Flew the airplane last Friday, and will be executing the purchase agreement and putting the deposit down tomorrow.
This will be the most imprudent purchase of my un-retirement.
Flew the airplane last Friday, and will be executing the purchase agreement and putting the deposit down tomorrow.
This will be the most imprudent purchase of my un-retirement.
Since this is GRM, I can't wait to see the engine swap thread for your new airplane.
Please tell that this was a drive and fly...
Very nice! Upgraded panel....what year? 3 blade prop - what's under the hood?
It's nice to see people with a more expensive hobby than us horsey folk
Congratulations! The Skylane where the "U" in the old GUMPS check is relevant!
In reply to JAGwinn :
Panel was upgraded in 2021. Lycoming O-540, 235 hp at 2400 RPM.
Yeah, would like to be in a position to swap engine for a 300 hp, fuel injected IO-540, but that's a ways off.
172 RG, definitely a pretty unique plane. The gear was an "interesting" design choice for those plane. You do get the bigger motor though. I am curious what it cruises at with the big motor. Probably climbs really well.
I see some very expensive hamburgers in your future. 
ShawnG said:It's nice to see people with a more expensive hobby than us horsey folk
Actually, one of the reasons my wife wants me back in the airplane is so she can more easily get around to look at horses and dogs.
One thing about airplanes relative to horses though-- you don't have to keep feeding them even if you aren't flying them. At least where I live, hangaring one (2 minutes from my front door) is cheaper than boarding a horse.
In reply to Karacticus :
Hes got it backwards. Horses make airplanes look cheap.
Nice spam can, btw.
Nice panel.
Super cool! If you don't mind me asking, I have absolutely zero idea about the flying hobby... What does something like this go for $$-wise? You could say $5000 or $50000, and neither would really shock me, haha.
Nice airplane! Congratulations!
golfduke said:Super cool! If you don't mind me asking, I have absolutely zero idea about the flying hobby... What does something like this go for $$-wise? You could say $5000 or $50000, and neither would really shock me, haha.
With some light aircraft now days, you can add another zero.
In reply to golfduke :
This is a nice plane and is probably 2-3x your high number. I'm part owner of the Toyota Tercel of planes, a Cessna 150, and that worth solidly in the $30s and that's about as affordable as it gets.
OP, congrats, looks like it is in great shape with nice updates!
golfduke said:Super cool! If you don't mind me asking, I have absolutely zero idea about the flying hobby... What does something like this go for $$-wise? You could say $5000 or $50000, and neither would really shock me, haha.
More than both of your guesses :). Usually $100K-200K, depending on condition, age, and upgrades. Sometimes more. Barnstormers and Trade a Plane are great resources to dream big in your freetime:
https://www.barnstormers.com/category-17398-Cessna--C-182-RG.html
Beautiful aircraft btw.
My neighbor had a 170 we did the $100 pie thing in it a few time. I learned that I don't fit in a 170 very well.
For those of you who don't know.
Airplanes wear out even if they're not being used.
Propellers, engines, etc all have hour limits to service as well as calendar limits. The only way to get your money's worth is to use the hell out of it or it just rots from sitting.
The fellow that bought my motor glider is a test pilot for Lincair. With no glider endorsement he went to Seminole Lake, Fla to get one. (3-4 days) Aside from the 27:1 glide ratio, I don't know why he bought it with all the other stuff he has. Great visibility though! 2.0 boxer, variable pitch prop all for $25,000.
Looked the tail number up online, looks like it's had a whole bunch of the big G avionics catalog added. Hope it's a great aircraft for you.
Whats the usefull load with the added weight of the retractable gear on those?
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Yeah, that is the "interesting" part of the design choice I was talking about. As delivered, the retractable gear (though it makes the plane look very nice in flight) represented 2 more knots (!!!) of cruise and actually reduced the climb rate because of the weight. The planes did come with a larger engine, so useful load was up a bit. The Cutlass (as it was called) only lasted a few years, likely because of that (and I am sure it came at a bit of a premium also).
With the big motor and prop that is in it now, it should do better, and might get better use out of the RG. That is why I asked.
As has been mentioned, these are not common aircraft but I actually got to fly one from Camarillo to Catalina Island and back when was sixteen and working on my pilot's license.
I had very few hours at the time so I couldn't make much of a comparison to other aircraft but I do remember it making quick work of getting four men (two being pretty chubby) right off of that 3,000' runway; Good times, good times.
Congratulations Karactius!
In reply to aircooled :
This is a 182RG, not the 172RG Cutlass-- though I did own one of those for a while as well.
This Skylane RG is truing out at around 150 kts.
Nicest thing about the Cutlass relative to the regular 172 was the constant speed prop.
And for those that asked, the airplane listed out at $250k. Someone put about $150k in avionics into it in 2021.
In reply to Karacticus :
Ohhh, OK, thanks for the clarification. 150kts is nice. That's Bonanza and Mooney territory.
I flew a lot with my brother as he was building his hours, one time we took a 150 from Long Beach to see our folks in Fresno. Flying along right above 99 hiway up thru the valley, I watched the trucks below going faster than we were, as we were into a headwind! Neither my brother or I are big guys, and I remember sitting just a bit cockeyed to give him enough room to fly the plane.......fun times tho!
He later bought a 1956 Cessna 310, only problem with it was it fell under noise retrictions at some airports, especially after 5 pm.
I got to fly in larger Cessnas, a few Pipers and later even a Hawker with him.
In reply to MiniDave :
Which Hawker did you fly in, if you remember?
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