BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Feb 2015, 20:09

Username Protected wrote:

As it happens, my student did buy a used 182, but discovered that the aircraft had been written off twice in landing accidents (!) and no longer flew straight - so he promptly sold it to some other buyer who like him, didn't do a pre-buy (or even just an internet search as I did once I knew the N-number, which turned up the NTSB accident reports).

Lesson learned (by him) - do your research before writing a check! :hammer:

That's too bad, but the chance that a good rigging could have made that airplane fly straight is extremely high. My 182 is on at least its 3rd firewall and flies dead straight.

It was first crashed with 6.8 hours on the Hobbs back in 1967, and on the second crash (years before I owned it), got the newer, stronger firewall. There's no particular reason to think that the first remedy for a flies-crooked squawk is to sell the airplane.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Feb 2015, 20:33

Loved the johnson bar in my 182. It gave you the option of infinite/instant flap adjustment. I used it like another control surface many times. Great tool.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Feb 2015, 20:54

Username Protected wrote:

Loved the johnson bar in my 182. It gave you the option of infinite/instant flap adjustment. I used it like another control surface many times. Great tool.

Yep,... I got an older model (1961) specifically for that reason........... plus its a bit smaller than the subsequent model (4" narrower fuselage). Plus, it has a higher setting landing gear..... as a bonus, I got the Pponk engine upgrade and the 206 nose fork etc, extended baggage, jump seats etc.

Now If I just got to fly left seat........... :shrug:

What I should know about the Cessna 182