C 182 questions

[LesGawlik]

Has anyone with an a/p installed the extended baggage compartment in a 182? I am wondering whether there would be an interference with the servos.

Also, I can't get the strut down. I changed the nosewheel tire and put two cases of oil on the stab. Now the strut won't come down. I try pulling down on the front and lifting on the back, and it still looks like a tail dragger.

I don't think anything was overfilled or over pressurized because it worked fine before, and I didn't do anything to the strut.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

Extended baggage may be fine with the A/P Servos. Mine is STEC 60-2 and the electric trim servo is the nearest, but down low.

You might have interference from the pitch and bank computers though, depending on where they’re mounted (or magnetometer, KI-256, etc).

Nose gear- no clue

 

[Bell206]

Has anyone with an a/p installed the extended baggage compartment in a 182?

Best to call the extender vendor for details depending on AP model. I seem to recall Selkirk (?) made one that did fit.

I can't get the strut down.

Could be due to several reasons. A lot of times the air/fluid ratio gets out of sync and causes this as well as contamination and wear. Perhaps check the nitrogen charge PSI to start (with the weight off the wheel) and go from there.

 

[Dan Thomas]

Read the service manual for the strut servicing. Sure helps if you do it as Cessna suggests.

Some struts will stick. Kick the front of the tire to release it.

 

[camorton]

It's going to depend on the vendors involved, but in my case at least, the servos are way back there - so no issue with the extended baggage kits I've seen. Most only go back 18 inches or so.

Regarding your strut - I had to re-read your post a couple of times to understand - you mean the nose won't come down, right? You said the strut won't come down which would have been really weird!

Now I see you mean the strut is fully extended. Yes this can happen if the strut is even slightly over-inflated. Because of the geometry of the gear and the scissor links, there's a side-load on the strut and it won't compress from the fully extended position. The easiest solution is to simply let the air out of the strut, let the nose come down and then fill it back up. You'll need to borrow a nitrogen bottle, of course. Or roll on over to your local shop.

Even easier, just go fly around the pattern once. It fully extends in flight, right? In fact, it will probably compress as soon as you apply power for takeoff.

C.

 

[Dan Thomas]

He said he hadn't done anything to the strut. It's just stuck in the extended position, something that 182 struts do sometimes. Kicking the front of the tire usually drops it. It might be overinflated a bit, as well.

From the '69-'76 182 manual:





Edit: I should add that the strut extension stop cam wears and can let the strut extend too far, and it will definitely stick like that because there's too little barrel left in the cylinder. It's a steel lug located on the forward end of the lower torque link, and comes up against the flat spot on the strut cylinder collar to center the nosewheel in flight. Nosewheel shimmy can wear it.

 

[Silvaire]

Did you try just taxi and step on the brakes?

 

[LesGawlik]

I read somewhere to hold onto the prop hub and kick the nosewheel. It came right down.

It appears that the new tire corrected the shimmy, which caused me to raise the nosewheel to begin with.

Thanks to all.