Timmy P
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I recently noticed the Plans section, so I figured I would post here also. I've had multiple people ask if plans are available so this just makes it easy for everyone to find..
PDF Plans for Cessna 180
Build Article
Original forum post in the Scratch Built section.
This is an extremely easy plane to fly.. Its a wonderful trainer. It tracks perfect with no bad tendencies. It will fly really slow and steady or fast and sporty. It has enough control surfaces to set it into a nice hover. It has become my all time favorite plane to fly.. Inverted low passes look amazing with this full fuselage airframe.
The Cessna got a lot of attention out at Flite Fest this year. Every time it was in the air I had people asking me about it. At one point FT Alex stopped me to tell me the Cessna 180 was his favorite plane. So I let him fly it.. Alex is the same type of pilot I am. Slow, low, gentle, scale flyer. He loved how stable it was during slow flight. He was just skimming the top of the soy bean field, having a great time. He told me to go find Bixler so he could take the controls. I didnt see Bixler at the time but Peter was walking up. So he took to the air with the 180 and put it through the wringer. He did some cool maneuvers. You know he had to set it into a nice hover. Then I seen Bixler and he was excited to fly it. Told me to walk around with him for a second so he "wouldn't miss his opportunity to fly it." Him saying that put a smile on my face. Well he loved the way if flew. Josh said really good things about my plane and how great of a contribution it is to the FT community. That was all the recognition I needed to make the hard work worth it. Getting the Flite Test crews approval went above and beyond what I wanted out of it.. I wanted it to look good. I didn't know I would get so lucky that it would fly just as nice.
PDF Plans for Cessna 180
Build Article
Original forum post in the Scratch Built section.
This is an extremely easy plane to fly.. Its a wonderful trainer. It tracks perfect with no bad tendencies. It will fly really slow and steady or fast and sporty. It has enough control surfaces to set it into a nice hover. It has become my all time favorite plane to fly.. Inverted low passes look amazing with this full fuselage airframe.
The Cessna got a lot of attention out at Flite Fest this year. Every time it was in the air I had people asking me about it. At one point FT Alex stopped me to tell me the Cessna 180 was his favorite plane. So I let him fly it.. Alex is the same type of pilot I am. Slow, low, gentle, scale flyer. He loved how stable it was during slow flight. He was just skimming the top of the soy bean field, having a great time. He told me to go find Bixler so he could take the controls. I didnt see Bixler at the time but Peter was walking up. So he took to the air with the 180 and put it through the wringer. He did some cool maneuvers. You know he had to set it into a nice hover. Then I seen Bixler and he was excited to fly it. Told me to walk around with him for a second so he "wouldn't miss his opportunity to fly it." Him saying that put a smile on my face. Well he loved the way if flew. Josh said really good things about my plane and how great of a contribution it is to the FT community. That was all the recognition I needed to make the hard work worth it. Getting the Flite Test crews approval went above and beyond what I wanted out of it.. I wanted it to look good. I didn't know I would get so lucky that it would fly just as nice.
