New Aircraft Owner!
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ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Congrats! Now youre a true Alaska based Captain.
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
Congrats! Nice looking plane. Be careful, the airplane bug only gets worse with time, next you'll be wanting sometimes juuuuust a little faster or with bigger tires, etc.
ComplexHiAv8r
Well-Known Member
Looks Good!
Cheechako
Well-Known Member
I'm guessing VGs and a pponk engine will be in your future.
Ha!!! Let’s start with bigger tires, updated avionics and maybe a paint job... #babysteps
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Roger Roger
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PPonk is way way overrated. I may have had a couple lemons, but I would never put one of their engines on an airplane.I'm guessing VGs and a pponk engine will be in your future.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
How/why?
I'm looking at a few 180's, 2 in California at the moment, one has a P-Ponk, the other 7 hours out of a major overhaul.
I don't need the power, but cruise/fuel burn/ economics per HP seem to tip in favor of the Pponk.
PS. A huge plug for PPonk gear. Seems like such a simple, cheap investment for stronger gear brackets.
PPS: It's a forgone conclusion I'll be buying one, but speaking of the 180/2/5 series, any guidance on throwing "in" long range tanks? Seems like it could be a great project for the next winter.
Roger Roger
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PPonk O520 always had carb problems. They created their own carb jetting and just never got it right. PPonk overhauled IO550 had a case crack and a through bolt break. Honey bunches of nope.
You can't "throw" long range tanks into a short range wing. You need to replace or completely rebuild the wing.
Cheechako
Well-Known Member
It's got the Cessna heavy duty fork, which, I think, will accept up to an 8.00 (it's got a 7.00 now). Most likely at annual next spring I'll put 8.50s on the mains and move one of the current 8.00s to the nose gear... or should I keep the 7.00 up front?
Agreed! Maybe I'll have that done at annual also!
Re: pponk engine upgrade. Not on my radar. The current motor only has 300 hours, so maybe I'll revisit this in a few years...
Mine has long range tanks, but I doubt I'll be filling 'er up very often. Roger, re: winter care, should I keep the tanks full??
Over on backcountrypilot.org there is a lot of discussion about pponk jetting and various mods for the 18X family. Seems like the Dynon displays, Wing-X, and leading edge cuffs, and various tire/fork schemes get a lot of attention. It's definitely fun to read about the rebuilds some of the guys are doing. And on supercub.org there's a good thread about a rebuild done at Beegles.
Nark
Macho Superpilot
Re: tanks full?
The lesson I learned down south, which applies up north as well:
I would leave the tanks full after each flight. Over a week's worth of heating/cooling relative to the temp I fill the tanks post flight, the fuel expanded and drained overboard. At least I know the vents weren't clogged...
I ended up staining the upper surface of the wing, since she was kept outside, until a sunshade came open.
I can't see any reason 100ll would do anything to a tank, after a month of sitting in a tank. Roger would know better.
The lesson I learned down south, which applies up north as well:
I would leave the tanks full after each flight. Over a week's worth of heating/cooling relative to the temp I fill the tanks post flight, the fuel expanded and drained overboard. At least I know the vents weren't clogged...
I ended up staining the upper surface of the wing, since she was kept outside, until a sunshade came open.
I can't see any reason 100ll would do anything to a tank, after a month of sitting in a tank. Roger would know better.