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Question: If you're inside of class C airspace getting VFR flight following with approach (2 way radio comms established, w/ squawk but not on a vector) and they fail to hand you of to tower at a Class D satellite airport (class C abutts the class D laterally) prior to entering the D, would you...

Chugiak, AK

Had something very similar on my O-470L powered C182B on 3 out of 5 flights over a 1 month period. Very brief 2-3 second roughness/coughing like you mention. I had the mags "refreshed" (mags and engine were right at 500 hrs since overhaul) and carb overhauled (which obviously you can't do)...

Hello, I have a corrosion treatment scheduled next week for a '59 C182B next week. I don't think the factory treated these planes back then and our IA said it would be a good idea. Anyhow, they're using ACF-50. The shop doing the work said it's going to have fluid seeping out of its joints...

I have about 150 hours behind a C182B with the sportsman STOL. I didn't fly this particular airplane without the kit, because it's had it for a few decades, but compared to some later (heavier) 182's without the kit, it almost should not even be the same type IMHO. It is pretty good. The...

Improper loading and/or unloading. Tail stands or in some cases nose gear straps are used to prevent it from happening. If you leave a lot of weight in the back of the plane and not much weight in the front, it can happen.

No. If it was, there'd be almost no one flying in Alaska. I don't mean to minimize the importance of trying to avoid accidents, but it happens sometimes, especially when instructing. The only way your career ends are medical reasons or Martha Lunken scenarios where the Feds pull your...

If you're pushing it on a flat surface, no. If you're going to need to push it up a slope or over any kind of "thresholds" or "lips" at the entrance to a hangar, then probably you will unless you always have two people to push with. I think the 182RG I used to fly had 75 gallon tanks....full...

Hello, I have an ancient KX-170b n my C182B that still works. Unfortunately it tends to slide out of it's tray every 2-3 hours of flight time despite my best efforts to secure it. I though you're not supposed to torque down the allen screw on the front of the radio, only turn it until it...

I've had them do it, yes. Situation was: There was a thin broken to overcast cloud deck at approximately 1000 AGL starting about 1/2 mile east of the airport, and I was coming from the east. Theoretically I could've flown on top of the clouds at about 2000 AGL or so and spiraled down into the...

Yep, I looked at a few kind of like that except probably not as nice as the one you describe considering the low corrosion potential in Montana. Usually the barn finds that haven't flown for 5+ years are going to be megabuck maintenance problems unfortunately.

I've never flown a 170 although I've ogled and fondled quite a few. If I'm flying for recreation/fun/adventure I'd probably rather have the 170 especially if it's a super 170 with an O-360. If I'm flying for somewhat practical transportation between airports the 182 usually carries more...

I'm interested in anyone who has analysis on this incident from an airshow/STOL contest last weekend. Minor incident overall, but as someone with a Super Cub clone in the works I wonder exactly what happened (other than too much braking). Hats off to airshow performers, it's risky business and...

Ok, it was a loose mixture adjustment screw on the carb. Apparently the screw had backed out to the point that the engine was dying at idle. Rescured the screw and the engine ran fine at idle indefinitely. I don't know what would cause it to run fine for the first half of the day and the...

Bad news. It's still dying at idle, but only after the engine is hot. After running for about an hour, the engine will start dying on the landing rollout. During the initial runup at the beginning of the day and landings during the first hour, there is no problem. I can only speculate now...

Tested again. Didn't seem to be any popping and it looked like a 23 RPM rise (1005 to 1028). I'm not sure what might've changed other than about 5 degrees Celsius warmer on the outside temp.

Yeah, luckily I have an electronic tach. I'm planning to fly again today so I'll be sure to check the RPM rise very closely again.

Thanks, I'll mention that to him!

Got the carb back from overhaul and reinstalled. Unfortunately the plane was down for 6 weeks because this happened right before the annual. It seems to run great now. I still hear some popping sounds at idle sometimes in-flght but it's running great aside from that. It's idling at about 600...

In my 182B I keep the rudder trim deflected about half scale to the right all the time. Sometimes it needs little bit of left rudder in a descent, but not much. I haven’t tried flying it with the rudder trim centered, but I don’t think I would want to. It still needs substantial right rudder...