Cessna Cardinal RG

Volume 36
Number 2
February 2006

Cessna Cardinal RG

Thirty years after emerging from the factory, these singles still look sleek and modern. Performance and market prices are respectable but to avoid headaches with the landing gear, shop for a later model.

With no clunky struts and the gear in the wells, Chris Thompson’s 1977 Cardinal RG looks as sleek as anything flying.

To some, the Cessna 177 Cardinal RG is the sleekest and most attractive piston single Cessna ever built. The Cardinal RG shares its fixed-gear sibling’s strutless wing, rakish cowl and windshield, along with a seating position that lets the pilot see past the leading edge of the wing, while allowing all four occupants to ride in the shade.

Many say that it’s also the best compromise for its class: faster than all but the Mooney, roomier than all but the Beech Sierra, better useful load than any and very hard to load out of CG. …

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