Cessna 182S
Type | Civil aircraft, Civil utility aircraft, Glider tug |
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Configuration | High wing aircraft, Fixed gear aircraft |
Propulsion | Propeller aircraft, Single-engine aircraft |
Manufacturer | Cessna |
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FDM | JSBSim |
--aircraft= | c182s |
Status | Advanced production |
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License | GPLv2+ |
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The Cessna 182S Skylane is an American four-seat, single-engine, light airplane, built by Cessna between 1996 and 2001. It uses a fuel-injected Textron Lycoming IO-540 AB1A5 with 230 HP at 2,400 RPM.
Features
The Cessna 182S is one of the high-quality aircraft models in FlightGear.
The new Cessna 182S has a very detailed 3D model and a cockpit with highly detailed textures. Most of the switches in the cockpit are already clickable and working. It has a very realistic FDM based on real aerodynamic coefficients and the pilot operating handbook; engine power, EGT and fuel performance are tuned according the pilot operating handbook, the weight and balance behaves like written in the POH. Fly by the book - a link to real POH is given at the end of this page.
There are currently several liveries available: default Cessna livery, Blank, D-ELFP, HB-CZV, N182PJ, N321HW and a Custom Livery.
The aircraft has a simulation of the Bendix/King KAP140 Autopilot. The cockpit can be illuminated at night by using the glareshield lighting, pedestal lighting and instruments/ radio lighting, controlled by two knobs. Dome lights which illuminates the cabin in a realistic way are in work. The knobs have two modes each, which can be used by clicking and dragging horizontally or vertically.
Also, if the user has enabled ALS (Atmospheric light scattering) in the Rendering Options, some effects are activated such as cockpit shadows, visible landing lights from the cockpit and rain effect on the windshield.
The Cessna 182S comes with static objects which can be activated via the Ground Equipment dialog in the aircraft menu. These include a fuel tank trailer, ladders to access the fuel caps (and which the walker can climb(only in FG Versions before 2017.3.1 !!), ground power unit and a Dragon Engine Pre-Heater. Security cones are also available. Special Feature: The ground equipment will stay on ground where placed, independent from the movement of the aircraft! The aircraft can also go through a pre-flight check: wheel chocks, tie-downs and the pitot tube cover can now be added or removed.
Feature-List:
- accurate flight model based on real test aerodynamic coefficients and POH
- accurate fuel flow numbers, engine power, airspeed and climbrate in nearly all pressure altitudes and temperatures with less than 5% difference from POH
- realistic stall behavior
- calculation of real KIAS based on KCAS, based on POH
- accurate weight and balance behavior
- New Start-up States: aircraft can be initialized in cruise, landing, takeoff and more states
- fully simulated fuel system: fuel flow by gravity, engine pump and fuel pump simulated for each of the two tanks,; engine needs correct priming procedure according POH, fuel contamination simulated
- realistic electrical system, battery charge state depending on temperature, working circuit breakers
- fully simulated oil management (temperature, ....)
- autostart for beginners
- simulation of cabin heat and defrost
- High quality 3d-model, textures and animations
- Realistic exterior reflection shaders with fresnel effect and normalmap
- selectable chromed spinner and wheel fairings
- Very detailed 3d-interior
- moveable sun-visors
- 90% of all switches are working (except yet static source and cabin climate controls - WIP!)
- fully working audio panel
- fully simulated KAP140 autopilot
- fully simulated Davtron 803
- fully simualted Bendix King avionics stack
- Realistic interior light effects in ALS-Renderer
- Interior shadows in ALS-Renderer
- interior galss frost and fog effects in ALS-Renderer
- Exterior 3d-shadow in ALS-Renderer
- selectable and fully simulated Winterization kit
- External equipement like ladders, safety cones, tie ups, pitot cover, wheel chocks, external power source, simulated external engine pre-heater with sound - they keep their position on ground!
- aircraft can be checked outside (free movement check of flight control surfaces; oil, fuel, pitot heat, ....)
- Walker - can be used to follow the Checklist outside
- Save states: aircraft remembers last switch, systems and configuration state
- Many liveries
Handling The Aircraft (beginner version)
You can activate more realistic handling at any time in the aircraft dialog, like fuel contamination, engine oil management and priming needs.
The full checklists are available ingame in the checklists dialog.
Pre-Flight Inspection
It's recommended to use any exterior view or activate the walker for these procedures.
- Check fuel quantity on both tanks
- Left wing: remove pitot tube cover
- Left wing: remove tie-down
- Tail: remove tie-down
- Right wing: remove tie-down
- Nose: remove wheel chocks
Engine Start (manual and complex startup)
- Mixture: Rich
- Propeller: High RPM
- Throttle: Open 1/4 inch
- Parking Brake: Applied (⇧ Shift+B)
- Prop Area: Clear
- Master switch: ON (both)
- Auxiliary Fuel Pump Switch: ON
- Advance mixture to full rich, keep it 3-5sec
- Then Idle Cutoff
- Auxiliary Fuel Pump Switch: Off
- Magnetos: Both (Press } three times)
- Ignition: Start (S)
If engine floods, then set mixture to idle cut off and throttle to 1/2 to full open and crank. When engine fires, set mixture to full rich and throttle to idle.
Takeoff
- no flaps or flaps 10deg
- cowl flaps open
- full throttle
- rotate at 50-60 KIAS
Climbout
- no flaps
- cowl flaps open
- full throttle
- 80 KIAS
Cruise
- 2000-2400 RPM
- 18-23 mp
- mixture rich of peak as recommended lean mixture setting for cruise or 125°F rich for best power
- speed between 120-140 knots depending on the power settings
- cowl flaps closed
Landing
- flaps 20deg or full flaps
- 60-70 KIAS
Airspeeds
- See also Aircraft speed#V speeds
Airspeed | IAS |
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Stall speed, landing configuration, VS0 | 36 kt |
Stall speed, clean, VS1 | 43 kt |
Rotation speed, VR | 55 kt |
Best angle of climb speed, VX | 63 kt |
Best rate of climb speed, VY | 80 kt |
Maximum flap extended speed, VFE | 100 kt |
Manoeuvring speed, VA | 110 kt |
Maximum structural cruising speed, VNO | 140 kt |
Never exceed speed, VNE | 175 kt |
Max. Crosswind | 15 kt |
Development status/Issues/TODO
This aircraft is undergoing a constant development, which can be followed on its repository, where a list of issues and future enhancements can also be found. Worth a visit!
Gallery
External links
- Wikipedia article
- Links to Cessna 182S Checklists and W&B sheet
- Cessna 182S POH
- Cessna 182S Aircraft Information Booklet
References
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