In earlier years, when the fairings were "optional at extra cost" equipment, Cessna manuals had a footnote on the performance charts about deducting 'x' knots if fairings not installed; I don't see such a footnote in the 172N manual. Assuming an "average" 172N, I'd guess about 115 KTAS with full fairings and 110 without. YMMV. 4.
One of the Cessna 150/152 club articles discusses the fuel stick issue. I believe they found the fuel hawk 152 gauge is more accurate on the 150 than 152 due to fuel hawk adding a safety factor to their number and the 152 holding an extra gallon in each tank. I would double check the article, but I use a 152 fuel hawk tube gauge and find it works well.
Last October I bought a Cessna 182R 1981. I was lucky enough it came with a hangar. The plane was generally in good flying condition, though the paint was and still is in bad shape. I tracked all my expenses for the first year. I know this is generally something people are looking for...
First Year of Ownership - Cost of a Cessna 182 - Pilots of America
I would have dumped the old cessna switches for something else and made sure there was room for extra ones. I'm sure we could have used a larger font, but I'm pretty happy with the font size in person. While this was happening the interior was out. I started to go down the path of replacing interior parts as well.
We recently acquired a 1979 Cessna 172N with the Air Plains 180hp conversion and a Horton STOL kit including gates, tips and cuffs. ... What I'm wondering though is: what changes, if any, should I be making to my short and/or soft field takeoffs? I'm still using my usual technique: stick full aft until the nose wheel comes up, then hang out on the bleeding edge of the wheelie until the mains ...