Congrats, You'll soon grow into it and will love it! If you do lose the
engine, look straight down for a landing spot, because that is about
as far as you'll get (actually about a 45 degree down cone is
reachable). It glides about like a brick. Don't even try to make it
back to the runway unless you have at least 1200 feet and have practiced it.

You may find that carrying a bit of power into the flare helps keep you
from dropping it onto the runway, especially if you are heavy. Gap
seals help the landing as well as the climb rate significantly (but
don't do much for cruise speed). The best mod I did to mine though (out
of a long list) is the skycraft wing mounted landing lights that get cut
into the leading edge of the wings just inboard of the tip tanks.
You'll find that the stock nose light is only good for illuminating the
pavement that you can't see through the nose.

I've owned mine (a 1965 -260) for 12 years now, and I still love it.
One last thing, if you aren't already a member, the Cherokee Pilot's
association's on-line chat is worth every penny of the yearly dues for
the near instant advice you can get on there.


Steven Barnes wrote:

Well my partners & I are officially broke, again. We picked up our 1966
Cherokee Six today. I got my checkout & gave 1 partner the beginning of his.
Compared to our 180, it's huge!

In a couple weeks we upgrade the panel.



One thing that amazes me is the power off sink rate. In the 180, you'd lose
about 500-600 feet in a 210 degree turn back to a runway (learning this
number from practice up at altitude). Today we tried it and the Six lost
1000 feet easy. Heavy thing.