Originally Posted by
crap pilot
I would go with the 180 if you are going to be flying it out of Barton. The little bit of extra power will come in usefull if you want to put a couple of fattys in with you.
Well I'm 'a fatty' to start off with, so I need to either:
1) Lose weight (avoid curry & real ale)
2) Only carry supermodels (size 'zero')
3) Get a more powerful engine
Option 1 is difficult to achieve - after all is it posible to live a life without curry and real ale?
Option 2 is very difficult to achieve - see Option 1.
It looks like option 3. Would I notice much difference in reality between a PA28-160 and a PA28-180 ? That's 11% more power - is that 11% shorter takeoff?
T.