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Post subject: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 21:46 |
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Joined: 03/01/14 Posts: 2128 Post Likes: +1607 Location: 0TX0 Granbury TX
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So, should one give into their passionate desires for a stately C-180 or those beautiful curves of the C-195? Pros, cons?
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 22:09 |
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Joined: 01/28/13 Posts: 6037 Post Likes: +3998 Location: Indiana
Aircraft: C195, D17S, M20TN
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One of each scratches lots of itches... Do you like to fly and put her to bed till the next time you want to fly? Land almost anywhere paved or unpaved? Have room for four, smaller bodies in back? Enjoy meeting others with the same affliction? C180-85 Or are you the type that like to drop into an airport and draw a crowd? Room for four plus comfortably cruising at the same speed as a 180/185? Nothing sounds as good as a round engine starting or flying by. Clean your bird after almost every flight. Wipe oily mist off after flying. Mechanical? Find those pesky bolts that are loosening, hoses that are leaking? Enjoy meeting others with the same affliction? C195
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 22:39 |
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Joined: 11/16/14 Posts: 8633 Post Likes: +10460 Company: Forever a Student Pilot Location: Colfax Washington
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Username Protected wrote: So, should one give into their passionate desires for a stately C-180 or those beautiful curves of the C-195? Pros, cons? Mark, Since you just mentioned those two Aricraft I'd go fly with a B/Tr named Chuck He currently owns both, a 185 and a 195 He'll show you both sides of Either
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 23:23 |
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Joined: 08/03/08 Posts: 16179 Post Likes: +8782 Location: 2W5
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Once the kids are out of the house, I'll build an RV with some sort of mogas compatible engine. Or in keeping with the theme of the thread, a Glasair Sportsman. I have said it before. There are are two sets of plans for our house. On my set it says 'plane building workshop' for a large area of unfinished space, on her set it says 'movie theater'
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 23:43 |
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Joined: 03/28/17 Posts: 6628 Post Likes: +7927 Location: N. California
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Username Protected wrote: So, should one give into their passionate desires for a stately C-180 or those beautiful curves of the C-195? Pros, cons? Please Mark! This is a Beech website; the plane you should have is a Stagger Wing Beech, that will still fulfill your lust for a tail dragger, in style! l
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 09:06 |
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Joined: 05/22/16 Posts: 58 Post Likes: +44
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Maintenance wise, it is a big step from a "modern" flat 6 tractor motor back to a round engine. You have to really enjoy spending quality time with your airplane in the hangar to own any round motored airplane (unless you have a mechanic on staff).
That said, nothing beats flying behind that round motor with the side window rolled down, on a nice late afternoon. And landing that taildragger on a grass runway.
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 11:00 |
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Joined: 07/02/13 Posts: 3127 Post Likes: +2979 Location: Stamping Ground, Ky
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Username Protected wrote: Don’t buy a 195 without looking at Gullwing Stinsons, which are just as stately, draw a bigger crowd, and cost less to buy, or Howards, which are just amazing in every way. What does a Gullwing cruise at? What engines? My impression is a 195 is about a 140 knot airplane, but I’m not positive. Same question about the Howard. I know they are all R985s.
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 11:12 |
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Joined: 07/21/08 Posts: 5429 Post Likes: +6114 Location: Decatur, TX (XA99)
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Username Protected wrote: 195 is almost 140 kts and is a great cruiser. Great useful load and very good parts and engine support. Aubie, I have always heard that the 195 would bite you on the ground. Is that true?
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Post subject: Re: Lust for Retirement Airplane($) Posted: 20 Mar 2018, 14:48 |
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Joined: 03/01/14 Posts: 2128 Post Likes: +1607 Location: 0TX0 Granbury TX
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Username Protected wrote: Don’t buy a 195 without looking at Gullwing Stinsons, which are just as stately, draw a bigger crowd, and cost less to buy, or Howards, which are just amazing in every way. The Howard is an interesting concept of which I haven’t a bit of knowledge other than it’s a big taildragger with a round motor, so it counts. DGA means darn good airplane I’m told. I’m a wood wing with fabric skeptic thinking about that bag of toothpicks adage. I have scratched the itch for a fabric airplane that doesn’t have wood ribs, just some formers. I’ve flown the big Stinson and it is as fun and easy as my Champ. I’m supposed to, and WILL get more 195 time sometime this summer.
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