Glide speed for PA-28R-180?

[fussle]

Anyone know the best glide speed for a 1969 PA-28R-180 (arrow)? I looked in the owner's manual, AFM, and checklist; it doesn't state a best glide.

 

[DaveJ]

Use Vy

If not published, the best rate of climb speed should be pretty darn close.

 

[rcsimpson]

The Archer is about 73 KTS if I remember correctly.

 

[unreal]

I did my CFI in a 1967 Arrow (180hp), and we used 80 mph. Seems to work fine.

 

[Illini Pilot]

the pa-28-181 archer III best glide is 76 kias per the POH

 

[unreal]

The original 180hp Arrow built in the '60s had a shorter wingspan than the later models. Also, airspeed was measured in mph, not knots. Seriously, 80mph is the magic number here.

 

[cessna_driver2]

I flew 28r-200 '76 model. Best glide was 105 mph. I'm currently flying 28r-201 and best glide in that is 79 kts.


Hope it helps

 

[Night_Flight]

Greetings!

The best glide speed is published in many Piper PIM's or POH's. Look in the Performance charts. One chart is the glide distance chart. This chart is useful if planning prolonged flights over water.

For the PA28R-201, it specifies 79 KIAS, clean config, prop full/windmilling. I have +1000 in PA28R-201 and I agree that 79 KIAS does work very well. I would increase glide speed by 10 knots for the 200 model (only a reccomendation).

Hope this helps!

-Night_Flight-

 

[DaveJ]

By the way, for my 1973 PA28-200R, it's 105 MPH (gear up, prop windmilling).

 

[pilotmyf]

Go flying and find out by trial and error, have a student with a PA28-235, made sometime in the 18th century, and we had to go up and find out just about every speed, remember, they change with atmospheric conditions.

Good luck

 

[mizzouguy]

A 1969 PA28R200 is 105 MPH and that is published in the manual

 

[BoDEAN]

80 Mph

 

[flyflorida2001]

PA28-161 is 73 kts

and

PA28R-200 is 79 kts...so its somewhere in the middle

 

[unreal]

80mph...seriously.

I've heard of folks using 105, but that'll drop you like a rock.

 

[philo beddoe]

Around 110 mph. Straight down, though.

 

[fussle]

Thanks for the replies

Thank you for the replies. I used 80mph, and that speed works great. I tried 105, 100, and 90mph; those speeds definitely drop you like a rock. If anyone else is wondering, 80 mph for 1968 PA28R-180.

 

[Jester119]

Glide Speed

103-105 is good