Fantastic video! I flew 800 +hrs in 67’ Cherokee 6. The perfect heavy hauler. 45kg in nose locker, 45 kg in rear locker, 6 adults and could carry fuel for 2 return trips to Whitsundays islands plus reserves from Australian mainland. Simple , rugged and bulletproof. Only recurring issues were pitting on oleo struts (from gravel airstrips) which would wear out the rubber seal and leak oil eventually causing strut to sag to bottom limits of the travel. Apart from that it’s the SUV of Ga.
Mark, great video! I am the owner of a 1979 PA32-300 and would like to correct your statement regarding the fuel system on the 1979 Cherokee Six. They carry 98 gallons of fuel with 94 gallons usable. The fuel selector only has two tank options (left, right, and off). Each wing actually has two interconnected tanks. The inboard tank holds 25 gallons and has a gauge on the wing that goes to 25 gallons since you cannot visual see fuel in that tank. The outboard tank has the filler cap and holds 24 gallons. The left and right fuel gauges on the panel take readings from both fuel senders in each of the two tanks per side and show a fuel level based upon those combined readings.
Yes, you are correct, two tanks in the wing, no tip tank, one filler on the uphill tank and a sight gauge on the lower. It's the only year with that configuration and club-seating before the Saratoga came out in 1980 with the single tanked tapered with and 105 gallons. It's a unique year.
Love the Six. Flew a 300 from Enid OK to Tijuana MX one year with patient on stretcher...quite a trip. Sturdy, steady, reliable, roomy platform. Plus - ground effect landings.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Thanks for the video. Fairly new pilot and trained in Cessnas. Purchased a Cherokee 235 during the tail end of training and took my checkride in it. Much prefer the Cherokee over the Cessnas I trained in. The 235 is very similar to the 6 with the same wing, fuel tanks, and O540 engine (lower compression producing 235 hp). We will be looking to upgrade to a 6 probably by the end of this year. Really liked your review of the interior and seats. Excellent!
@@8120joe Yes, The 235 is the mini Cherokee Six. Cherokee 180 airframe and 235 HP 0-540 engine. Great laod hauler with four seats and a huge useful load. I'm getting one in on Saturday and might have to do a Cherokee Six/235 comparison video.
I owned a 79 six and flew it off a grass strip. Took me a bit to get the landings down but sure was stable comapred to the 172 I trained in. These were also called the coffin plane because you could take out the rear seats and place a coffin in the back kind of a thing for funeral directors who wanted a cheap way to transport a customer.
The 6 is the result of a brainstorming lunch with William and Winnebago. Flies like an RV, but I love them. Built solid, can lift just about anything you can put in them and very comfortable. My favorite is the NA Lances with club seating. Happily trade a few knots for the comfort over the pricier competition. Sadly the later Saratogas gained too much weight. One correction. Flap settings are 10, 25 and 40. Always enjoy your videos.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 For the low wing, original "Johnson-bar" equipped Pipers (PA28,PA32,PA34,PA44,etc) yes. I believe Piper retained the same deflections when the flaps became electric in later models.
Every time I watch you land at Placerville it reminds me of Monroville airport in western PA . even the fact that if your to low you will crash into that hill. Sadly Monroville is up for sale Thanks Mark
Flew in the old carbureted 260.....what a workhorse....used a lot in Alaska. Don't remember much but gear/wheel/tires must have been pretty robust for those airstrips.
Hi Mark! You've kept referring to the Seneca and Saratoga that the "6" is similar to. The Seneca and Saratoga are based on the "6", not the other way around. Piper makes good products. I took my Pvt check-ride in a PA-22-108( Piper Colt). Have flown the Tri-Pacer(PA-22-150), PA-22-181(Warrior) and Multi Rating in a PA-23-150(Apache). Also '65 C-175, '69 C-182, '70 C-150, '69 C-177 and a '46 7AC Champ.
Thanks, i wasn't really saying who came first, I was just saying that they are the same. Like a B55 Baron is a bonanza fuselage and a B58 is an A36 fuselage. The big Aircraft manufacturing companies did not re-invent the wheel each time they made a new model, they just shuffled the parts around from what they already had. Luck for us because as the fleet ages, parts are plentiful because they are so similar. Thanks for posting.
