Aircraft N1748Z

[Michael Mannschreck]

N1748Z


why would anyone ever put wheel pants on a cessna 210???




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[Ztex]

Man Thems gofast parts...that'll get ya a whole 5 knots ... for 20 pounds of pants....
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There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.

[Michael Mannschreck]

i would never of though some one would do that to such a great plane
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[Glenn E. Chatfield]

Well, that ain't no C210! A long time ago, I learned the following about the Cessna stuff (I may not be totally correct, so don't throw mud at me): The C180 Skywago got put on a nosewheel and that became the C182 Skylane. As time went by they put a bigger mill in the nose of a C182 and gave it retractable gear and called it a C210. As the C182 got stretched out so did the C210, both losing their turtle-decks. Well, supposedly some farmers wanted the load-carrying ability of the C210 and asked Cessna for a fixed-gear model, which became the C205 Super Skylane (grandson of the Skylane). Then as time passed the C210 lost its struts but Cessna added cargo doors to the C205 and called it the C206 Super Skywagon (great-grandson of the Skywagon). And of course the C207 is just a stretched 206, but now Cessna calls them Stationairs - sort of like station wagons of the air.

[Michael Mannschreck]

then why does it says its a cessna 210 on the profile lol
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[Doug Robertson]

Mike, Glenn is correct with the history of the fixed gear C210 which is a C210-5, among other model nomenclatures over the years of the fixed gear version. You perhaps were confused by the short FAA listing for the aircraft, which listings do not always follow the full Cessna nomenclature, which can be confusing with successive models named slightly differently. On my Homepage here I list the Cessna aircraft models according to Cessna's official names-as 205 Utiline and 210-5 (205) and (-205A) as there were three versions until the C206s and C207s came along-but they confuse also, as the Stationair name replaced the official Utiline name. (I also have to abbreviate on occasion to fit the A-D site blocks).

The 205 Utiline models also address the needs of an owner who wants lower insurance costs, no gear up landing accident worries and greater load carrying capability than the C210. The various C205s with fixed gear are substantially lighter than the C210s, which translates to more useful load, as well. To transition to retractible gear aircraft, most insurers required 10 hours of dual instruction, minimum, in the model to be insured, and the Utilines neatly avoided this requirement. The C205s can be true six place aircraft. In 1970, the C210 Centurion had a 25% cabin enlargement which then made it a six place aircraft. The 205s always were six place from their 1962 introduction.
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