Cessna cruising speed

[Auriga]

Does it seem reasonable that a Cessna 172 flies at about 182 feet per second? I'm trying to do some nav calculations and I'm not sure they're right.

Thanks all.

 

[VNugget]

(110 mi/hr) (1/3600 hr/sec) (5280 feet/mi) = 161.3 feet/sec

 

[Ralgha]

(110 knots) (1/3600 hr/sec) (6076 feet/Nmi) = 185 feet/sec

 

[ROB-x38]

Yes

182 ft/s * 3600 / 6076 = 107.8 KTS

Reasonable

 

[mattpilot]

just curious.... who does Nav calculations in Ft/sec ?


You know.. you don't have to be *that* exact on your checkride

 

[minitour]

just curious.... who does Nav calculations in Ft/sec ?


You know.. you don't have to be *that* exact on your checkride

...so you mean the DE won't want to see the C++ Program I wrote for him???

I coulda sworn I saw that in the PTS

 

[GVFlyer]

Knots X 1.68780986 = feet per second

GVFlyer