I have a 1979 PA-32-300. it has 4 fuel tanks. 2 on each wing but 1 fill point. The outer tank fills the inner tank. The inner tank has a 25 Gal gauge for when the outer tank in empty. My point is that it is not a single large tank as you said in the video. Glad to send you a picture if you like. N2170V
I started my Student Pilot 28 years ago at 28 years old, I totaled @ 65 hours and just needed to complete a long cross country and the dreaded Examiner but I ran out of money and had children. I’m now recently retired at 56 and I need to buy a plane and finish what I started before kids…!!! My 2 kids are in college also and I need to see them more often. should I buy a Cherokee 6 now, or later and train in a smaller Warrior or Archer II which I learned in. I also trained for about 16 of those hours in a Cessna 152, but I preferred the Pipers…Thanks for the video!! it was very informative. I couldn’t even remember what the manual flaps looked like until you showed it… 🥴👍🏽
As a 140 owner, I will tell you... If you can afford the 6, get it. The smaller Cherokees have limited utility, and you won't be happy with it if you want to take your family anywhere. I am shopping for a six right now.
Hmm maybe a new series devoted to "sky busses" within the channel. I think this size class seems to be probably the most useful for family/group outings and small scale passenger charter work, etc.. Well at least for single engine planes that is. Like Mark said though this is the same cabin as a twin engine Saratoga so there you go.
Flew a 6 & a Lance both with Club seating. With the Club Seating you had to fill rear seats if you had only 4 passengers. Explain the ZERO fuel weight thing, Can't really remember how that worked. Been 35 years or more
@@skywagonuniversity5023 can't find a '78 Cherokee 6 POH (Club Seating) Any one got one and know what the ZERO fuel weight was about, Love to hear. Been over 35 years now.
Without fuel you can only put X amount of people or stuff in the cabin. 84 gallons of fuel when full, some people might want to only partially fill the tanks so they can haul more.
so if you have to choose A mooney M20f or a cherokee 6 300 which one would you buy as a new privet pilot if you are doing 2 2k mile round trips with 4 people, plus several shorter local 200 to 500 mile trips also these side trips your carrying 200 to 500 pounds of cargo every year for the next 10 years
Good day. Two questions. Got my rating on this 300 six but it had a two bladed paddle prop. Flew fine I thought so which is preferable, 2 or 3 blades prop? The six I was flying eventually disappeared in Fiordland NZ forever! so was replaced by a Scenica I guess with two 200hp motors, I'm a it vague on exactly what type. Without actually completing full rating on this type I was aware that the payload on the Scenica was less than the 300 Six.. Now after I moved I only had a access to a 260 Six. The payload on that was greater than the 300 Six. So I'd be interested to know whether the Lance and the Saratoga could carry anything at all?
They say that the prop should have half the number of blades as Cylinders on the engine. Six cylinders needs a three blade and four cylinders needs a two blade. apparently.......
This airplane is either a bit out of rig or a heavy left wing. He had right aileron in on the whole trip around the pattern even during the turns to left base and to final. Just an observation not a criticism.
@@rpvinroot The control surfaces are all even when the plane is level and it flies hands off with a lightly right leaning yoke. So to fix that you simply jump the sprocket one tooth to the left on both yokes behind the panel so the plane stays level and the control surfaces are neutral but the yokes are centered. So it is not really airframe rigging, but the relative position of the yokes. Well spotted though. Thanks.
Ok, tell me why I should buy the Turbo Saratoga instead of this Cherokee Six? I have a wife and three kids ages 10, 8, 6, and 3. My mission is taking them on vacation from San Diego (KCRQ) all over the western United States (one grandma is at KNYL, the other at KPVU). We’ve made the trip in a rented 1978 Cherokee six, but I think the family will like the flexibility of bringing another passenger and having everyone face forward. I’m also considering C24R Sierra’s, but my mission is right at the max gross and max range of that airplane.
