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Project: 180 Skywagon - The On-Going Saga

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Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:55 pm

Re: Project: New C180H - The Madness Begins...

bigrenna wrote:He has a super long wait list, but the cargo net I ordered from Mountain Wave Aviation finally arrived today. Looks great with awesome fit and finish. Cant wait to see how it fits... Great job Mike!

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I put one of those in my 1967 180. The long lead time is the only issue. This is a very well thought out and well designed product. The customer support is TOP NOTCH! He wouldn't accept my money until he knew that I was satisfied. If you are considering it, I would go ahead and get on the waiting list.
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Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:10 pm

Re: Project: New C180H - The Madness Begins...

mountainmatt wrote:It has been 2 weeks, we need an update.

Bump. :mrgreen:


The pressure...

Actually I've been working on my buddies C170 getting his Sportsman installed. We test flew it quickly yesterday afternoon. I need a bit of a brake, then I can dig back into the Wagon project.

I did have a bit of fun by sticking a level-o-gauge on the panel. (Dreaming of some off camber beach landings...)

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Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:06 am

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Got the pitot/static IFR check done. One step closer...

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Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:27 pm

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Ok... Back on the Wagon and back on the Sportsman install. Should be finished early next week.

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Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:34 pm

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That white stripe on the tail turned out great
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Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:01 pm

Re: Project: New C180H - The Madness Begins...

Does the Sportsman STOL come with a replacement landing light lens? One that matches the new leading edge profile? I also see you have the LED landing/taxi lights. Wig wag?
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Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:40 am

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jliltd wrote:Does the Sportsman STOL come with a replacement landing light lens? One that matches the new leading edge profile? I also see you have the LED landing/taxi lights. Wig wag?


It does.
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Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:09 am

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bigrenna wrote:Got the pitot/static IFR check done. One step closer...


Ha! My first thought was that you're going to need another cert before the thing flies. I understand though the need to get the sportsman on before the final w&B check. Congrats on getting close.
I personally have been down all winter plumbing for hydraulics. Will have the skis rigged just in time for snow to melt! "doing it for next year" is my constant statement.
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:53 am

Re: Project: New C180H - The Madness Begins...

Greg, did you replace the little plastic plugs that go on top of the flaps? I think there's 8 or 10 on each flap. I took mine out last night when I started stripping the flaps and some are in bad shape and I cracked a couple getting them out. I'm not sure where to get new ones and I don't see them listed in the parts manual. EDIT: I see that McFarlane sells a 30 pack for $4.29
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:59 am

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robw56 wrote:Greg, did you replace the little plastic plugs that go on top of the flaps? I think there's 8 or 10 on each flap. I took mine out last night when I started stripping the flaps and some are in bad shape and I cracked a couple getting them out. I'm not sure where to get new ones and I don't see them listed in the parts manual. EDIT: I see that McFarlane sells a 30 pack for $4.29

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Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:01 am

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robw56 wrote:EDIT: I see that McFarlane sells a 30 pack for $4.29

Looks like AS&S also has for .19/ea
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:07 pm

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How's it going Greg? You've got to be close to flying! What do you have left?
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Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:48 pm

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Geeze... with all these updates on the progress of the other restos, I thought it would be a good idea to get back on my project. Work had gotten in the way, and I had to take 5 weeks off, but we are back in the game.

This weekend I was able to get back on the Sportaman install, cutting and fitting the right wing. Everything is now cut and cleco'd with #10s. I should be able to get the detail work done tomorrow/Tuesday. I'm about half way there with the install. Sure is a bitch trying to make it perfect...

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Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:03 am

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Well the paperwork is finally complete and I can officially change my N# to my own number. Took a shit-ton of time, paperwork issues and delays (due to the gov shut-down,) but my N# is now personalized... Late, but thanks FAA-

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In a nutshell, the first step is to see if a number is available. Then you reserve it for $10. Next step you submit the application with another fee, and wait.... If you want info on the process, here is the link: http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/special_nnumbers/

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Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:09 am

Re: Project: New C180H - The Madness Begins...

I'm doing the same thing on my 170. I'm returning it to the original N number it left the factory with, N4560C. It went to Canada for a number of years and when it came back was registered as N560C. I thought the N number wasn't available but after checking again a couple weeks ago I see I was looking at some old data. It will be cool to have the original N number back on it. Hopefully it won't take as long as it took you.
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Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:22 pm

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Well Im happy to say that the Sportsman is finally F-ing finished. Life really got in the way over the past couple of months, but its finally finished. Part of the time suck on the project was due to being super anal, but in the end, it was worth it. Since the wings will be polished, I painted the fiberglass parts the same silver Imron that I used on the gear legs. Matches polished alum pretty well. Here are some detail pics over the last week. They are a bit incongruous, but its what I got...

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Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:50 pm

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If a man can't be super anal when modding/reassembling his airplane, when can he be?

Looks great!
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Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:56 pm

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Jeeze your pictures are so much fancier than my shitty iPhone pics i take of my project, nice work!
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Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:14 pm

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I guess I have to keep up with the Joneses with all these resto updates on the board...

Got back into the paint booth and finished up the last bits of painting (ailerons and flaps.) It's a bit more of a pain in the ass shooting base/clear, but it sure does look nice. Hung the elevators, ailerons, and RMD tips today. I scanned the artwork from my orig parts book and cut the "CESSNA" logo out of flat black vinyl for the outboard tips.

Im sold on Aeroled, and installed them all around. LED landing and taxi in the stock location, and two landing in the tips. They are nice cuz they have the wig-wag feature built in so no need for additional boxes like MaxPulse. For strobes, I installed NSPs on the tips with a Sunbeacon on the tip of the V-stab along with the belly. They are all sunc and discharge together. I'm going to look like a G-damn UFO. F-ing bright....

Next step - VG's for the leading edge on the Sportsman.


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Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:17 pm

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That paint scheme looks sharp and stands out very nice. Love it.
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