Top Flite Cessna 182 Skylane

[kdoughty]

I got the Flaps covered. Next is the ailerons and that will be the last of the covering. I also found a easy way to clear the Monokote that covers the holes for the pin hinges. I used a small soldering iron and burned out the covering. It made a nice clean hole.

[kdoughty]

I'm finally finished with the Monokote. Next I need to clean up the room and get ready to install the Flaps and ailerons and then the servos , control horns and push rods.

[kdoughty]

I got the Flaps and Ailerons Epoxied in place. Next comes the wing tips. At this point, it's like working on an ARF.

[kdoughty]

Well I almost got'er done. I installed all the wing hardware and test fitted the wing with the wing struts in place, and checked the CG. I must be living right, It was SPOT ON . No weights required. And the GREAT NEW, I weighted the plane ,And the dry weight was only 12.67 LBS ready to fly ,less fuel. The Satio 180 in it gets 16 lbs. of thrust. I still need to put the Coastguard lettering on and program my Taranis radio. Here is some of the latest pictures.

[kdoughty]

OK the Day is finally here!! The Cessna is FINISHED!!! As soon as I check the programing on the Taranis Radio it will be ready to fly. Here some of the final pictures.

[kdoughty]

Hey Guys Here's a link to a U-Tube video of the real Coastguard plane I copied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG2F_Ge_x8Q

[kdoughty]

I broke down and ordered a 3 blade spinner and prop. I wanted to get a little more ground clearance and the real Cessna has a three blade prop. I went with a 14 x 9 I hope it will work. If not, I can always use it for display.

[kdoughty]

I did a little more checking on the prop conversion from 2 blade to a 3 blade prop and found this way to see what the load equivalent is.
This is what I came up with.

3 Blade 15 x 9 = 42,950
2 Blade 17 x 8 = 39,304
3 Blade 14 x 9 = 34,920
2 Blade 16 x 8 = 32,768

I was flying my Satio 180 on a 17 x 8 -2 Blade prop. In the Cessna I was going to use a 16 x 8 - 2 Blade prop for more ground clearance, but was only getting about 1 1/4 " clearance. If I went to a 15 x 9 -3 Blade prop, It would be more load and only gain 1/2" clearance. That is why I went with the 14 x 9 - 3 Blade prop. The ground clearance would be around 2 1/4" The load with that Prop on the engine is between a 2 Blade 17 x 8 and a 2 Blade 16 x 8.

Here's a link to the conversion formulation.
http://spiritsofstl.com/Documents/Inter ... Geders.pdf

[L82fly]

Check out this photo of Kelsey's latest build at Hollman field during the 2017 GAD! Photo shot from the WSRC Gopher Cam!

That's one sweet plane!

[kdoughty]

I've been flying the Cessna on Realflight sim to get ready to fly it. I will probably wait till spring when it warms up .
Here is some screenshots from Realflight.