cforst513 said:
... do all cessna's essentially fly the same?
C172R's were certified according to NACO 321.5446 and were therefore required to comply with published standard physical laws effective at date of completion. (I believe DOC was established at the time of assembly of main wing structure to the wing box, but I might be mistaken on that point.)
C172Ns, on the other hand, were granted Waiver of Exceptions (WOES) to 4 published standard physical laws at the DOC. I'm a little fuzzy about which ones, but I seem to recall at least one of them dealt with left turns. In this case the C172N is not certified to turn left according to PSPL. In this case, I believe it was observed to turn more quickly than can be explained by laws of nature, but, again, I may be mistaken. It may be that it turns more slowly. Either way, yo uneed to be prepared for the left turns. It's not that the C172N won't turn left, it's just that the rates can't be explained by the published standard physical laws in existence at that time.
As for the other three PSPL waivers, I don't recall what those issues were. They must have been rather benign, or I might have recalled them. If memory serves, one of them has something to do with the right seat being occupied by a person weighing more than the person in the left, or maybe it was the other way around.
I think you better get a checkout just to be safe.
