Engine Out Performance

[Ernie Martin]

I don't have any measured first-hand performance, but have read a large number (like 3-6) of accounts over the years suggesting that the airplane does better than the book numbers. And, until now, don't recall reading any accounts of lesser performance. The better-than-book performance seemed surprising to me (I'm a mechanical engineer, MS Caltech) because you'd reckon that a) Cessna would have measured carefully and published realistic (not pessimistic) data, and b) over the years the aircraft has to degrade in performance (if nothing else, drag has to increase compared to new skins).

I hope others jump in here and tell us their experience.

Ernie