Good Day,

I have been looking at early model 182's for a purchase. In the aircraft specs it states that the Basic Empty Weight of these aircraft to be 1560lbs with a Gross of 2650lbs. I am talking of the 1957 model. Some of the Aircraft that i have looked at have weights as high as 1800lbs for the Basic Empty Weight. Is this typical of the early model 182's? Doesn't seem to leave much after you add 70 G of fuel.

Cheers

Macdon221

I have a 1958 model that has a basic empty weight of 1734lbs. Your right, you add full fuel, and it doesn't leave room for much else. Mine holds 55 gallons which will take me farther than I want to sit still.

The plane is a great little hauler for short flights. Can get in and out of a vast majority of backcountry strips, and is a joy to fly.

macdon221 wrote:Good Day,

I have been looking at early model 182's for a purchase. In the aircraft specs it states that the Basic Empty Weight of these aircraft to be 1560lbs with a Gross of 2650lbs. I am talking of the 1957 model. Some of the Aircraft that i have looked at have weights as high as 1800lbs for the Basic Empty Weight. Is this typical of the early model 182's? Doesn't seem to leave much after you add 70 G of fuel.

Cheers

Macdon221

These numbers look about right . If you want a higher gross weight look at
Wing-X .It will add another 300lbs to your useful -wing extends about 3 ft.
at lighter weight will improve takeoff and climb .

I have a 1959 Cessna 182. I don't have big tires, large front fork, I don't have a STOL kit, or gap seals. I have basic radios. I have removed all of that old cable under the floor for old radios. According to the weight and balance done after I did this is 1680 lbs empty weight. I have the 55 gal usable fuel and it is more than I can use. My bladder cap. is smaller.

Bob

I weigh airplanes for some "coffee money " and Pizza or such,or what ever my wife says is ok. I've weighed everything from Kitfoxes to multi engine warbirds and helicopters. Owners (and pilots) tend to think just because the "factory" told me this particular airplane weighs this much that's what we'll use. Factory delivery and "sample" airplanes are very light under ideal conditions. Owners are supprised at how much weight is added over years with DIRT, fancy paint,interior and radio up grades. The old cables for previous radio installs never seem to go away until someone really strips the airplane. "Errors" of 50-100 lbs. are common . My old 182 is 1507 lbs. empty with no back seat , 1535 with . Gross is 2550 lbs. Fuel is 60 gallons total (55 usable) so i tend to
fly with 1/2 tanks for most flights . I configure the 182 to suite the mission. I just went with a 182 driver (customer) up to Grand Gulch mine yesterday and
found he used a lot of runway getting off . His is a 182G (1964) with vg's ,no STOL kit at 1796 lbs empty weight- we were about 1/2 fuel coming off and he still used 3-4 times as much runway as my old 182. adding wing area (wing -X`) will help -results in 3 ft. extension on wing and 12sq.ft.with 30 lbs. weight additional. Sportsman STOL kit adds another 8 sq. ft to wing area (4 inch along 36 ft. wing) with weight penalty of 11bs.