182RG

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Anyone ever flown one?

I might get a chance to do some instrument instructing in one.

Any great oddities? I know the systems from working on it, just no stick time.
 
Fuel lines have been known to fail. Don't end up like this.
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I've got a couple hundred hours in one. Not a bad airplane. If you can see the runway in the flare, you need to flare some more. Also, those little tires are easy to lock up if the airplane is not settled completely on the pavement.
 
TFaudree_ERAU said:
I've got a couple hundred hours in one. Not a bad airplane. If you can see the runway in the flare, you need to flare some more. Also, those little tires are easy to lock up if the airplane is not settled completely on the pavement.
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:yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: Way too many times back in school we've had to replace tires. On a single runway airport it sucks waiting for a tow.
 
Good, solid, honest airplane. I use one from time to time in traveling. It will make it from El Paso to Kansas City in about 5-5.5 hours, holds two average adults, kids, bags and full gas.
Only major issue I remember are the rubber tanks trapping moisture. Rock the tanks a few times during sumping.
 
I have like 30 recent hours in two different 182RGS. The two main points were hit right on the head. Flare till you cant see anything, than flare alittle more. And most important dont touch the brake till everything is on the ground than make sure to be gentle. Our schools 2 182rgs tend to get flat spots on the tire from students hitting the brakes like they are in a 172. Those little tires will lock up real fast on you. Only other thing I noticed is that it flies in a nose down attitude to remain level in flight with a good amount of nose down trim.
 
All around it is a great machine.

I fly one for our FBO.

All the majors have been said,
- It sits back on its haunches, so flare more than you think you need to.
- Most of them have the long range tanks and can cover some ground.
- I plan 140-145 TAS
- Ours doesn't sit straight, it has been geared up twice - The gear are an unnatural thing. IIRC, the POH recommends that they be inspected ever 25 hours...
- Others may be, but ours is definitely not a land-o-matic. There is not much give in the gear, and she is not generous with her greasers.
-I too have noticed the wheels lock up easily.
-She gets loud.
-Correct, nose wheel landings are a no-no.

I absolutely love that airplane.
-Decent speed
-Hauls enough
-Big tanks
 
If you have time in the 172RG, now you get to ride her fat sister. I personally love the way the 182RG flies. It's heavy, but not too much, it's solid, but you can always put it where you want it. It climbs well, is resonably fast (our will do 155 KIAS at 4-6k with ease), and the gear fold away, like a real airplane.

A good thing to note about them though, don't listen to the POH/Placards about flap extension speeds. Check up on some of the Cessna forums. Our was down for a few months because someone oversped the flaps. After some snooping around, seems like the RG has a problem with the flaps. It bent up a bunch of stuff, and the flap tracks had to be replaced (wet wings makes this a pain, you should know). We now use 120 kts for 10 deg, and 90 everything else.

Oh, and do me a favor, don't use the electric trim to get it into the flare. I had a comm. student do that to me and we almost went into a trim stall. Just don't be a nancy boy, and muscle it into the flare.
 
Have about 400 hours in a 78 model 182RG...personally one of the best airplanes I've ever flown.

Ours would true out at 156kts at 6,000ft on 13.5 gal/hour.

What year model are you going to be flying? Ours had a "strange" throttle, it had the "rolling" type...aka, it was like the mixture and prop controls.

I taught my students to give 2 good (top to bottom) "up trims" on the manual trim wheel on final so they'd have enough elevator authority in the flare. If you do this, you will have to muscle the airplane down to the runway, but it will work out in the flare.

Don't flat spot the tire or burst a tire by jumping on the brakes (did that my first time flying the airplane...yikes!).

Check the oil level when the engine is cold...make a note of it...on ours (with a Mattituck Red-Gold Engine) it would show "low" if you checked it hot and the student's would throw more oil in the engine.

For Precision Approaches, 18/19" MP and 2400 RPM with gear down and Flaps 10 works great.

For Non-Precision, after the IAF 15" MP and 2400 RPM with gear down and Flaps 10...lead the level off with about 20" MP and it'll hold your minimums.
 
Thanks for the tips y'all. Hopefully it works out. Then again, if I had 10 hours for every time I've been promised an airplane ride here and not gotten one, I'd be looking for a 135 job right now.
 
SIUAv8r said:
Yikes, hope they got out of it.

Great airplane otherwise. I like how it putters like a Harley at a low idle. Don't blow your tires though.
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yeah they did. Instructor moved on to bigger things (didn't know him) and the student has an office right across from mine. He did lose some headsets though.
 
poser765 said:
yeah they did. Instructor moved on to bigger things (didn't know him) and the student has an office right across from mine. He did lose some headsets though.
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The old instructor is my hunny bunny! :D

I got to do my CFI ride in 3648C thanks to that.
 
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