The Cessna 175 - Where it Fits in the Cessna Line Up
The aircraft for sale is a C175B Skylark.
The Cessna 175 Skylark is a four-seat, single- engine, high-wing airplane that was produced between 1958 and 1962 by the Cessna Aircraft Company.It was designed to fill a niche between the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and the heavy-duty Cessna 180 and 182 Skylane. Skylark was the name given to the deluxe versions of the 175 from 59-62.
Through it's lifetime the basic airframe design changed once, from the straight cowl, straight tail to the hump nosed cowl and slanted tail of the later models. The fastback fuselage was retained through the entire production line.
Externally, the most noticeable difference between the 172 and the 175 is the slight hump on the engine cowl behind the propeller. The hump is there to accommodate the heart of its improved performance, the geared GO-300 Continental engine.
The engine of the C175 was rated at 175 hp (130 kW), or 30 hp (22 kW) more than the engine of the 172. The Skylark, with 175 horsepower, is 15 mph faster than a Skyhawk and can take off and land in shorter distances.
The 175 model had Cessna's newly designed split level instrument panel, placing all of the primary flight instruments directly in front of the pilot, instead of spreading them out over the panel like earlier Cessna's. This makes them much better for IFR use then the previous Cessna models.
The 175 is impressively quiet thanks to the GO-300 geared engine driving the 82" propeller at a maximum of 2400 rpm, however, the small whirring noise of the gear reduction drive will take some getting used to by those not familiar with it.
All of the 175's employ manual flap activation with a bar on the tunnel between the seats, and this makes them great for STOL operations when coupled with an appropriate STOL kit.
Between 1958 and 1962, a total of 2,106 were built. The basic airplane was sold as a 175. The Skylark C175B included a package of optional equipment and a special paint scheme.
