Mark interviews the crew at Bushliner, a company that is completely remanufacturing Cessna 170s, 180s, and 185s.
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@CatarineausArmory3 жыл бұрын
I really like the idea of overhauling these timeless and proven designs to modern dependability. Awesome concept Bushliner.
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
They will be great.
@CatarineausArmory Жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 It has been 1 year...is there an update and what about the 1850EX?
@skywagonuniversity5023 Жыл бұрын
@@CatarineausArmory They are taking orders. Jigs are ready. You can buy a finished plane or you can buy a "Built" plane that needs to be assembled. You get the fuselage, wings tail, engine assemblies and everything to put them together. Then it needs paint and radios. All engine options are Lycoming 540 or 580. Certified or experimental.
@CatarineausArmory Жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Thanks.
@dirtcop113 жыл бұрын
This is how it should be, it is user-friendly and designed to make upgrades simpler and easier. I am glad to see these planes remanufactured so that they will be in service long after all of us are gone.
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Make them again to last another 70 years.
@TomasAWalker533 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of work that Viking air has been doing for the DeHavilland lineup for a few years now and I'm glad to see someone going after the Cessna lineup of pleasure and working aircraft. Cessna and DeHavilland own the bush.
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Very good comparison. These guys do that same for 180/185's as Viking and Kenmore do for Beavers and Otters.
@sailorjohnboy23253 жыл бұрын
Brilliant engineers and technicians. What they need is sales help.
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
That is what I am here for. I will be selling these and taking orders.
@TomasAWalker533 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 I thought so. Very impressed with the thought and engineering going into these aircraft. These are the kind of engineers mechanics don't believe exist. The kind that do it right at the beginning, rather than passing the buck to the mechanics to solve.
@humbledtrader7603 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 that's excellent
@paulsautocm3 жыл бұрын
Great to see the new building skills being incorporated into this bird.
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
They are all Boeing or aerospace engineers.
@klrmoto3 жыл бұрын
Yes, thanks for showing this Mark,
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Are you tempted? There has not been a new 185 since 1985.
@leeadams59413 жыл бұрын
Very happy somebody is doing this...a great lease on life for an outstanding aircraft. Hope you follow up with another video of a completed aircraft..
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
When one is ready to fly, we will be doing a video on it.
@richard81813 жыл бұрын
Great job, love the panel concept. 👍
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@cinnamanstera63882 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome. Glad to know there is somebody out there effectively zero timing these old workhorses. I imagine this publicity is going to garner more business then they are set up for, hopefully the workshop can expand without the quality of work suffering. Keep up the beautiful craftsmanship fellas!
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
They are great at it.
@spiro53273 жыл бұрын
Great engineering and attention to detail. These people should be making their own branded aircraft from a clean sheet . Thanks for posting
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Why reinvent the wheel. The Skywagon isn a well proven airframe. Imagine a new one with an AD free airframe because of the improvements that the last 65 years have shown us were needed.
@andrewalexander94922 жыл бұрын
Going through the certification process takes years (lots of them) and millions upon millions of dollars. Not worth it for a niche aircraft that is going to have very limited sales. Just as a point of reference, the 182 outsold the 180/185 by a factor of two or more every year Cessna built both skywagons and 182's. And Cessna ain't selling a lot of 182's
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
@@andrewalexander9492 Just like the Beavers at Viking. Also, 182's are great, but they are being made new already by Cessna.
@andrewalexander94922 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Missing the point here. the point is that the niche that the 180/185 fills is a narrow niche, narrower than that of a 182, and the more versatile, more popular 182 is selling very few units, so it can be inferred that a new design aircraft, targeted at the narrower niche of the less popular 180/185 would be expected to have very low sales. Certifying a new airplane is a long, expensive process, especially so because a new aircraft would have to comply with all current airworthiness standards, instead of being an existing design, initially certificated almost 70 years ago, under the much less restrictive CAR 3 (predecessor regulations to Part 23) and as such, is exempt from many of the current standards. It doesn't make sense to go through that process doe what will be a very small, limited market. I'm not sure what the point of your reference to Viking is, but it kind of underscores my point; Viking is not designing and certificating a new aircraft design targeted at the niche the Beaver fills, they acquired the rights to an existing successful design.
@FINSuojeluskunta3 жыл бұрын
Really like the panel/wiring changes. I can definitely say that the worst part of working on old planes is looking at the rat's nest of wires underneath. Lot of the old autopilots and engine monitors don't even have support anymore so you just rip it out entirely (not easy for the autopilots!).
@ph59153 жыл бұрын
Wow! great stuff!
@bensadventures63212 жыл бұрын
Very impressive. I’m looking forward to their kit planes
@jeefflanyt3 жыл бұрын
Those boys are Football size. Must have a nice gym in the backroom. Don't think it is going to be a problem collecting payment at the end of completion. Nice job, love to see new ideas for old technology. Now if we could find a couple doctors to start a company and rebuild my wife's frame to new specs I would be a happy man. Nawwww, just give me a newly rebuilt 180, I would be very happy.
@danielconte32443 жыл бұрын
Very interesting ! Good information. !
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@bernardanderson37583 жыл бұрын
I’ll be volunteering my flying experience to ferry their aircraft to the new owners
@johnfitzpatrick24693 жыл бұрын
G,day Mark at Skywagon University from Sydney Australia. Thankyou for posting this video on the extra quality that a seaplane requires for durability, such as; * Enamel paints on lower fuselage. * Thicker aluminium skins and the additional components to stress points: landing gear attachments etc. * I especially like the modular harness design to the avionics in the panel. * (What is a smoking rivot). I assume a deprevation to the integrity? 🌏🇦🇺
@j.muckafignotti42263 жыл бұрын
A smoking rivet is a rivet which shows signs of the skins working against the grip of the rivet by leaving a dark ‘Smokey’ smudge on the skin. Very common issue on older aircraft and high cycle time airframes.
