Dan Luke wrote:

"Paul Tomblin" wrote:

So now we're looking at replacements, and one type of plane that
people
keep mentioning as a possibility is the C-182 or C-182RG, because it
has
similar performance to our Dakota, but better interior room. I've
never
flown a high wing before. Is there any tips or hints you could give
me to
help the transition?


182s have a tendency to drop hard on the nose gear on landing if you
don't watch 'em. Be sure to add "up" elevator trim on short final and
carry just a little bit of power into the flare. Other than that, a
Skylane is your grandma's Oldsmobile.


It's funny as I'd heard this also and found the 182 to not have this
tendency any more than any other airplane I've flown. Then again, as
you know from another thread, I was taught to make full stall landings. :-)

I'm therefore quite used to pulling the nose up on landing until the
stall horn bleeps or until the mains touch. Hopefully, nearly
simultaneously.

If you fly the 182 like a 150, then sure you land on the nose as the 182
probably requires 3-4 times the pull on the yoke to stall before
touchdown. However, I was taught to fly the airplane by using whatever
control input is needed to get the attitude/performance desired, not to
fly by control force. If fly this way, then the 182 is, as you say,
your gramma's Olds.


Matt