Even building my experimental. I am completely amazed and terrified about the fact that theres just not that material holding the wing to the fuselage....the strength of that material is major but the visual is like woah....theres gonna be ALOT of force going to that spar attachment point specifically.

Too bad the 180 doesnt have a stick.

1:06 - an engine, not "a engine".

Thanks for that great video. Our flight school has 7 pa 28 180 Glad to know you are out there All the best neal. Cfi a&p flight fast track Punta Gorda Fla

No jo ...

Where's the news on the build?

Now dad finally has some fun!

Iam jerry Ogstad and live in Idaho 81 years old and have 2000 hrs in a 180 and a 185 flew in the Idaho back country Loved it this is a good teaching I dont fly any more got to old God bless thies men stay safe

It really sucks. I found a project plane, with extras, only to discover that there is so much that can not be done By a normal small back yard builder, just to make sure the plane is savable. At this point it's looking like the only affordable way for a poor man to fly is a used powered paraglider.

Wonderful !

At 6:34 he shows the hardware protruding through the “forward attach bolt hole”. The hole is approx 3-4x the size of the bolt diameter. Is that from wear or does a bushing or something go in there to reduce the internal diameter???? If the wing bolt blew the hole out that far its amazing the nut didnt slip through.

A&P and private pilot. guys in A&P school should se these! Working heavy sheet metal at the commercial level this is great info!

Boa noite sou chapiado gosto desse serviço

Roy, you're talking like mentally impaired.

Money spent?$$$

This is sharp!!!

excellent video, seeing is believing

This restoration project looks phenomenal. I can't wait until I'm able to do the same.

This video is neither “great” nor “informative” contrary to the blind gushing of most commentators. 1. The camera is fixed in position and not once does it zoom in to show a better view of the sections being discussed. 2. There are no cutovers to show photos or cutouts of sections/pieces being described. 3. Speaker is robotic, dull and doesn’t understand how to present topics informatively. This video is terrible. Do better.

Blood pressure

Of all the tail draggers ive ever flown The 185 was by far the easiest to land. Loved every minute of flying it!!

Couldn’t agree more that precision is vital. I practice on a lonely country road that’s pretty narrow with ditches on either side. I first just line it up in landing configuration then touch down and quickly fly away; after that I add longer rolls on the main gear then finally full stop landings. Makes all my backcountry landings as easy as at the big airport.

I know the guy is an engineer from Blanik, but he got the number wrong. There were actually more than 3000 produced. I'm glad they came to the solution to keep these legendary birds flying. This brings nice memories, I learned to fly in one. Sadly, we have none of our four flying.

Are there no inspection panels aft the spar so that you catch that during an normal annual?

Unable to catch anything he says… grrrr

Gracias, me quedo como la callampa👍

Great tutorial, with regards to the forward attach fittings and other components with dissimilar metals, how is corrosion(I.e. steel on aluminum)dealt with upon inspection? Thank you.

Is this simillar to the pa-31 piper as well

What about the spar-breaks at Saratoga? I want to buy one, but have heard about accidents concerning weak spars.

Very nice job. Did Lo Presti STC a new cowl. I have always hated that forward facing step behind the spinner in the model arrow - arrows with the Continental engine have a nicely streamlined cowl to spinner match - much less drag. It's jsut a shame to see people go to all the trouble with gap seals and fillet fairings and beacon replacing only to have even more drag created by that ugly mismatch. Oops I just realized this was 5 years old. oops

did you mean to say " a new spar (doubler) going on the spar...spar going on the aircraft?"

Wow. That Piper is slick. What a dream plane. Such a nice job. I would love to have one like this.

Crazy how little material is holding the wings to the center piece!

Thanks for the tips!

Do you sell the difference components to build a plane?

So does Cessna assemble Structural components DRY??? Like, um, uh, NO SEALANT??

All that corrosion grief to save a few pounds. I guess it sounded like a good idea back in the day.

Do these guys ever reply to any of the videos? Arrogantly annoying

You don't want me wing walking, I'm too fat now!

Wow, that spar is junk now.

I was never taught to wiggle a wing on my 1967 PA 28 180. Had two instructors. Fired the first one after many useless hours. This is before the tragedy requiring the AD.

Aah….ain’t gonna just swing down….it’s gonna bounce….especially if it’s loaded….and it’ll hit when you’re level if you hit hard…solution: DONT….

I hate I can't talk with them

CORRECT

a masterpiece worthy of show off at Oshkosh Airventure in July 2023

Great watching this! Memories! Last 185 job was ferrying one from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada to Puntarenas, Chile, then flying people to the Vinson Massive and once to the South Pole to pick up a couple of our guides from our base at 80S/81W….600nm of barren ice/ snow….nothing else….still scares me….

Curious about the crabbing tendency…never ran into that up north…my first CFI check ride was in a Citabria ( examiner had more fun than I did)…used to teach people to scan near middle and distance on landing rather than focusing on any one spot….rivets as sight line is essential but keep scanning….and if you have 20kt Xwind , and the runway is covered in ice with water on top….yahoooo!!! Welcome to Alaska!

Did you have the flap handle thumb knob custom made? It looks great.

Thanks for these videos

is it better to put in between them mastinox or sealant in order to prevent this type of corrosion?