I just finished and flew my new GP 182 today. I bought this plane to be a relaxing fun scale model that would be a change of pace from my war birds. I was shocked at how fast, maneuverable, and full blown hard to land this plane is. I did put an O.S. 70 surpass with a 13x6 APC prop on it. I also left the wing struts off. But I am still very suprised at how hard it is to slow down, and how bad it wants to tip stall when you do get it slowed down. There was a strong cross wind at our Field and I managed to fly it 4 times with out dinging it up, but the landings were far from relaxing. I think I am going to put a big flat master airscrew prop on it, and put those wing struts on for some extra drag. I guess I should not be surprised, it is pretty heavy, and does not have a whole lot of wing area, or cord, but it is a much higher performance aircraft than I was expecting. The plane flies great in the air, and is a real looker.

I'm with you on the landings. Then I have to straighten out the weak nose gear that bent and the main gear that has a tendancy to flatten out. Is nice in the air though.

Ok, I got 4 more flights in today, and I have the landings figured out. My nose gear never bent and my main gear never flatten out, mine seems pretty strong. I did replace the steering horn on my nose gear . I have heard other people say that they got weak nose gear though. It could be a problem with the batch of metal. The key to landing this plane is to cut the throttle way off the end of the runway, then keep the nose pointed at the your touch down point. Once you have reached your touch down point flair about a foot off the runway and then hold the plane there until it settles down. Most importantly, LAND ON THE MAIN GEAR FIRST. If you touch the nose wheel first it will hop skip and jump all the way down the runway. Oh, and remember to keep enough speed because it will tip stall if you get to slow.

Have any of you tried spins with your 182? I can't get it to flatten out much at all. Even at full throttle it is just kind of a wobbly spiral. I am going to add some tail weight but I don't want to get the cg too far forward. I would like to hear if any of you have gotten a nice flat spin out of it.

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ooops. i heard mention of this aircraft tip stalling when slow. has anyone used, or does anyone think that using a flapperon setup will help?

I have been told Flaperons on this plane will cause low speed stalls to be worse due to alierons being outboard on the wing.
If the alierons ran the full wing they might work but being out on the end of the wing they would cause a wash out problem or was it a wash in problem???? can't remember but I got the info from RCU and the explanation sounded very good and I understood it to come from experience.


Miloh.

Interesting. I wonder if stall strips would do the trick. I've never even seen these before, i've just read about them being used on real airplane to help the root stall before the tips.

I've never flown the GP 182 but I did have the hangar 9 182 with 69" WS and it did'nt seem to be to bad about tip stalling, it landed very nice for me and it had the same tips on the wing.
There has been talk of stall strips around our field but never tried.
I've wanted to try them but the 182 is gone now and my ultra stick needs no help at all, Makes me look like a pro. This is what I was thinking about, make the stall strips and form them to the front of the wing then use rubber bands to hold them in place.
fly it, you could make them large and work them down after each flight if you wanted. then when you get ready you can remove them completely.
Might work might NOT.
Personally I think you would be better for it in the long run (as far as developing flight skills) if you learn to fly the airframe as designed.

Miloh.

I decided to add flaps to mine to make it land slower and with a higher angel of atack. I also like the flaps because they make the plane more realistic.

another view

linkage

alright mine great planes cessna is going together pretty well, i have the wings epoxied in place fit the wing on the fuse and have a difference of about a 1/16th of an inch on the left side then the right. the wing bolts line up perfect with that differece it is not alot like i said not even a 1/16th of an inch is this going to be okay or will there be a problem with flying the plane thanks mike

armyrcer:


What point to what point you measuring?


Miloh.

i was getting the wing centered on the fuse by finding the distance from each wingtip to the aft end of the fuse just wondering if the difference will be a problem like i said before it is not even a 1/16th of an inch thanks mike

I personaly would'nt let it bother me, don't think you will ever be able to tell it in flight.


Miloh.

I just ordered the GP 182 Cessna. Has anyone put an OS 46FX in one and if so did you have to use a pitts muffler to route the exhaust down? Pictures would be great also.

Thanks
Don

Well after 6 months, my wife and I finally got her Cessna airborne tonight. We both believe we received a Friday or Monday plan. Because the part's fit was lousy and we were missing hardware. We spent about 3 hours trying to get the plastic fairings on the wing struts and we finally gave up. I sprayed the wood hold downs with white paint and the look fine.

As for flying, we have a Satio 56 in the nose and the plane turned out a little nose heavy. The first flight went well, we had to feed in almost all of the right airleon and two clicks of down. On landing we broke the nose gear tubing. But in the air the plane looked really nice.

The mods I did tonight was to add 1 degree of right thrust into the engine and replace the plastic Rodi on the nose gear. Tomorrow, I will see if any of the changes help the plane.

The plane looks good and nice in the air. I wouldn't recommend the plane to a new flyer or builder.

Splitess...We fly ours with an OS 46 Fx...great combo. Definately not underpowered. Used the factory muffler...no problems. I reccomend a 11-5 prop for best performance. We take off from grass so I ditched the wheel pants and used 3 inch wheels. If you go to the airport you will see most of the cessna's don't use then at all
Good luck...great plane
B-

hey guys how did you mount the steering arm on the nose gear, most tricycle gear i offset the arm a little bit, but with the ply mount this thing has i thinking of putting it where there is no offset. anybody done this thanks mike

That link to Eurokit has changed to:

[link=http://www.eurokitlucca.it/EngHTM/Eng_preHome2.htm]Eurokit URL[/link]

Beautiful!

Does anyone have a picture of the cockpit? And do the doors open.... hehe... Also a picture of the flaps fully extended.. thanks...

Does anyone know of an interior kit for this plane?

I just received my GP Cessna yesterday (even in the snow). I am extremely excited about building it. I have actually, never fully build a RC plane before, but I work on artificial hearts and i am good with my hands, so, i thought I would skip the trainer plane. I don't plan of flying this plan until i have a lot of experience with a trainer plane, but I have been eying this plane for over 3 years, and i finally decided to join the hobby. I have loved looking at RC planes for the last 10 years, and I am finially old enough that I can afford, this somewhat expensive hobby. I have a pretty cool idea, i am going to try with the front strut and still keep the "scale look and feel" of this plane. I just wanted to introduce myself, and thank all you guys for the great information that you post in this forum. I will keep you updated on my progress.

-Bob