richpiney wrote:….It sure helps to have a support stand out on the tip:

That's looks like a handy thing to have around.
Plane's looking great BTW.

Finally some progress to report. The engine took longer coming back than expected and also elected to install an engine monitor. Just waiting on a few parts now.

Wow! Awesome!

Wow, that is incredible! Nice airplane and one with meaning. Congratulations to the owner and great job to you and the guys in the shop that did the work.

Kurt

Great work. Very impressed and happy for the new owner. Keep us posted— I would love to see as many pics as possible of the final product.

Joe

"The Pearl" looks East

Great looking, the 182C has the reputation of being the fastest of the type - interesting to get real life performance from this excellent conversion.

L18C-95 wrote:Great looking, the 182C has the reputation of being the fastest of the type - interesting to get real life performance from this excellent conversion.

I've heard the same about the 182D...which sits on shorter gear (less drag) than the 182C.

Aryana wrote:

L18C-95 wrote:Great looking, the 182C has the reputation of being the fastest of the type - interesting to get real life performance from this excellent conversion.

I've heard the same about the 182D...which sits on shorter gear (less drag) than the 182C.

I've always heard that about the D model as well, though I think the speed gains of either having the fast back and the slant tail would be negated by the addition of the square tail required by the STC. Maybe it's all a wash after the nose appendage falls off. Either way that plane is gorgeous, seriously nice work Rich!

Agreed! Losing that big heavy nose gear has got to be a huge win drag wise.

Gorgeous plane.

Looks great Rich. Did they ever get it flown? Great work.

The Pearl is alive! My buddy Chuck and I flew from 32S to KUZA in three days. She flies like a dream! Rigged properly and powered by a zero time O-470-50 PPONK with a new MT TWO BLADE.

Dealing with fuel venting overboard issues, EI-CGR-30P fuel calibration issues. Otherwise, once these issues are resolved I’ll begin addressing the panel

Chicodeman

That is one fine looking machine! Congrats!

That is a beautiful airplane. Well done. [emoji1319]

Sorry for getting behind! It's been super hectic, with my wife's family camp out, birthdays, life and and a million other things.
Here are a few pictures before Chicodeman launched off with The Pearl.






Chicodeman and The Pearl

Very cool. That is a great looking airplane, no wonder he is grinning.

Congratulations! This is one of those plane/ owner stories that you hope to someday encounter in person on a ramp someplace.
Nice work.
-DP

What a great paint scheme.

What is the empty weight ?

Empty Weight : 1725.25

Looks really nice Rich - Dustin and you guys do a great job on those conversions.