Piper COMANCHE User guide

NOTICE

THIS

liANDB6oK

NOT

DESIGNED,

NOR

CAN

ANY

HANDBOOK

SERVE,

SUBSTITUTE

FOR

ADEQUATI~

AND

COMPETENT

FLIGHT

INSTRUCTlON,

KNOWLEDGE

TI.11S

CURRENT

AIRWORTI4INESS

DIRECTlVES,

THE

APPLICABLE

FEDERAL

AIR

REGULATIONS,

AND

AbVlSORY

CiRCULARS.

NOT

lNTENDED

GUIDE

BASIC

FLIGHT

INSTRUCTION,

NOR

TRAINING

MANUAL.

THE

13ANDBOOIC

DESIGNED:

HELP

YOU

OPERATE

YOUR

COMANCHE

WITH

SAFETY

AND

CONFIDHNC&.

FULLY

ACQUAINT

YOU

WITH

THE

BASIC

PERFORMANCE

AND

HANDLING

CHARACTERISTICS

THE

AJRPLANE.

FULLY

EXPLAIN

YOUR

COMANCHE'S

OPERATION

THAN

PERMISSIBLE

SET

FORTH

THE

AIRPLANE

FLIGHT

MANUAL.

THERE

'ANY

INCONSISTENCY.

BETWEEN

THIS

HANDBOOK

AND

THE

AIRPLANE

FWGHT

MANUAL

APPROVED

THE

F.A.A.,

THE

AIRPLAN&

FLIGHT

MANUAL

SHALL

GOVERN.

Revised

text

and

iIIustrations

shall

indicated

black

vertical

line

the

margin

opposite

rhc

change.

Additional

copjes

this

manual,

Part

No.

753

529,

may

obtained

fr&~

your

Piper

Dealer.

Published

PUBLICATIONS

DEPARTMENT

Piper

Aircraft

Corporation

753529

Issued;

October

1960

Revised:

April

1973

Page

The

Piper

Comanche

SECTION

DESIGN

FEATURES

Specifications:

SECTION

Tire

PIper

Canrunehe

II.

Engine

and

Propeller:

Tha

Comanche

Model

180

quipped

with

Lycoming

0-360-

seriw

engine

rated

180

2700

RPM.

The

engine

the

250

Lycorning

0-54Q-A

series,

developing

250

2575

RPM.

Both

engines

have

compression

ratios

8.5

and

require

92/96

octane

minimup

fuel.

They

are

iurniahed

with

geared

starter,

ampere

12-volt

generator,

voItage

regulator,

shielding,

fuel

pump,

propeller governer, vacuum

pump

drive,

and

carburetax

air

box

and

filter.

The

exhaust

system

the

180

stainless

steel

croas

over

type.

large

mumer

and

oversize

heater

shroud

provided

both

the

180

and

250

installations,

supply

heat

for

cabin

and

carburetor

heater

systems.

Engine

cooling

aocomplished

cowl

flaps

exhaust

augmentera,

and

cowl

Aanga.

without

the

complication

without

drag

producing

fixed

Ihe

PIpef

CosuncAe

SECTIoN

The

180

uses

the

Harkell,

madel

HC92ZK8D

the

McCnuley,

model

2D36Clk

The

250

uses

the

Hartzell,

model

HC82XKID.

AII

propeilers

are

constallt

speed

controllable.

111..

Fuselage

and

Wing

Structures:

Structures

are

d~eer

aluminum

construction,

and

are

designed

uitimate

load

factors

well

excess

mormal

wquiremnts.

All

camponents

are

campktely

zinc

chron~aie

primed,

exterior

surfaces

are

enameled

well.

The

main

spars

the wings

are

joined

with

high

strength

butt

fitting9

the

center

the

fuselage,

making

effect

c~ndnuous

~nain

spar.

Main

spurs

are

nuached

the

fuselage

the

side

the

fuaelage

and

the

cetkter

tlie

structure;

win5

are

attached

also

the

rear

spar

and

auxiliary

front

spat.

The

wing

airfoil

section

laminar

flow

NACA642A215,

with

maximum

thickness

about

403,

aft

the

eading

edge.

This

permits

the

tnuin

spar,

located

the

point

maximum

thich~ess,

pass

through

the

cabin

urrder

the

rear

neat,

pruvidiq

ul)~h!iW~ctetl

cabin

llour

space

ahead

reur

acat.

SECTION

The

Pipcr

Cnmunrhe

landing

Gear:

The

main

wheds

are

Cleveland

Aircra£t

Products

Model

3070,

600

witll

single

disc

hydraulic

brakes,

Model

3000-250.

The

nose

wheel

Cleveland

Model

38501;

all

wheels

have

600

tires.

The

nose

gear

steerable

through

degree

arc

through

use

the

rudder

pedals.

the

nose

gear

retracts,

khe

steering

linkage

disengages

reduce

rudder

pedal

loads

Righi.

The

nose

wheel

equipped

with

hydraulic

sl~irnmy

damper.

Many

the

parts

the

three

air-ail

type

landing

gear

units,

including

die

forks,

ruts,

lorque

links,

are

interchangeable.

All

three

gears are

inflated

approximately

inches

strut

exlension.

The

landing

gear

retracted

extended

secanda

electric

motor

installed

under

the

front

center

floorboards,

actuating

push-pull

controls

cach

the

gears,

Manual

extension

the

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