The Cessna 188 is a family of light agricultural aircraft that Cessna produced between 1966 and 1983, sold as the AGwagon, AGpickup, AGtruck and AGhusky. Cessna surveyed pilots and operators of other brands to learn what they wanted, and the result was a conventional single-seat, piston-engined, strut-braced low-wing agricultural airplane that borrowed heavily from the Cessna 180, with a 230 horsepower Continental O-470-R engine in the first version. The airframe is mostly 2024-T3 aluminum with a fiberglass chemical hopper, and later models were lightly pressurized to reduce the chemicals drawn into the airframe. It first flew on 19 February 1965 and entered production in February 1966, and 3,976 were built across the four variants. Many were later used as glider and sailplane tugs.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineContinental IO-520-D air-cooled flat-six, 300 hp 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Source Cessna 188 AGwagon (Wikipedia)
Of Make
Source Cessna 188 AGwagon (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Cessna 188 AGwagon (Wikipedia)
Development, first flight
The Cessna 188 was first flown on 19 February 1965. The aircraft was certified and entered production in February 1966, with 241 aircraft delivered the first year.
Specifications (1976 AGtruck), powerplant
Powerplant: 1 × Continental IO-520-D air-cooled flat-six, 300 hp (220 kW)
Specifications (1976 AGtruck), empty weight
Empty weight: 2,059 lb (934 kg) (with no dispersal equipment installed)
Specifications (1976 AGtruck), maximum takeoff weight
Max takeoff weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
Specifications (1976 AGtruck), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 121 mph (195 km/h, 105 kn)
Development, production total
A total of 3976 Cessna 188s of all four variants were built during its production run, made up of 53 AGpickups, 1589 AGwagons, 1949 AGtrucks and 385 AGhuskies.
Development
The resulting aircraft was a conventional single-seat, piston-engined, strut-braced low-wing agricultural airplane.
Lead, maker
The Cessna 188 is a family of light agricultural aircraft produced between 1966 and 1983 by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
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