Tell: Say Hello and Show Us What You Fly

After several years sharing an aircraft in the Plymouth Flying Club I took the plunge this summer

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and became a Cessna owner myself. Here is my 1979 R172K on a mooring on LIttle Squam Lake. Loving it so far, although I do have one cylinder that tends to run hot (#3). Love to hear any advice on easy ways to loose a few pounds and increase my useful load (currently about 600lbs on the Wipare 2350A's)

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  • MikeJJMikeJJ Aviation Director, Forum Moderator

    Hi there bnesheim! That is one good looking amphibian! Congratulations on your purchase! Wishing you many years of flying fun.

    Regards,

    Mike

    • Michael Jay Jones (MikeJJ), 
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  • planewrenchplanewrench IA 48yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector

    Bn, Good looking combination I'd have to check but if you add VG's do you get a small weight increase?

    IA 47yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector 172n

  • bnesheimbnesheim

    Thanks. While VGs reduce stall speed a bit I've never read that they can increase the GW the airframe can carry. And I already have a Horton STOL kit anyway. Right now my priority is to ditch the inop Cessna 300A Navomatic autopilot and the Cessna 300 ADF, and perhaps upgrade to electronic AI and DG so I can ditch the vacuum system. That may let me carry a couple of more gallons :-),

  • planewrenchplanewrench IA 48yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector

    Yeah without looking I couldn't remember if VG's would be any benefit but you've already got the stol perfect.

    Swapping out the radios is probably the best way to go at this point I keep my ADF like to listen to ball games lol. Carl

    IA 47yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector 172n

  • bnesheimbnesheim

    So I've been looking into ways to manage hot CHT on climb out and found that by turning on the electric boost pump (on low) in low airspeed climbs I can easily get CHTs below 400. Any comments on disadvantages of doing this (other than wasting fuel)? Would GAMI injectors help with this?

  • planewrenchplanewrench IA 48yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector

    If electric fuel pump makes that much of a difference you need to see when the last time the fuel pump pressures were set up and checked. Find somebody's that has gauges and can do a complete setup from the TCM manual m. Possible indication you're away on the low side of fuel scheduling. Carl

    IA 47yr A&P DAL A/C Inspector 172n

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