@johnfitzpatrick24693 жыл бұрын
@@j.muckafignotti4226 Thankyou so much for your response. Q1. Is it a simple matter, of just drilling out the rivet and replacing it? Has the rivet head causing wear of the aluminium? 🌏🇦🇺
@j.muckafignotti42263 жыл бұрын
@@johnfitzpatrick2469 Normally the rivet would be drilled out, the hole drilled to the next size up, the hole would be dye penetrant inspected for cracks, then a new rivet would be set in the hole.
@christopherkomer29822 жыл бұрын
Someday I’ll have to get me a 185 and then get these guys to go through it
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
Worth the time, money, and effort.
@brittlech8 ай бұрын
Getting through the certification/paperwork with the FAA had to be a 🤢 experience.
@skywagonuniversity50238 ай бұрын
It was but it's done now and all is well.
@12345fowler2 жыл бұрын
If I had the money that what I would do. Buy a clapped out Cessna 180 and have these guys rebuild it better than new.
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
That is what they do. There is nothing left of the old plane when they have finished.
@A.J.16562 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 So I just need to pop a data plate off of a Cessna 185 and they can rebuild it? Yes! Haha
@CaptDanAA3 жыл бұрын
Mark I believe I heard them say the instrument panel was for the 180, 182 &185?
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@jonl.garton46162 жыл бұрын
Peterson Aircraft offers remanufactured airplanes installing a canard on the front, which has proven highly useful. Does Peterson offer the canard on 182s?
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
No canard, just the equivalent of a new plane but better designed.
@austind41193 жыл бұрын
Is this an STC or is it accomplished with a major alteration?
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
It is an overhaul and the result is certified or experimental depending on the build and options.
@freedomforever67183 жыл бұрын
Turnkey price?
@beigebetty50652 жыл бұрын
How is that panel legal? Do they have an STC or are they getting field approvals? I would assume being that the panel is part of the structure one of those is required, not just a simple sign off from an IA
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
Yes, everything is 100% FAA approved.
@beigebetty50652 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 But how? STC or Field approvals?
@klrmoto3 жыл бұрын
If I retire can I volunteer for a couple of days?
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they would welcome the assistance.
@andrewalexander94922 жыл бұрын
The answer that rebuilding with thicker skins is "a wash" as far as weight is concerned because they will be saving weight elsewhere is disingenuous at best. Increasing skin thickness, adding reinforcing and priming and painting everything adds weight, compared to the same airplane with the same modern lightweights technology that hasn't had extra metal and paint added. It would have been nice to have gotten a straight answer on how much weight is added by that rather than an evasion. As far as the modifications themselves, why? No question, thicker skins and continuous stringers and such, make the structure stronger, but, does the fuselage structure *need* to be strengthened? I don't think that I've heard of skywagon fuselages not being strong enough generally. Certainly there are some specific weak points whcih have become apparent over the years, like the gear box, and the tail of the fuselage (subject of the tail AD) so it makes sense to improve the strength of known problem areas. But just to add metal (and weight) to make everything stronger when it was already strong enough seems counter productive.
@skywagonuniversity50232 жыл бұрын
They do not put thicker skins everywhere. They put them where needed like a 195 gets when it is repaired after a groundloop. Just on the boot cowl and a few other places. It is literally is a wash when the whole plane is finished. All we need to do it weigh one when it is finished.
@A.J.16562 жыл бұрын
Help me Lord if they start doing this with 195s. I'll have to turn to a life of crime to get one.
@bjs20223 жыл бұрын
Too bad the second and third body mike sound was defective in the first scene. A selection failure?
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Short of spending thousands of dollars on more mics, we're not sure what else we can do. We have purchased microphones that should be more than adequate for KZfaq videos.
@bjs20223 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 In this video two of them worked after the first scene so it’s user error, not a lack of hardware. Didn’t you notice the huge difference between the mike that worked/was correctly selected and the camera microphone?
@donaldbishop9233 жыл бұрын
@@bjs2022 I just went and looked at it. It was crystal clear during editing. Yes ... I would have caught that issue. I'm not sure where it went wrong, but with all the issues we had early on, I am extra vigilant with sound. I watched the entire video with sound scopes on, focusing ONLY on audio to make sure we were balanced and in the proper range. This is frustrating. - Don the Camera Guy.
@yanknbank0073 жыл бұрын
When can I sign up for a 210?
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
Just taildraggers at the moment because Cessna will not build them.
@j.muckafignotti42263 жыл бұрын
Price?????????
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
About $550,000 to $800,000 for a 180/185 to be built from scratch if you did not already have a plane. price depends on options, engine, avionics, floats etc etc at the time of ordering. $250,000 less than a new 206.
@j.muckafignotti42263 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 Sweet baby Jeebus! I still want one. I haven’t robbed a bank in awhile, might have to get on that!
@j.muckafignotti42263 жыл бұрын
@@skywagonuniversity5023 I was drooling over their fuselage fixture. And to think I passed on a Cyclone 185 kit two years ago, jeebus I hate myself!
@ADAPTATION73 жыл бұрын
@@j.muckafignotti4226 Cyclone, that's produced in my nick of the woods.
@stevenk66383 жыл бұрын
You have got to learn to mic your guests - i like your vids - however i need to hear ALL who speak - speak at the same level as you !
@skywagonuniversity50233 жыл бұрын
This is some sort of a glitch that I don't know how to explain. I watched the entire video from start to finish, focusing ONLY on the sound. I would have caught this before posting. I am uncertain what happened. - Don the Camera Guy.