Each plane has it's benefits and reasons. The Saratoga is 45 Kts faster but burns 5 gallons an hour more. It has Club seating. Same fuselage internally. More expensive engine to maintain and overhaul with the Turbo and intercooler. Cherokee Six is fixed gear and non-turbo, worth a bit less, slower easier to maintain and insure. The Cherokee Six has the 7th seat in the middle row. Both planes would do the job you need them to do.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 of course! In my most humble opinion, you provide just the right amount of information in a perfectly timed production. So awesome! Please consider stopping by 3J0 should yall ever be passing through the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Our hospitality...is 2nd to none! Will treat you to some great BB-Q! Happy/Safe Flying!
@@skywagonuniversity5023 thanks for the advice. do you know which site i can access which airport i can land a personal plane? when i google it refers me to landing private jets haha
I'd like to make one but I'd need a 207 for the video. They are a 206 with an 18 inch stretch in front of the windshield and another 18 inch stretch behind the wings. They always have two front doors AND the two rear doors. Same wings and tail and same 285/300/310 HP engine options that the 206 had in the same year changes. If anyone has one and can bring it to Placerville, we would be very grateful to use it as a subject video.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Gotcha, keep up the good work though. I sent your 205 video to my dad who's now looking for one, he keeps hoping one will pop up in the southeast.
Good video Mark! Looked like she had a bit of a heavy left wing, or she was a bit out of rig one? Nice airplane. If you can fit it in a Six, she'll haul it! Ha Ha
Hi. I'm looking at purchasing one of these. You mentioned the Spar A.D. Do you know the AD number for that? The seller is trying to say the Cherokee 6 didn't have the spar AD. He said it's only the PA28 series, and this is a PA32.
The Spar AD IS applicable to the Hershey Bar winged Cherokee Six. 1979 and older. Not sure about the Saratogas, but definitely the Cherokee Six. It has to be done at or above 4000 FACTORED hours total time. Outermost two bolts have to come out from under the wing and be replaced after the holes have been tested for cracks with an eddy current machine. It costs about 41000 to do. (if it passes)
@@skywagonuniversity5023 $41,000.00?? What the hell? I can buy another airplane for that. I guess I'm not looking at that Cherokee 6 anymore! We put inspection panels in the lower wings of our 140 for the inspection for $700.00 and we can do it every year for the cost of turning g out 8 screws.
I’m 6’7” and bigger than most. I feel real comfortable in a 6. Perfect, no, but had lots of shoulder room which is often the tightest feel. And enough head room and room on the controls. Can i stretch out in this like most little guys? No- but it’s much more comfortable than most which we’ll still fly. Part of our lot in life as tall pilots…
In 73-74 I use to rent a Cherokee 6 at Peter O'Knight in Tampa. I would fly to the Bahamas, initially Freeport for Customs, usually 4 aboard ( 1.5 hours). Just an aerial station wagon. Stop at West Palm Beach for customs on the way home.
I didn't hear him get clearance first though. Ahh, I'm sure he was out of their way in no time. Maybe next time he should light up a CIGAR, out of protocol of course.
Oh, I think Juan is going to be jealous of your last takeoff>??!! You know. You could buy another GoPro so you can fly and keep filming? Just an observation.
We're working on our equipment. We will have additional cameras soon. Had to get the sound sorted out first. We think we've solved that issue, so cameras are next! Thanks for the input. Don the Camera guy and editor in chief.
Mark, would like to invite you to join our new "PIPER CHEROKEE SIX OWNERS" Fb group page. Sharing your knowledge and wisdom when time allows, would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Mark you really raise your cinematography skills up. Beautifully done. You and Rich are the two main best G.A. channels out there.
Thanks! We are trying.
Fantastic video! I flew 800 +hrs in 67’ Cherokee 6. The perfect heavy hauler.
45kg in nose locker, 45 kg in rear locker, 6 adults and could carry fuel for 2 return trips to Whitsundays islands plus reserves from Australian mainland. Simple , rugged and bulletproof. Only recurring issues were pitting on oleo struts (from gravel airstrips) which would wear out the rubber seal and leak oil eventually causing strut to sag to bottom limits of the travel. Apart from that it’s the SUV of Ga.
