Cessna 180 numbers.

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Nark1

I've been thinking about trading up to a 180. I don't need to go fast, but I'd like a little more utility than what the Stinson offers.  I can land on a dime, but takeoff I at least need a loony. The 150 ponies and wing don't seem to like sub 1000'.


I'm not really concerned much with performance, but rather fuel and oil consumption.  Cruise #'s with and without floats.


Mostly planning phase now. I wouldn't do anything until late 2017/18 at the earliest anyway.


-Chris


David MacRay
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That's what we need for fishing!

I know, I'm not chipping in enough funds.
Nark1

Thanks. Pipe dream right now, but on the horizon...

Dave, when are you coming down for a hop around the patch? I'm going to try to make Oshkosh for camping this year.
David MacRay
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I'm not sure if there are budgetary constraints. We were considering going to the puget sound area during AirVenture this year.
Nark1

I've found a bird, but it has a little over 12,000 TT 1500 ish SMOH.
The kicker is I know the director of Maintenance very well, that maintained this bird under part 135 in Alaska.

What sort of time or life limit parts would be an issue with a 12000hr gal?
ScudRunner-d95
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Good thing about the cessnas are the parts on many models are interchangeable and common and easy to source.
Colonel
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On a high time Cessna, I would do the SID.  It's
not required by AD for part 91, but ...

[url=https://support.cessna.com/custsupt/dyn ... dynVal=240]https://support.cessna.com/custsupt/dyn ... dynVal=240[/url]

If in doubt, ask an AvCan moderator about them -
they claim to know everything about aviation.
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