Flight journal: Flight 92

[beaky]

[color=#000000]01-15-00

N07-local

C172

1.9 solo; 8 landings

"shorts & softs; trip to 4N1- no landing there (snow on runway)"

clear, lite NW wind, -10C

Scheduled for 8AM. After preheating and preflight, it's 0820. But I've wisely booked an extra hour...

This 'hawk, 06G, is new to me, but it seems OK. Until I

[Brett_Henderson]

There was an approved modification for 160hp C172s that allowed for upping the usefull load by 100lbs.. Part of that mod was limiting flap deployment to 20 degrees.. Maybe that was it ?

[beaky]

There was an approved modification for 160hp C172s that allowed for upping the usefull load by 100lbs.. Part of that mod was limiting flap deployment to 20 degrees.. Maybe that was it ?

Maybe. It was a '71 L model, with a 320 (which could be rated for 150 or 160 hp). But as I recall, the flap indicator did not reflect the limitation (or much of anything, LOL).