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Under the designation Piper PA-20
Pacer, the company began production in 1950 of an updated version of the four-seat PA-16 Clipper. It introduced a number of improvements, including a larger area tailplane with balanced elevators, increased fuel capacity, redesigned landing gear and several interior refinements. As at first powered by a 81kW Avco Lycoming O-235-C1 engine, it had the designation PA-20 Pacer 115, but subsequent versions included the Pacer 125 with a 93kW O-290-D engine, and the generally similar Pacer 135 which introduced a variable-pitch propeller. When production ended in 1955 a total of 1,119 had been built, and the PA-20 Pacer 135 could demonstrate a maximum speed of 225km/h and had a range of 933km.
| CREW | 1 |
| PASSENGERS | 3 |
| ENGINE | 1 x 93kW Lycoming O-290-D piston engine |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 816 kg | 1799 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.93 m | 29 ft 4 in |
| Length | 6.21 m | 20 ft 4 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Cruise speed | 180 km/h | 112 mph |
| Range | 933 km | 580 miles |
richard van tries, pauley(@)myactv.net, 08.04.2008
This was my favorite plane, I owned one of the last of the 1955 line,N2046A Only one thing wrong, the pacer never had a controlable pitch prop. You might be thinking about the aeromatic 2 speed prop. This is a story best untold. the short story is they did not work. Most of the time i could not get it to shift. In high pitch on a go around this was no fun. PA20 was the best of line up at the time,
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