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News of July 30, 2003
When will you be able to own and fly in an STC'd diesel 172, 182 or Cherokee?
As of August 1st, it seems that by end of year at latest, the following STC's will be OK'd by FAA and available as standard conversions at fixed price for an initially airworthy aircraft: - Cessna 172 (wait for exact models, years) with Thielert Engine 135HP, possibly with a constant speed propeller. Such a propeller would anyway be recommended for best performance at take off and initial climb, in which case the 172 demonstrator flying in Europe shows performance as good or better than a 172 with O-320 160HP gasoline engine.
- Piper Cherokee (wait for exact models, years) with Thielert Engine 135HP, possibly with a constant speed propeller.
- Cessna 182P and later models with SMA Engine and 3-blade constant speed propeller.
posted at 4:20 AM
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