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.
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 ...
The model year is not indicated for Cessna single-engine models; after the model number prefix the numbers are sequential (with some exceptions, as noted below, and don't necessarily start at '1').