Piper PA22 Tri-Pacer "Flying Milkstool"
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Specification
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer
Type: four-seat cabin monoplane
Powerplant: One 160-hp Avco
Lycoming 0-320-B flat-four piston engine
Cruising speed: 130 mph
Performance: maximum speed 141 mph
Service ceiling 16,500 ft -
Range with max fuel 655 miles
Weights: empty (1,110 lb,
Mximum take-off 2,000 lb
Dimensions: Span 29 ft 31/4 in;
Length 20 ft 71/4 in,
Height 8 ft 4 in;
Wing area:147.50 sq ft |
Piper PA20 Pacer, PA22 Tri-Pacer, PA15 Vagabond
Length: 20'4" -Wingspan: 29'4"
A set of braced big-wing singles with two struts to wing
(compare similar Cessnas, with a single brace). Wings similar
in shape, but much stubbier than on the Piper Cub and Super
Cub. The TriPacer also shows a large air scoop over the nose
gear.
Piper, which had been building the very successful tandem-seat
Cub series, decided to add another low-cost item in 1948 and
1949, the fabric-winged PA15 Vagabonds, side-by-side two-seaters.
These quickly grew into the four-seat Pacers, with more powerful
engines than the Cubs. The much stubbler Pacer wing (about
threequarters the total area of the Cub wing) did allow the
Pacer to fly about 20
mph faster than the comparable Cub. Because of the lack of
lift in the shorter wing, it climbed about two-thirds as fast
as the Cub.
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