arnobg Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 For those of you knowledgeable with this wonderful aircraft I have some questions/concerns as I know this aircraft is supposed to be modeled very accurate in terms of maintenance. Only 26 hours into my new C182 the tires were noted as needing replaced soon, so I went ahead and changed them. As part of this wonderful hobby I keep a log book of all flights and all fuel/maintenance I "purchase". About 27 hours in the fuel filter needed replaced. Does this seem like accurate times, or am I "beating up" my precious purchase? Seems like awful low hours to be doing these things but I have no clue honestly. Here's what the log looked like at these hours, the high frequency of landings for hours is due to touch and go's. 26 hours: 24 takeoffs/landings 27.7 hours 26 takeoffs/landings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Just a suggestion, but I would post your question over at the A2A forums. You're liable to get a lot of knowledgeable replies over there. Don't know about here, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Good suggestion. Here we know squat about this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLonger Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I understand the redirection to the A2A forum, but you could see the question as a general question about the maintenance of a C182 in real life and as such it isn't a really odd question here, although maybe it should have been posted in the Pilot's Lounge. There are more than enough people over here who know a lot about real life aviation things like this! But well, yes, you probably will get more answers on the A2A forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I understand the redirection to the A2A forum, but you could see the question as a general question about the maintenance of a C182 in real life and as such it isn't a really odd question here, although maybe it should have been posted in the Pilot's Lounge. There are more than enough people over here who know a lot about real life aviation things like this! But well, yes, you probably will get more answers on the A2A forum... Good point. Going back to the original post, I'm guessing, but all those T&Gs might have something to do with the tread wear on the 182's tires. On the other hand, I have 64.5 hrs. on my Cherokee and haven't yet changed the tires. A fuel filter and a couple of oil filter changes, but no tires (yet). Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnobg Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Thanks for the replies, I spend so much time in this forum that I prefer to keep it here than make a new account somewhere else but I will try that too! I wold say the landings would be more accurate around 35 (counting times I may have messed around in the sim without logging it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabs79 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I also had to replace a tyre after 27 hours and roughly 40 landings, but this might be realistic because i really messed up my first 10 landings or so, those were quite rough and might have worn out the tyres early. It'll be interesting to see if the new ones last longer now that my landing skills improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilya1502 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 If you are not careful on the brakes, you can easily put a flat spot on a tire and get it into a state requiring replacement even after several flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibu43 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 A similar question was asked about the c172 on the A2A forums. They said they accelerated the maintainence and failure cycles compared to real life so that simmers were more likely to actually experience all the cool system wear and failure they programmed in. If it happened with the same frequency as real life the average simmer would probably never see a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuisong Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 A similar question was asked about the c172 on the A2A forums. They said they accelerated the maintainence and failure cycles compared to real life so that simmers were more likely to actually experience all the cool system wear and failure they programmed in. If it happened with the same frequency as real life the average simmer would probably never see a lot of it. Now that is very interesting. With a few hundred real hours in this type (PA28) I thought the frequency of wear and tear was unrealistic. Thanks for the info on what A2A have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzpx56 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I like the accelerated wear and failure rates - it keeps me on my toes. I even had a big-end bearing failure a while back in the PA28, thankfully on the ground. It was hard to start, had lots of vibration, like the prop was out of balance, and totally failed to run-up to any decent revs., so I taxied onto the grass and shut her down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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