The most POWERFUL Cessna 172 ever MADE! | Walkaround & Flight

Ash does a walkaround and flight in this gorgeous #Cessna172! An absolutely awesome single engine Cessna. The C172K Hawk XP was Cessna's replacement to the 177 Cardinal and suitably filled the gap between the 172 and the 182.

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[commandftoperations]

Awesome video guys! We're proud to be sponsoring you, keep up the great work.

[DeadstickAdventures]

Hey guys. If you're readying this, please consider leaving a LIKE for the YT algorithm! It helps us out very much! - Ash :)

[larryblanks]

My father worked for Bill Flint at Flint airmotive at Gillespie airport in the early 70, s and put the Flint tanks on Cessna's and when Bill retired my Dad Bought the company in the middle of the 70's and continued the sell the tanks and install them on theri planes. A lot of aviator actors like George Kennedy got them on their 205, 206, and 207s. I worked there too parts cleaning. I was a kid.

[Murphy_Peoples]

Excellent review, thanks for posting this.

[jackbrainassociates]

I owned an XP for several years. It’s a great airplane your video brought back some good memories. Keep up the good work I’m looking forward to your next video.

[exploringto]

Very informative, love the videos guys 🙌🏼

[drsuessl]

I loved flying. One night got to flight a Cessna 184. One time tried the Caravan. ❤❤❤

[a.geddes]

I've been flying a Rocket recently, man that thing has a kick to it, engine is an absolute pleasure.

[richard]

Love it and the extra ballast in the back really make mine fly great especially when landing VH-RWG 😀

[hectorvillePS]

My long term girlfriend and I look forward to these videos, they help us sleep when we are restless. Really enjoy his tone of voice. Would love to meet him one day.

[lawrencebillson]

Love the videos, keep ‘em coming.

A rocket or XP would be pretty sweet to own - probably easy to get someone to maintain it. I do think I’d probably want something a little faster, either the 182 but probably something with retractable gear. I’ve recently started to fall in love with the Comanche.

[skyskipper]

Great video guys. I have the 195hp version. Great climber and short-field performer.

[gabimoreno]

My flight club owns a couple of FR172J Reims Rocket. One hour (wet rental) is 10 euros more expensive than one hour on a 172N and 10 cheaper than a 172S with G1000.... By the way, I hate glass cockpits... so guess which one I fly 😎

[CameronPerdue]

As an XP owner I think your W&B numbers are for a float plane. And not the wheel version. Mine had 740 usable on floats. And over 900 on wheels (can’t recall the specific #)

[terryhall]

Nice video Ash, can't wait to see the walkaround on a Boeing

[Wpilot]

I have a fair amount of time in a rental XP and was always impressed with the climb and useful load. Still slow though. All that HP has a hard time overcoming a draggy airframe. According to the owner it was a expensive on maintenance too.

[lcprivatepilot]

If I ever decide on a 172, it will have at the very least, a 180-HP power-plant with the addition of a Power-Flow Exhaust system.
Thanks for sharing this!

[philipkinney]

Great video. I’ve owned a 1976 Hawk XP II for 3 yrs. It’s been a great 1st plane. Sometimes it would be nice to go faster, but overall it’s a pleasure to fly and economical. The POH useful load (on wheels) is 977lbs. With full tanks (49 gals) allows for 683lbs of people and cargo. As another poster mentioned, you may have been referring to the useful load with floats rather than wheels.

[oscarmedek]

Just passed my CPL systems exam so these walk around make a bit more sense to me now ahaha

[MattyCrayon]

Nice to come across another local content creator. I've seen this plane down at YADG quite a few times. Great video. Subscribed 🤙