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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: flight17 on January 10, 2012, 09:11:43 PM
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I finally got to fly this today! IT IS SO SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd320/flightsimer/photo.jpg)
Its a 2005 Cessna T182T Skylane. Its got all of 200hrs flight time and 130hours Tach. Its 6 cylinder, 230hp, Turbo Charged luxury rocket. Its got an all leather interior and a G1000 cockpit.
Normally i fly a 172R and the occasional Warrior 3 when a 172 isn't available. Today i was supposed to fly a 172, but my plane wasn't back for my block and they had pulled the 182 down already for me to do a ground school on it after my flight. Well we just did the ground school first and then took it up to fly. I did a power on and power off stall in it, a set of step Turns (a lot harder to do in it due the to very heavy nose), a ILS approach and a VOR approach with two laps in a hold.
Now this was my first high performance flight and my first time using a G1000 other than in FSX. FSX truly did help me a lot especially since I'm coming from a C172R with only a King Avionics/radio stack. My use of the GPS in the 172, is pretty much limited to just DME as that's pretty much all its good for anymore. During the ground we went over the checklist and we played with the G1000 and putting flight plans into it. It seemed like as soon as i got into the plane and fired it up, it just came naturally to me and i was finding everything i needed very simple without much looking.
BUT HOLY toejam IS THAT G1000 AMAZING in what it can do!!! I pulled up the timer on the display to time my outbound course while in the VOR hold only to find out as soon as i passed over the VOR, it tells me to "turn right to the outbound (076 heading) course now". And then instead of flying 1min outbound, it interpolated the winds aloft and had a countdown for me to turn back to the 256 course. Then i watched the map and little inset of the PFD as i turned perfectly on the depicted course for the hold. On the MFD, which has the map, it even showed the radius of the turn which allowed me to be at a bank angle that would keep me perfectly on the course.
I seriously think i had more fun flying this flight than on my first solo flight. The only thing that sucks is we cant solo it :( I cant wait till next week or the following when i start flying it almost exclusively.
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Looks like fun! I haven't flown a glass cockpit plane. Why wont they let you solo it after x amount of hours?
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Nice! How fast does it cruise?
G1000 is the $h1t! But after a few years with it you will really miss the old "classic" gauges.
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Looks like fun! I haven't flown a glass cockpit plane. Why wont they let you solo it after x amount of hours?
Often schools don't let you rent expensive planes on solo bases because the insurance becomes expensive.
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Nice, bet it was fun!
Hell, i fly on half broken 172s from 70ies, which have all their instruments showing wrong, from 2 degress on VOR to 10 on ADF. Makes flying IFR approaches more interesting ;)
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G1000 :aok
Cessna :huh
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When are you going to come take me for a ride?
LOM
UKT
DYL
Any of the above are close to me :)
I think this is the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm now completely sold on the G1000 and there is a 99% chance that I will put one in my experimental once it is time :rock
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I'm now completely sold on the G1000 and there is a 99% chance that I will put one in my experimental once it is time :rock
:aok
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Often schools don't let you rent expensive planes on solo bases because the insurance becomes expensive.
Yeah but what if you carry renters insurance?
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The 182 of any type is always a highly regarded ride. Compared to the 172 it's something of a step up. I've flown several versions including a 1960 model used for skydiving. Empty with minimum fuel it was a little rocket ship, it felt like it was hanging off the prop, great fun.
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The 182 of any type is always a highly regarded ride. Compared to the 172 it's something of a step up. I've flown several versions including a 1960 model used for skydiving. Empty with minimum fuel it was a little rocket ship, it felt like it was hanging off the prop, great fun.
Heck at 2100lbs it has a 9to1 hp per lb. The best I can hope for in my skyhawk is 10to1 at 1800lbs. I have 182 envy.
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Heck at 2100lbs it has a 9to1 hp per lb. The best I can hope for in my skyhawk is 10to1 at 1800lbs. I have 182 envy.
No need from where I'm sitting. Your crate looks pretty nice, bro :aok
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No need from where I'm sitting. Your crate looks pretty nice, bro :aok
Thanks man :)
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:salute why no duck tape or bailing wire how can this be complete? :bolt:
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Fabric, steam guages, no GPS, and a tailwheel..
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/397444_10150499009044846_500354845_8459882_610966593_n.jpg)
Old school is WAY more fun than the g1000 IMO. I've flown both, and I'll take a Citabria ANY day over a g1000 Cessna 182.
:airplane:
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Fabric, steam guages, no GPS, and a tailwheel..
