nddons
Touchdown! Greaser!
I took a demo flight with the local Cessna salesman in a new 182 today. I didn't have a high expectation of purchasing one, but they offered, and I took the offer.
This plane feels like a real airplane! It feels huskier than the Skyhawk, and though the controls are heavier, I really liked that. We flew to 4,500 ft, did some standard rate turns, stalls, which were a non-event, etc., and then flew the ILS 10 with a circle to land into KUES using the integrated autopilot. I have been checked out in a G1000 Skyhawk, but haven't flown it very much since I decided to do my IR training in a steam gauge 172SP. The first touch and go was a little rough with the heavy nose, and I didn't help by not using enough rudder on the go. But the second one was a lot better, including my pattern. I was surprised to know that the pattern speeds were only about 5 kts faster than a Skyhawk. What a pleasant, capable aircraft. Especially with 3 adults and a lot of fuel.
Now what do I do? I can't justify buying one on my own, but I think that there is a market for a leaseback to the local flight school for a 182. Except for Kent's rental baby at KMSN, I'm not sure there is another 182 available to rent in southeast Wisconsin.
I'm going to get a financial model for a leaseback, run some numbers, and think about it. But if this is my first plane, it's going to be very hard to look at it as a business asset, and have other people flying it! I guess that would be a good problem to have.
I've seen the sticky on the sale/leaseback idea, but if anyone has any experience with that, good or bad, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.
Stan
This plane feels like a real airplane! It feels huskier than the Skyhawk, and though the controls are heavier, I really liked that. We flew to 4,500 ft, did some standard rate turns, stalls, which were a non-event, etc., and then flew the ILS 10 with a circle to land into KUES using the integrated autopilot. I have been checked out in a G1000 Skyhawk, but haven't flown it very much since I decided to do my IR training in a steam gauge 172SP. The first touch and go was a little rough with the heavy nose, and I didn't help by not using enough rudder on the go. But the second one was a lot better, including my pattern. I was surprised to know that the pattern speeds were only about 5 kts faster than a Skyhawk. What a pleasant, capable aircraft. Especially with 3 adults and a lot of fuel.
Now what do I do? I can't justify buying one on my own, but I think that there is a market for a leaseback to the local flight school for a 182. Except for Kent's rental baby at KMSN, I'm not sure there is another 182 available to rent in southeast Wisconsin.
I'm going to get a financial model for a leaseback, run some numbers, and think about it. But if this is my first plane, it's going to be very hard to look at it as a business asset, and have other people flying it! I guess that would be a good problem to have.
I've seen the sticky on the sale/leaseback idea, but if anyone has any experience with that, good or bad, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.
Stan