"Gezellig" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:11:26 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:

On Aug 22, 8:55 pm, John Smith wrote:

Cessna 182.
Not 150 kts, but fast enough.
The ability to haul a load is more important than speed.
Four full adults plus luggage.

I do a lot of instruction in the C-182 but I cant say I'm a big fan of
the airplane. Cessna was just lazy and bolted a high performance
engine on their training plane. Its dog slow, sucks gas like no
tomorrow and flys like a box. I think the 172 is a fine airplane but
they really needed to go back to the drawing board when it was time
for the 182. Its a bit like putting a high performane engine in a Yugo
and calling that your high performance offering.

-Robert

Robert, with only an engine change, was it the weight that turned the
182 into a woofer?

It's more than an engine change. The first 182s had a smaller cabin, but
the rest of them have considerably more room than the 172 with a wider and
longer cabin. The wing is essentially the same, but everything else is
different.

The 182 is far more versatile than the 172. You can pull the power back on
a 182 and get 172 fuel burns at the same speeds, but you can carry more,
farther, higher, with more room and a better climb rate. If you want to go
faster, you have that option.