Mark, great video! I am the owner of a 1979 PA32-300 and would like to correct your statement regarding the fuel system on the 1979 Cherokee Six. They carry 98 gallons of fuel with 94 gallons usable. The fuel selector only has two tank options (left, right, and off). Each wing actually has two interconnected tanks. The inboard tank holds 25 gallons and has a gauge on the wing that goes to 25 gallons since you cannot visual see fuel in that tank. The outboard tank has the filler cap and holds 24 gallons. The left and right fuel gauges on the panel take readings from both fuel senders in each of the two tanks per side and show a fuel level based upon those combined readings.
Yes, you are correct, two tanks in the wing, no tip tank, one filler on the uphill tank and a sight gauge on the lower. It's the only year with that configuration and club-seating before the Saratoga came out in 1980 with the single tanked tapered with and 105 gallons. It's a unique year.
Love the Six. Flew a 300 from Enid OK to Tijuana MX one year with patient on stretcher...quite a trip. Sturdy, steady, reliable, roomy platform. Plus - ground effect landings.
Big Workhorses.
You got lots of viewers Mark, you give new meaning to feeding the aircraft voyeur!
Thank you.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Thanks for the video. Fairly new pilot and trained in Cessnas. Purchased a Cherokee 235 during the tail end of training and took my checkride in it. Much prefer the Cherokee over the Cessnas I trained in. The 235 is very similar to the 6 with the same wing, fuel tanks, and O540 engine (lower compression producing 235 hp). We will be looking to upgrade to a 6 probably by the end of this year. Really liked your review of the interior and seats. Excellent!
@@8120joe Yes, The 235 is the mini Cherokee Six. Cherokee 180 airframe and 235 HP 0-540 engine. Great laod hauler with four seats and a huge useful load. I'm getting one in on Saturday and might have to do a Cherokee Six/235 comparison video.
I owned a 79 six and flew it off a grass strip. Took me a bit to get the landings down but sure was stable comapred to the 172 I trained in. These were also called the coffin plane because you could take out the rear seats and place a coffin in the back kind of a thing for funeral directors who wanted a cheap way to transport a customer.
I’ve heard that one before.
Owned a 6 300 hp back in the late 70s. Used for charter and pleasure. Hauls a big load.
Like a pick-up with wings.
I liked that cut to the external during the take-off roll, and having both in and out audio mixed, very good.. I was in two places at once 👍
The 6 is the result of a brainstorming lunch with William and Winnebago. Flies like an RV, but I love them. Built solid, can lift just about anything you can put in them and very comfortable. My favorite is the NA Lances with club seating. Happily trade a few knots for the comfort over the pricier competition. Sadly the later Saratogas gained too much weight.
One correction. Flap settings are 10, 25 and 40.
Always enjoy your videos.
Thank you 10, 25 and 40 degrees. Is that All Pipers?
@@skywagonuniversity5023 For the low wing, original "Johnson-bar" equipped Pipers (PA28,PA32,PA34,PA44,etc) yes. I believe Piper retained the same deflections when the flaps became electric in later models.
@@theflightpractitioner7288 Thank you.
Every time I watch you land at Placerville it reminds me of Monroville airport in western PA . even the fact that if your to low you will crash into that hill. Sadly Monroville is up for sale Thanks Mark
It always looks like I am low, but I'm not, It's the wide angle on the camera. Makes me look fat too.
Im really glad You make these videos. Thanks a lot.
Glad you like them!
Great video Mark. Keep them coming
Thank you.
Flew in the old carbureted 260.....what a workhorse....used a lot in Alaska. Don't remember much but gear/wheel/tires must have been pretty robust for those airstrips.
LAB Aero used a load of 260 Cherokee Sixes in AK.
Really enjoy your videos. Would love to see one on the Socata Tampico tb9!
We will do it if we get one in.
Hi Mark! You've kept referring to the Seneca and Saratoga that the "6" is similar to. The Seneca and Saratoga are based on the "6", not the other way around. Piper makes good products. I took my Pvt check-ride in a PA-22-108( Piper Colt). Have flown the Tri-Pacer(PA-22-150), PA-22-181(Warrior) and Multi Rating in a PA-23-150(Apache). Also '65 C-175, '69 C-182, '70 C-150, '69 C-177 and a '46 7AC Champ.
