Piper CHEROKEE ARCHER II Pilot Operating Handbook page 113

PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
PA.2&I81,
CTIEROKEE
ARCHER
II
SECTION
7
DESCRITTION AND OPERA.TION
SECTION 7
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATICN
OF TTIE AIRPLANE AND ITS
SYSTEIVTS
7.1
THE AIRPLANE
The
PA-28-l8l
Cherokee
is a single+ngine, low-wing monoplane
of
all meial
construction.
It
has
four-place seating,
two hundred pound
baggage
capacity, and a 180 horsepower
engine.
7.3
AIRFRAME
The basic airframe, except
for
a tubular
steel engine mount, steel landing
gear struts, and other
miscellaneous steel
parts, is
of
aluminum
alloy construction. The extremities
- the wing tips, the
cowling,
the tail
surfaces
-
are
of
fiberglass
or ABS thermoplastic. Aerobatics
are
prohibited in
this airplane
since
the
structure is not
desigrred
for
aerobatic loads.
The
semi-tapered
wings have a laminar
flow
type NACA
65
z4l5
airfoil. The wings are attached to
each side
of
the
fuselage
by
insertion
of the butt
ends
of
the respective main spars
into a
spar box
carry-through which is
an
integral part of the
fuselage
structure, providing, in effect,
a
continuous main
spar
with
splices
at
each side
of
the
fuselage.
There are also fore and
aft
attachments
at the rear
spar
and
at
an
auxiliary front
spar.
7.5
ENGINE AND PROPELLER
The Cherokee
l8l
is powered by
a
four
cylinder, direct drive, horizontally opposed engine rated
at
180
horsepower
at
27OO
rpm.
It
is
furnished with
a
starter, at
60
ampere, l4 volt alternator,
a
shielded
ignition,
vacuum pump drive, a fuel pump, and a dry, automotive type carburetor
air filter.
The exhaust system is made entirely
from
stainless steel and is equipped
with
dual
mufflen. A
heater
sluouri around the mufflers
is
provided to srpply heat for the cabin and windshield defrosting.
The fixed-pitch propeller is made
from a one-piece alloy forging.
ISSUED: JLJNE 18, 1976
REVISED: MAY
23'
l9t0
REPTORT:
VB-79O
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