I have herd that from more than you people telling me to stay away some say
best plane they ever owned (after vac. converstion) and you will not regret
buying one getting a lot of mixed opinions on this airplane. i like the
manual flap's no motors or switches to fail and hard top forget to put them
up like electric.

I Need to know main things to look for on this model like trouble spots ect.
any one know what it would cost to to a vac. pump conversion.



"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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(John Galban) wrote:

Other than that is a a great flying plane. Expect about 120 mph in
cruise. Landing is a piece of cake with the barndoor 40 degree manual
flaps, but beware of the nose heaviness mentioned in another post.
With 2 up, if your not carrying ballast in the baggage compartment,
you may have some difficulty keeping the nose off the ground when
landing with full flaps.

I never had a problem landing a '57 Cessna 172 with two in the front,
no backseat ballast, and full flaps. (About 400 lbs in the front, I
think). Just trimmed it properly.

Rob