Thanks, i wasn't really saying who came first, I was just saying that they are the same. Like a B55 Baron is a bonanza fuselage and a B58 is an A36 fuselage. The big Aircraft manufacturing companies did not re-invent the wheel each time they made a new model, they just shuffled the parts around from what they already had. Luck for us because as the fleet ages, parts are plentiful because they are so similar. Thanks for posting.
Great video!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks.
Mark can I come out and fly and demo every other plane you get in?
I have a 1979 PA-32-300. it has 4 fuel tanks. 2 on each wing but 1 fill point. The outer tank fills the inner tank. The inner tank has a 25 Gal gauge for when the outer tank in empty. My point is that it is not a single large tank as you said in the video. Glad to send you a picture if you like. N2170V
You are right, Saratoga has one big tank. the 79 Cherokee Six has one filler as you say, but two "Tanks" Thank you for the detail.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I started my Student Pilot 28 years ago at 28 years old, I totaled @ 65 hours and just needed to complete a long cross country and the dreaded Examiner but I ran out of money and had children. I’m now recently retired at 56 and I need to buy a plane and finish what I started before kids…!!! My 2 kids are in college also and I need to see them more often. should I buy a Cherokee 6 now, or later and train in a smaller Warrior or Archer II which I learned in. I also trained for about 16 of those hours in a Cessna 152, but I preferred the Pipers…Thanks for the video!! it was very informative. I couldn’t even remember what the manual flaps looked like until you showed it… 🥴👍🏽
You probably do not need something as big as a Cherokee Six. An Archer or Arrow may do just as well for your mission.
As a 140 owner, I will tell you... If you can afford the 6, get it. The smaller Cherokees have limited utility, and you won't be happy with it if you want to take your family anywhere. I am shopping for a six right now.
@@skywagonuniversity5023
Do you know what their useful load is?
This exact plane is currently listed for sale on Trade-a-Plane
Yes, Tis I that is selling it. That is why I can make these videos, I get a lot of different planes in that are interesting.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 I tried to tell my boss to buy it for me and I'd fly him wherever he wanted whenever he wanted for free. No dice... Oh well!
@@thebadgerpilot Some bosses just don't have vision. How could he not want to be flown around in his own, private plane?!!!
Hmm maybe a new series devoted to "sky busses" within the channel. I think this size class seems to be probably the most useful for family/group outings and small scale passenger charter work, etc.. Well at least for single engine planes that is. Like Mark said though this is the same cabin as a twin engine Saratoga so there you go.
It is a school bus with wings.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 I wish I had rode to school that way.
Hey Mark, if I ever buy a plane you definitely going to inspect it and off course I'll consult with you which one to go for. 👍🙂
I'll do it if it is a type I know and is reasonably local. I can advise too.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 tks thats very kind of you n encouraging. 👍🙂
Flew a 6 & a Lance both with Club seating. With the Club Seating you had to fill rear seats if you had only 4 passengers. Explain the ZERO fuel weight thing, Can't really remember how that worked. Been 35 years or more
Hi, Not sure what you mean about "zero fuel weight" Thanks.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 can't find a '78 Cherokee 6 POH (Club Seating) Any one got one and know what the ZERO fuel weight was about, Love to hear. Been over 35 years now.
Without fuel you can only put X amount of people or stuff in the cabin. 84 gallons of fuel when full, some people might want to only partially fill the tanks so they can haul more.
I enjoy your videos. You mentioned the early Cherokee 6’s the ones to get. Why is that? Do u know of issues w the newer 6x? Thx in advance!
It's just that the older the Cherokee six is the more useful load it seems to have.
so if you have to choose A mooney M20f or a cherokee 6 300 which one would you buy as a new privet pilot if you are doing 2 2k mile round trips with 4 people, plus several shorter local 200 to 500 mile trips also these side trips your carrying 200 to 500 pounds of cargo every year for the next 10 years
For that job, a Cherokee Six.
Thanks Mark!
Super Mark,,,, that’s cool
A little amusement after 18 minutes of facts.
Couldn't help to notice that this aircraft required right aileron input on runway heading and downwind. Might need a look.
True, It is an easy adjustment, It is the chain on the sprocket on the end of the yoke shaft behind the panel. Needs to be moved one cog to the left.
Good day. Two questions.
