ORIGINAL: jvloyola
Hi I'm currenlty considering between the Great Planes and the CMP Cessna 182, I've searched the forums and there's not a lot of feed back on the CMP whereas there are a lot of happy GP 182 owners (and some disgruntled ones), can you comment on the flying characteristics of the CMP model?
Looking at the number I see that the GP has a lighter wing loading (GP -> 71 gr / dm2 vs CMP 78-82gr / dm2) that's almos ten grams extra per square decimeter, even though the CMP Model is lighter that the Great Planes ( CMP -> 2.5 ~2.65 kg vs GP-> 2.7 Kg) I guess that the extra wingspan from the GP help a lot ( GP-> 65.5" vs CMP 63")
Thanks for your inputs
Vinny
WHAAT?
There are a LOT of threads on the CMP Cessna here.
Check out this thread for one: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5146108/anchors_5146108/mpage_1/key_CMP%252CCessna/anchor/tm.htm#5146108]Click me![/link]
And this one: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6065502/anchors_6065502/mpage_1/key_CMP%252CCessna/anchor/tm.htm#6065502]Click me Too![/link]
If you were to see the Great Planes version next to the CMP version, you wouldn't even consider the GP version. It's that good, although you do need to replace some of the included hardware...
The CMP one is a much more scale like plane. Check out the pics on those threads.
The CMP does have a heavier wing loading and it flies in a more scale like fashion so is is NOT suitable for a beginner.
Scale Cessna's will tip stall.