Re: [Aus-soaring] Cessna 182P tug

2011-10-24 Thread Jenny Ganderton
We used to have a C182 E model at Forbes which was used as a parachute jump plane and a glider tug - but not at the same time! It has a Cessna latch hook on it, and it gave no trouble at all. The rego of the plane is ICU, and it was sold to a couple of club members as neither gliding not

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cessna 182P tug

2011-10-24 Thread Pam Kurstjens
Hi Jenny From what I have heard, the Cessna Hook is no longer available, but the Schweizer hook is the same (maybe the Schweizer hook was sold on the Cessna parts list as the Cessna Hook?)and comes with the installation drawings. Pam -Original Message- From:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cessna 182P tug

2011-10-24 Thread Mike Borgelt
The 182 P (1971) appears to have the same Continental O-470 as earlier models back to 1965 and the even earlier ones had a different designation O-470 but still 230HP. Only difference appears to be a higher gross weight (2950lbs on the P which is the same weight as as the 1969 N model) and as

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cessna 182P tug

2011-10-24 Thread opsworx
All, dragged it out of the back of the brain. GFA AN 77 refers to Schwiezer hooks. There is some engineering stuff that will assist if you have to design from scratch. Regards Peter Heath Pam Kurstjens p...@kurstjens.com wrote: = Hi Jenny From what I have heard,

Re: [Aus-soaring] 1945 airshow

2011-10-24 Thread Mark Newton
On 23/10/2011, at 7:25 PM, Pam Kurstjens wrote: Magic! I’d heard of a snatch launch but never seen one. There's a better one here: http://slash.dotat.org/~newton/Snatch-Launch.avi (about 1 Mbyte - probably best to Save link as and run it locally) - mark

[Aus-soaring] Miles Gore-Brown contact

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Shirley
Hi all, Does anyone have a valid email address for Miles? The one I have is returning an error. Please reply off list. -- Cheers /Tim/ /tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare/ ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To