I'm thinking a border crossing is in order next summer...gorgeous!

Question - please don't laugh if it's stupid. Is an amphib Cessna to/land from a smooth grass strip more than once?

That’s just absolutely wrong advice. If you use 30 Deg of flaps only and put in two rolls of nose up trim (grab the top of the trim wheel and roll to the bottom 2 Times), you will be perfectly set up for landing, it won’t feel nose heavy and you won’t ever hit the nose wheel. It’s a piece of cake.

Put about 500 hours on my 182 since I picked her up 2 years ago.

Hard to pick out a favorite photo for this thread, there’s too many. Here’s probably my proudest moment, after landing in Ketchikan, my first time on Alaskan soil.

Because you can do this to it...

I have tons of tîme in C82Rs. While not quite the same as C182 of the same vintage, they fly the same. Used for my CFI and had good manners doing maneuvers. Easy to teach in and when properly trimmed flies nice.

Maybe because of all the time in C82Rs, I tend to like the restart models better. TIO or IO-540. Not a fan of the O-470, for whatever reason. Probably because they don't sound as good as a 540.

We got rid of our C82R a couple years ago and lately I find myself missing it.

Skylanes are great (i have owned two) until you are on a 500 mile cross country and have a 25 or 30 knot headwind. Then it is torture. That's why I have a J model Mooney now. With that kind of headwind it is as fast as a Skylane without a headwind.

I'm a fan - we have had ours to 35 states. All of the lower 48 would have happened by now except our Baron came along. They nest very nicely together in the hangar. I have often wondered what their children would look like.

Mine, a 1964 G, was Dad's. I would have happily owned anything he had flown but am so glad he bought this one. Slow but fast enough, stable, great views, and a lot of fun to fly. We've significantly modified ours with a PPONK and a lot of panel work.

Contrary to Don's advice I land with full flaps every time and have yet to prang the nose. It does take full nose up trim on final when only the front seats have occupants (no surprise - I have the short tail feathers).

On the S and T models if you trim white on white it will give you 65. Elevator authority is not an issue. Pilot authority is. I usually use full flaps. It works fine.

I'm thinking a border crossing is in order next summer...gorgeous!

Question - please don't laugh if it's stupid. Is an amphib Cessna to/land from a smooth grass strip more than once?[/quote]
Of course Matt - you or any other friendly pilot are welcome any time!! Amphibs can easily take off and land (more than once) from reasonable decent grass strips. Amphibs are great but i chose straight floats as i didn't want to loose the 200 lbs payload by having the wheels. ($70K for the amphibs are possibly a deterrent as well,... )[/quote]


Yeah. The prices are nuts.

That’s just absolutely wrong advice. If you use 30 Deg of flaps only and put in two rolls of nose up trim (grab the top of the trim wheel and roll to the bottom 2 Times), you will be perfectly set up for landing, it won’t feel nose heavy and you won’t ever hit the nose wheel. It’s a piece of cake.

I would someday like to fly a Peterson katmai or Kenai. They look like real performers.

Rgs

Patrick

Well, they can take you to fun places.

Climbing in the A36 means I'm going from point A to point B. Yawn.
Climbing in the 182 means I'm going to have fun somewhere.

Love that plane. Tom, Thanks for posting a picture of our blue 61 D model above.

I think the fact that they are still in production demonstrates that they a great airplanes.

Serious question, how can a bonanza have less maintenance then a 182? Using 1970 models as a comparison, 182 230 hp o-470 with a carb, belt driven alternator and fixed gear. Bonanza 285hp IO-520 with FI, front mount geared alternator and retract gear. A bonanza is more complex in every area I can see. What am I not seeing?

I’ve never owned a Bonanza but have several friends who do. Aside from engine or prop overhaul, in the 7 years I’ve owned it, annual mx has never run more than 3-3.5k. Annuals are typically 2.5k. My friends with Bo’s spend far more per year on mx.

I saw that, too, but let it go as a pride of ownership thing on a largely Beech board. No doubt, a Bo is a terrific plane, but it’s not as maintenance free. No one would expect it to be.

This isn’t about why one is better than the other. While they can have the same mission, they often don’t, as evidenced by the large number on BT that have one of each.