Operating a lightly loaded 206 off of a 1000 ft. strip with no obstacles?
Any comments about operating a lightly loaded 206 off a 1000 ft. grass strip with no obstacles? Is a STOL kit necessary. Do the Flint tip tanks really help?
Thanks.
Re: Operating a lightly loaded 206 off of a 1000 ft. strip with no obstacles?
What is the field elevation? I have operated a T206H for some time and I would be very careful of the wind, weight, temperature and elevation before making such an attempt. STOL kit definately helps, I can't speak for the Flints.
Re: Operating a lightly loaded 206 off of a 1000 ft. strip with no obstacles?
Thanks for your comments. It would be sea level and cool temps. And it would only be for occasional flights. normally based at a big airport.
Are you operating your 206 in the islands?
Keith
Re: Operating a lightly loaded 206 off of a 1000 ft. strip with no obstacles?
I have operated a 1978 206 out of short strips often. The 206 has 800's on the mains and 700 on the nose with a belly pod and Sportsman stol kit. With a slant tail there is little rudder authority when slow, the Robertson STOL kit exerbates this when the ailerons droop as well, giving you even less control at approach speeds. On Perl Island (AK) the strip is 700ft at sea level. I never had a problem. However this is very dicey work. Know how your plane handles slow (lots of practice). I also fly a 182 in and out of this strip. My wife (also a pilot) does not like the 206 in very short situations; and for good reason. You are temped to overload it. My max is 1/2 tanks and 500 lbs.in the 206. But as you are aware it is hard to get a four wheeler or 55 gallon drums in a 182.
Check out the C-182. My favorite is the 1957 or 1958. I have owned both, and love th rudder trim for long flights.
The book numbers out of the factory at full gross are nice enough.
Find an older one with manual flaps, stol kit and a big tail.
I get off the ground in 500 ft. with my wife and two kids. My dirt strip (Fort Collins,CO) is at 5180 ele. I cruise to AK (home) and back each year and get 9.5 gph at 130kts. Ay sea level and 65 degrees (AK summer) we are usually flying in 250ft. Then you can "get out of where you can land".
Am I biased; probably so. But I have owned both and would not own a slant tail 182 (no rudder down slow). Look at the specs below. Also go to Valdez, AK website May Day Fly-in (http://www.valdezalaska.org/events/flyIn/flyIn.html) and look at the short field TO and Landing competetion results. 182's consistantly win the heavy touring class.
What about the 206, you ask. Well the owner (who was not very current) just returning from a winter in FL attempted a "slight" downwind landing...results follow below, or go to: [www.kmxt.org] to see the pic.
A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak transported a pilot to Homer after his single engine aircraft ran off the runway and crashed Friday on Perl Island.
At around 11 a.m., the Coast Guard received a signal from the aircraft’s Emergency Locator Transmitter in the vicinity and a Coast Guard C-130 was diverted to investigate and located the Cessna on the island near a group of cabins. There were no signs of distress.
At 11:54 a.m., an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was launched from Air Station Kodiak to investigate the source of the emergency signal.
The crew of the Jayhawk located the 76-year-old pilot and disabled the aircraft's transmitter. The man sustained only minor cuts and scrapes when his plane veered off the runway and struck a tree. The pilot was on a resupply run to his cabin when the accident occurred. Perl Island is off the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula.
COMPARE THE SPECS!!!
CESSNA 182A SKYLANE '57
Engine: CONT O-470-L 75% Cruise: 134 kts Wingspan: 36.00 ft
Horsepower: 230 Stall: 49 kts Length: 25.08 ft
Rec'd TBO: 1500 hrs Range: 565 nm Height: 8.58 ft
Svr Ceiling: 19800 ft Empty Wt: 1625 lbs
Rate of Climb: 1030 ft/min Gross Wt: 2650 lbs
Max Fuel: 65 gal
Takeoff (over 50 ft obstacle): 1080 ft
Landing (over 50 ft obstacle): 1310 ft
Takeoff: 555 ft
Landing: 560 ft
URL: www.cessna.com
Telephone: 800-423-7762
CESSNA U206G STATIONAIR '78
Engine: CONT IO-520-F 75% Cruise: 144 kts Wingspan: 36.00 ft
Horsepower: 285/300 Stall: 54 kts Length: 28.25 ft
Rec'd TBO: 1700 hrs Range: 450 nm Height: 9.62 ft
Svr Ceiling: 14800 ft Empty Wt: 1908 lbs
Std Fuel: 61 gal Rate of Climb: 920 ft/min Gross Wt: 3612 lbs
Max Fuel: 80 gal
Takeoff (over 50 ft obstacle): 1780 ft
Landing (over 50 ft obstacle): 1395 ft
Takeoff: 900 ft
Landing: 735 ft
