: Cory:

: I, too, have the cherokee 180D (hershey bar). The published ceiling
: is 16K (ok, on a 1969 document) but I've had it up to 15K. I've
: noticed that the newer the cherokee, the lower the ceiling due to
: more weight of the aircraft. Overall max weight of 2400 has
: remained the same.

Remember that these published service ceilings are alegedly at max gross. I really doubt there are many 180's that can
actually make it up 15K at full gross. I've had mine up there before, but it was only with 2 people and 3/4 tanks... had about
50-100fpm is all.

-Cory



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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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