Got my rating on this 300 six but it had a two bladed paddle prop. Flew fine I thought so which is preferable, 2 or 3 blades prop?
The six I was flying eventually disappeared in Fiordland NZ forever! so was replaced by a Scenica I guess with two 200hp motors, I'm a it vague on exactly what type. Without actually completing full rating on this type I was aware that the payload on the Scenica was less than the 300 Six..
Now after I moved I only had a access to a 260 Six. The payload on that was greater than the 300 Six.
So I'd be interested to know whether the Lance and the Saratoga could carry anything at all?
They say that the prop should have half the number of blades as Cylinders on the engine. Six cylinders needs a three blade and four cylinders needs a two blade. apparently.......
Always liked the Six...but like the 206 better.😎
This airplane is either a bit out of rig or a heavy left wing. He had right aileron in on the whole trip around the pattern even during the turns to left base and to final. Just an observation not a criticism.
@@rpvinroot Might be a fuel imbalance. Four tanks with fuel at the tips.
I think it is the yoke position relative to the control cables behind the panel because it flies hands off.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Then it's slightly mis-rigged. Should fly level yoke hands-off.
@@rpvinroot The control surfaces are all even when the plane is level and it flies hands off with a lightly right leaning yoke. So to fix that you simply jump the sprocket one tooth to the left on both yokes behind the panel so the plane stays level and the control surfaces are neutral but the yokes are centered. So it is not really airframe rigging, but the relative position of the yokes. Well spotted though. Thanks.
Great job
Hahah😀 you got that Tank in control and I love the heavy hauler six pack
They are great. Big heavy stable planes. The family wagon.
Ok, tell me why I should buy the Turbo Saratoga instead of this Cherokee Six? I have a wife and three kids ages 10, 8, 6, and 3. My mission is taking them on vacation from San Diego (KCRQ) all over the western United States (one grandma is at KNYL, the other at KPVU). We’ve made the trip in a rented 1978 Cherokee six, but I think the family will like the flexibility of bringing another passenger and having everyone face forward. I’m also considering C24R Sierra’s, but my mission is right at the max gross and max range of that airplane.
Each plane has it's benefits and reasons. The Saratoga is 45 Kts faster but burns 5 gallons an hour more. It has Club seating. Same fuselage internally. More expensive engine to maintain and overhaul with the Turbo and intercooler. Cherokee Six is fixed gear and non-turbo, worth a bit less, slower easier to maintain and insure. The Cherokee Six has the 7th seat in the middle row. Both planes would do the job you need them to do.
Love this channel! Had to subscribe!
(PPL holder since 01')
Excellent. Thanks.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 of course!
In my most humble opinion, you provide just the right amount of information in a perfectly timed production.
So awesome!
Please consider stopping by 3J0 should yall ever be passing through the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Our hospitality...is 2nd to none!
Will treat you to some great BB-Q!
Happy/Safe Flying!
Thank you.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 why the rear window? is this a 300 cherokee?
What's the price point too good to pass up? I've researched from prices from 75-220k.
Anything flyable is over $100,000 now.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 thanks for the advice. do you know which site i can access which airport i can land a personal plane? when i google it refers me to landing private jets haha
Any chance of a in depth Cessna 207 video?
I'd like to make one but I'd need a 207 for the video. They are a 206 with an 18 inch stretch in front of the windshield and another 18 inch stretch behind the wings. They always have two front doors AND the two rear doors. Same wings and tail and same 285/300/310 HP engine options that the 206 had in the same year changes. If anyone has one and can bring it to Placerville, we would be very grateful to use it as a subject video.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Gotcha, keep up the good work though. I sent your 205 video to my dad who's now looking for one, he keeps hoping one will pop up in the southeast.
@@paperclipmaniac Thank you.
Good video Mark! Looked like she had a bit of a heavy left wing, or she was a bit out of rig one? Nice airplane. If you can fit it in a Six, she'll haul it! Ha Ha
It was actually a badly rigged yoke. Both needed to be moved one tooth on the gear behind the dash to center them but well spotted.
Hi. I'm looking at purchasing one of these. You mentioned the Spar A.D. Do you know the AD number for that? The seller is trying to say the Cherokee 6 didn't have the spar AD. He said it's only the PA28 series, and this is a PA32.