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/397444_10150499009044846_500354845_8459882_610966593_n.jpg)
Old school is WAY more fun than the g1000 IMO. I've flown both, and I'll take a Citabria ANY day over a g1000 Cessna 182.
:airplane:
I'd have to agree with the tailwheel :rock
I will also be the old six-pack as it is power-independent. But on the right seat :devil
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Doing my private checkride in that plane in 10 days. :x :uhoh :x :uhoh :pray
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Doing my private checkride in that plane in 10 days. :x :uhoh :x :uhoh :pray
Surprised you haven't broken it down into hours, yet :)
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Fabric, steam guages, no GPS, and a tailwheel..
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/397444_10150499009044846_500354845_8459882_610966593_n.jpg)
Old school is WAY more fun than the g1000 IMO. I've flown both, and I'll take a Citabria ANY day over a g1000 Cessna 182.
:airplane:
Tailwheel is great - the cub I fly ended up on its nose a couple days ago. It's gonna be down for a couple months. Complete engine teardown and new prop. Might need a new engine depending on what the teardown reveals.
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Surprised you haven't broken it down into hours, yet :)
Haha yeah.. I'm too busy calculating WCA's, Time to climb, W&B, Fuel burn etc to worry about how many hours. ;) 1:00PM, Jan 21st.. *deep breath*
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You aren't based out of Petaluma are you?
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Just over the hill in Sonoma.. Been to Petaluma many times though.. Great place for touch n' go practice. :)
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Fabric, steam guages, no GPS, and a tailwheel..
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/397444_10150499009044846_500354845_8459882_610966593_n.jpg)
Old school is WAY more fun than the g1000 IMO. I've flown both, and I'll take a Citabria ANY day over a g1000 Cessna 182.
:airplane:
That is one of my favorite planes to fly. :aok
It's an 8KCAB actually but close enough.
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That is one of my favorite planes to fly. :aok
It's an 8KCAB actually but close enough.
Nice.. The big daddy.. :)
I'm flying a 7ECA.. Only 115hp but it feels like a rocket ship compared to the c172 I used to fly. :rock
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Nice.. The big daddy.. :)
I'm flying a 7ECA.. Only 115hp but it feels like a rocket ship compared to the c172 I used to fly. :rock
I noticed ;)
I love that whole series of aircraft, not very expensive and very very very fun to fly.
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It cruises at about 135, yellow arc (tape) starts at about 140kts. As for soloing, it one of the owners personal aircraft. He bought it new but never flew it. When they brought it back here from denver to use it Only had 32 hrs on it. We can't solo in the arrow or Seminole either, but I think that is strictly due to insurance reasons.
I think the next thing that will top this when I get type rated on our t28 and my first time flying our c-123
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If you want to solo those planes next time you talk with one of the owners say "Hey, if I come up with x amount of renters insurance can I solo it?" That is if you have any desire to. They wanted 50 hours complex to solo the 210 (I had 10) but I asked if I could solo it with renters insurance and an instructor checkout....and sure enough they let me.
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It cruises at about 135
Is that true or indicated?
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Is that true or indicated?
indicated
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indicated
Do you remember the true? (I understand after only one flight in type you might not)
Indicated does not really mean much on turbocharged or jet aircraft. You can fly high and your TAS will actually be increasing with altitude. For example on the 42 at maximum sustainable cruise would be 140 indicated, but by the time I get to 10K I'll be doing 175TAS. Then at 14K my TAS starts to decrease because the turbochargers can not sustain MP. At those altitudes quite often the winds are high enough to give me a ground speed greater than 200kts.
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Do you remember the true? (I understand after only one flight in type you might not)
Indicated does not really mean much on turbocharged or jet aircraft. You can fly high and your TAS will actually be increasing with altitude. For example on the 42 at maximum sustainable cruise would be 140 indicated, but by the time I get to 10K I'll be doing 175TAS. Then at 14K my TAS starts to decrease because the turbochargers can not sustain MP. At those altitudes quite often the winds are high enough to give me a ground speed greater than 200kts.
I would believe it would be around the same. We were only at 3-4.5k ft most of the time and had the power back quite a bit. I havent really looked in depth at its performance numbers yet, but will be probably next week for the cross country planning.
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I would believe it would be around the same. We were only at 3-4.5k ft most of the time and had the power back quite a bit. I havent really looked in depth at its performance numbers yet, but will be probably next week for the cross country planning.
Alright let me know you get a chance. I never flown one of those.
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Expect about 170KTAS at 17k. Pretty nifty
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Expect about 170KTAS at 17k. Pretty nifty
That's for the T182?