Geoffrey

Thanks for the advise, I certainly understand it. Too bad a new prop is 10k and mine has very low hours.

BlueHeeler

How cool is that? Ice cold!

LastMezger

Great thread. Fascinating. Though I hardly have a clue concerning most of what is being discussed.

J richard

Steve, didn't know you were into things with wings...Portland is a great place for flying, especially bush flying(now I know why you're worried about prop strikes) I started my seaplane rating in a beaver on the Colombia... Problem is not enough water down in these parts...

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

LOL,..I started flying when I was in the military back in the mid sixties, a LONG time ago,.....

Oregon is a challenging and exciting place to fly, especially where there are either no airports or short mountain strips.

Indycam

Whats a prop strike cost these days ?

"a new prop is 10k"
Shall I look around for a nice used one ?

Geoffrey

Probably double the prop price once you disassemble the engine and check it assuming no other issues.

Thanks for the offer, but I'm good for now.

J richard

Unless you're doing bush flying like Steve (the 185 is the weapon of choice for that), you'll be fine, the continental makes the 82 a bit nose heavy, and the big wing/flaps make it a floater if you carry too much speed on final, the combo adds up to the potential for hard settling and porposing that gets worse if you try and force it, thats the strike danger, just have to be on the numbers on final and be ready to suck it up and go around. Besides the stick forces and power this is the biggest difference if you've been flying skyhawks.

Congrats, flying will open you up to so many amazing people and experiences, it will change your life...

993PET

Hi Geoffrey:

Congratulations on your new plane, it looks very nice. I hope I'll see you at Mid-Ohio with it next year to continue our coaching relationship. Below is a picture of my office, the Eurocopter EC-145.

Fly Safe!
Joseph

Geoffrey

Everyone at the flight school said that the skylane would be so much more difficult to fly than the skyhawk because of the nose weight and control surface pressure. However, I think it is easier to fly than the skyhawk and as long as it is trimmed properly it seems to have no bad habits and appears much more stable in a crosswind. It may be that mine is better due to the VGs on it, but I suspect it is much like driving. There are those who talk and those that do...Just like when I was told that I'd never learn to drive with my 700hp Turbo...

Love the Eurocopter...

ChaseN

Nice! I got my tailwheel endorsement in a 180 - the single engine Cessnas are my favorite (non-tube and fabric) GA aircraft out there.

<--- Right now I'm an air cooled 4 cyl man though Guess I should be driving a 912...

kgorman

WOW, very nice. Congrats and enjoy Geoffrey.

wpriller

Congrats and enjoy

cwrm4

Congrats on the purchase! My business partner has a 182 ('99), and the wife of his partner in the airplane got her private and instrument in it. She is a tiny lady and yet never complained once about it being heavy on the controls. It's all about what you are used to - she had never flown a plane other than the 182 so to her it is "normal".

Just remember that an airplane will KILL YOU for just a moment's inattention. In race cars, with the cage and the harness and the hans it is easy to feel very indestructible, and, truthfully, folks very rarely get hurt nowadays. Airplanes aren't so forgiving. I learned this the hard way and got to spend 57 days on a respirator in the ICU and then 7 months in therapy.

I'm about to be a NINE cylinder air cooled man myself...

J richard

Nothing that cessna puts it's name on is hard to fly...and you can't get any easier than the skyhawk/skylanes...Great planes...

cwrm4, P&W, Jacobs or nanchang?