"Matt Whiting" wrote:
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. :-)

Yes, it takes some mishandling to prang a 182's in this way.
Nevertheless, 182s are somewhat notorious for this - one of the first
things one checks on a used Skylane is the condition of the firewall for
hard landing damage.

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.

No problem if judged correctly.

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