RE: Building the Hangar 9 Cessna 182 Skylane
The G-26 is a great power system to fly this plane around. I have one now I have flown as long as 20 minutes (using a APC 17x6 prop) and still had 1/4 tank of gas left.
The factory strut is only for looks. Eyecare is right about flaring. Do not attempt a landing on the factory nose gear, it will bend and/or break the fire wall you mounted it to. I only made 6 Landings and it happened to me. Another member at my flying field made only one landing before his snapped. I doubled the firewall with 3/16 plywood and beefed it up with additional triangle stock using the serria visit strut. No more problems with it collapsing now!
It is a pleasure to fly!