So I've heard of these but had never seen a picture till now. The placard above the opening makes me think this was an STC and not a field approval but I'm just guessing. I think I remember part of the install was replacing the control cables and installing pulleys to get the cables under the floor. Anyone know anything about this?

[edit- my bad- reading too fast and misunderstood the question]
-DP

What happened to Ward? We had a C180 he rebuilt, maybe twice. It was sweet.

Thanks DP

Phil- my bad- I read too fast and didn't register the "Extended-Extended" detail. My baggage is just "Extended". I don't know whether Ward ever had a FA for a double-extended baggage, although he did use pulleys to build a truly flat-floor extended baggage in my 170, via FA. He did include a placard that looks quite a lot like the one in your photo. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
-DP

Looks like a recipe for aft CG loading. The 185 is a good load hauler, but big loads are best done with one rear seat removed to keep the heavy stuff forward anyway.

Winter was the only time I really wished for a bit more space, even with the stock extended baggage, and even then, only when I needed four seats.

MTV

Looks like a nice place to sleep though

I now a bit about this. PM me.

Good for hauling long lumber and as previously discussed...light bulky stuff.

Not so good if your heavy load can slide aft.

SI

I have some paperwork on a previous field approval of a Super Extended baggage also. Was told I could pass it along if someone else wanted to use it for their own field approval. PM me.

I am putting in the Airglas carbon fiber extended baggage next week, and feel bad that I have to leave the back of it out to have the Super Extended baggage...

Rod

He had a multiple field approval.
Ward is still a mechanic extraordinaire and has a large hangar in Girdwood.

PAMR MX wrote:He had a multiple field approval.
Ward is still a mechanic extraordinaire and has a large hangar in Girdwood.

Glad he’s still around.

The 180 we had that he worked over has the flat floor but I don’t believe it was that long. He had a sealed battery lying on its side in a box under the right front seat. It was the best flying 180 out of the 3 we had.