Cessna 185 Skywagon

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The Cessna 185, also known as the Skywagon, is a six-seat, single-engined, general aviation light aircraft manufactured by Cessna.

It first flew as a prototype in July 1960, with the first production model being completed in March 1961.

The Cessna 185 is a high-winged aircraft with non-retractable conventional landing gear and a tailwheel.

Over 4,400 were built with production ceasing in 1985.

When Cessna re-introduced some of its most popular models in the 1990s, the tailwheel equipped Cessna 180 and 185 were left to the history books and not resurrected.

Design

The aircraft is basically a Cessna 180 with a strengthened fuselage.

The main difference between the two aircraft is the larger vertical fin on the 185 and the 300 hp (224 kW) Continental Motors IO-520-D engine as opposed to the 230 hp (172 kW) Continental Motors O-470-S fitted in the Cessna 180.

The exception was that a Continental Motors IO-470-F engine of 260 hp (194 kW) was initially fitted until midway through the 1966 production year.

The later model Skywagon II has a factory fitted avionics package.

The Skywagon can also be fitted with floats, amphibious float, or skis.

The AGcarryall variant of the 185 adds a 151-gallon belly chemical tank and removable spray booms for aerial application.

It is also possible to fit a cargo pod under the fuselage that can carry an extra 300 lb (136 kg).

The 180 and 185 are widely used in bush flying, the commercial transport of passengers and freight to remote austere airstrips and floatplane and ski-plane accessible lakes and snowfields, primarily in Canada and Alaska.

The ICAO designator as used in flight plans for the Cessna 185 is C185.

Variants

Civil variants

185 Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,200 lb (1,451 kg) and first certified on 31 January 1961.

185A Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,200 lb (1,451 kg) and first certified on 20 September 1961

185B Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,200 lb (1,451 kg) and first certified on 25 June 1962.

185C Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,200 lb (1,451 kg) and first certified on 19 July 1963.

185D Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,200 lb (1,451 kg) and first certified on 17 June 1964.

185E Skywagon

Six seat high wing light aircraft powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F, landplane gross weight 3,300 lb (1,497 kg) and first certified on 24 September 1965.

A185E Skywagon and AGcarryall

Six seat high wing light aircraft and agricultural aircraft powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Continental IO-520-D, landplane gross weight 3,350 lb (1,520 kg) and first certified on 24 September 1965.

A185F Skywagon and AGcarryall

Six seat high wing light aircraft and agricultural aircraft powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Continental IO-520-D, landplane gross weight 3,350 lb (1,520 kg) and first certified on 16 October 1973.

185F solidement apprécié dans la région des lacs et en Alaska.

Moins coûteux qu'un Beaver mais beaucoup plus cher qu'un SuperCub, tous des monomoteurs

Des endroits où ces petits avions sont accessoirement des distractions...

Military variants

U-17A

Military version of the Cessna 185E, powered by a 260-hp (194-kW) Continental IO-470-F piston engine. Supplied by the USAF to a number of countries under the Military Assistance Programme.

U-17B

Military version of the Cessna A185E, powered by a 300-hp (224-kW) Continental IO-520-D piston engine. Supplied by the USAF to a number countries under the Military Assistance Programme.

U-17C
Four-seat light utility aircraft, powered by a Continental IO-470-L piston engine

U-17A VNAF Nha Trang

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Specifications (1978 Cessna 185 II landplane)

Data from Cessna

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: five passengers

Length: 25 ft 9 in (7.85 m)

Wingspan: 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m)

Height: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)

Wing area: 174 sq ft (16.2 m2)

Empty weight: 1,748 lb (793 kg)

Gross weight: 3,350 lb (1,520 kg)

Powerplant: 1 × Continental IO-520-D , 300 hp (220 kW)

Propellers: 2-bladed constant speed, 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) diameter