Great Planes Cessna 182
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From: Wheat Ridge, CO
Thanks for posting your pics, I do GREATLY appreciate it...Now all I have to do is do a "gut check" and start cutting...What settings as to what % of flaps do you normally use...Many thanks again...Kevin in (about to snow) Denver
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I am not sure exactly, I use a JR radio and the the flap is not centered by default, so I am using -75% and positive 50% if you understand what that means, I will need to confirm that, I just adjusted the settings recently.
Also, I think its worth it. This plane does not have enough wing area to have floaty landings, so in most cases, its a hot fast landing, with the flaps i find that i get a bit of a slower pace, but i do need to add a bit of up trim when i kick in the flaps as my nose seems to bow a bit, which i guess is normal. but it definately helps though, bigtime.... this is also not a plane i fly every week, its been 8 months since i last flew it, so I will let you know how it performs this saturday!
Also, I think its worth it. This plane does not have enough wing area to have floaty landings, so in most cases, its a hot fast landing, with the flaps i find that i get a bit of a slower pace, but i do need to add a bit of up trim when i kick in the flaps as my nose seems to bow a bit, which i guess is normal. but it definately helps though, bigtime.... this is also not a plane i fly every week, its been 8 months since i last flew it, so I will let you know how it performs this saturday!
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I just traded for one of these that has been sitting for a while. I don’t know if it has ever been flown but I did have to replace the fuel tank and lines due to crap in the tank from old fuel. I got a new uncut cowl and some spare parts with it. The wing struts were never installed and I think it may actually be missing parts. Does anyone still have one of these that can take pics of the struts or just tell me they aren’t needed?



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