To hell with manifold pressure. Try coming back on the throttle until you
have 1900 RPM and 80 knots in the downwind pattern. When you are abeam your
touchdown point, apply 10° of flap and reduce to 1800 RPM and hold 80 knots.
Turning base, crank in 20° of flap, reduce to 1700 RPM and 75 knots. On
final, reduce to 1600 RPM, 30° of flap and 75 knots. Further reduce RPM as
necessary to hit your touchdown point.

Jim





"SilkB" wrote in message
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I am just starting to fly a C-182T and I was wondering if anyone has
any tips for the settings in the pattern/approach.
I have done most of my hours on C172, but when transitioning to C182 I
noticed that it's hard to get this plane down in the pattern. I enter
the pattern at 17"MP (to slow down) and abeam the numbers I lower it
to 15"MP while putting in 1 notch of flaps and trimming for 90-95KTS.
On base I put in another notch of flaps and trim for 85KTS and the
final notch of flaps on final while keeping 70-75KTS.
My problem is that with these settings the plane is not really
descending until the base to final turn where I need to cut down the
power completely. I would have liked to keep about 15"MP in all the
way to the round-out to make the landing nice and soft.
Any tips?

Thanks.