poetpilot the 6 cylinder Conti may not be as powerful as the 4 pot Lyc 145hp v 160hp) but it sounds sooo much nicer
They can be a tad prone to cylinder barrel cracking if abused as they are a bit more sensitive to shock cooling than the Lycoming (same prob on 130 hp Aerobats cos they use the same cylinder barrels - or so I've been told
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Cessna changed the max flap setting from 40 to 30 deg cos a few people had real trouble trying to do a go around with 40 deg of flap down.
Apparently side slips with full flap in a C172 are VERY interesting as the flaps blanket the airflow to the vertical fin/rudder resulting in the nose trying to tuck itself under the downgoing wing.........