The Spar AD IS applicable to the Hershey Bar winged Cherokee Six. 1979 and older. Not sure about the Saratogas, but definitely the Cherokee Six. It has to be done at or above 4000 FACTORED hours total time. Outermost two bolts have to come out from under the wing and be replaced after the holes have been tested for cracks with an eddy current machine. It costs about 41000 to do. (if it passes)
@@skywagonuniversity5023
$41,000.00?? What the hell? I can buy another airplane for that. I guess I'm not looking at that Cherokee 6 anymore! We put inspection panels in the lower wings of our 140 for the inspection for $700.00 and we can do it every year for the cost of turning g out 8 screws.
Sorry, Typo. That "4" was supposed to be a dollar sign, the cost to do the Eddy current test is $1,000
@@goneflying140 Sorry, Typo. That "4" was supposed to be a dollar sign, the cost to do the Eddy current test is $1,000
Does the spare AD make it less susceptible to corrosion, or less susceptible to fatigue cracking in general?
The AD is just an inspection to see that it does not already have the corrosion. If it does, you have to fix it.
Slightly backwards….the Cherokee Six is the predecessor of the Seneca. Love it….
Thanks yes. I meant same fuselage. :-)
I like em couple thousand hrs in them great hauler,roomy like manual flaps,and Lycoming engine,good IFR platform.
I was just looking at controller.com and I was looking at this plane without knowing it was yours!! I knew that panel looked familiar 😅
I see this listed for sale. Is it still available?
It's in the middle of it's deal at the moment.
Were electric flaps and trim ever an option on the Cherokee 6?
No, not on a Cherokee Six. Later Saratogas had electric flaps.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 thanks Mark!
The C-6 had some overheating engine issues as I recall.
Potentially but not really. We have had many of them and live in California and not seen heating issues if flown correctly like any other plane.
Wish I could buy this aircraft so badly
Your plane will come.
So I’m 6’6” how cramped would I be in this plane?
You'd still be a bit cramped. These planes are wide but not much more accommodating than a Cherokee Archer or 180.
I’m 6’7” and bigger than most. I feel real comfortable in a 6. Perfect, no, but had lots of shoulder room which is often the tightest feel. And enough head room and room on the controls. Can i stretch out in this like most little guys? No- but it’s much more comfortable than most which we’ll still fly. Part of our lot in life as tall pilots…
If I lived in the lower 48 and had lots of stuff I’d have one of those.
Are you in AK? That is where this one came from before it was restored.
@@skywagonuniversity5023 I am yes. Quite a few 135 operators used used Cherokee 6s up here. For airport to airport they are great.
6x production did not start until 2003. Not sure where the 1995 date comes from
is this aircraft still for sale?
No, sorry it already sold.
Those tip tanks, when full, make that aircraft a spin hazard
Potentially but not really.
In 73-74 I use to rent a Cherokee 6 at Peter O'Knight in Tampa. I would fly to the Bahamas, initially Freeport for Customs, usually 4 aboard ( 1.5 hours). Just an aerial station wagon. Stop at West Palm Beach for customs on the way home.
Perfect station wagon for that.
Nice takeoff at the end there......🤣
A bit of mild amusement
I didn't hear him get clearance first though. Ahh, I'm sure he was out of their way in no time. Maybe next time he should light up a CIGAR, out of protocol of course.
Oh, I think Juan is going to be jealous of your last takeoff>??!! You know. You could buy another GoPro so you can fly and keep filming? Just an observation.
I was wondering how to do that.
We're working on our equipment. We will have additional cameras soon. Had to get the sound sorted out first. We think we've solved that issue, so cameras are next! Thanks for the input. Don the Camera guy and editor in chief.
This is what will sale after this Video
Mark, would like to invite you to join our new "PIPER CHEROKEE SIX OWNERS" Fb group page.
Sharing your knowledge and wisdom when time allows, would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
OK Thanks. I'll have a look.
These guys who screw around with their cameras whilst supposedly flying the airplane are dangerous.
Potentially but not really. It's just like programming a GPS.
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Hi, I just got an "A"
Not set up well to make video clips.
Not sure what this means?