2025 EAA Airventure OSH Report
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:24 am
We counted 18 total R/TR182s in the N40(N&S side of Rnwy 9/27) including 4 TR182s - similar numbers to 2024. We placed type club cards on cowls for all and spoke to 3 owners of the type none of whom were aware of the type club. We’re trying to spread the word about the type club to grow our numbers. N40 was filled up completely with airplane campers when we arrived Sunday PM(wasn’t last year) and we visited the FAA Ops location at FISK to listen to controllers & watch the constant flow of arrival traffic.
At dinner Sunday we noticed two men looking for a table so invited them to join us. One guy was a former Texton/Cessna upper management and the other ran aircraft breakdown support for the EAA at the AirVenture event- typical fun discussion at OSH meals.
On Monday we attended the Owner Produced Parts seminar at the Vintage Red Barn and posted the AC’s that apply for review. We also spoke to Austin Biene at the McFarlane booth who advised he expects McFarlane to have the SEB95-20 drill tool project completed by end of 2025 so that SEB95-20 can be performed for a greatly lower cost(Textron price is approx. $3600 for the tool) but did not yet know that part’s cost. McFarlane has 3 other parts projects in process for R/TR182 we’re pushing them to complete.
The folks at Lycoming declined our invitation to speak to our group via Zoom meeting, but indicated decent availability of parallel valve cylinders used in our 0540-J3C5Ds(confirmed by Air Power who were in the Lycoming booth at the time, Part# 05K21117) and about 8 week lead time for angle valve cylinders used on our IO540-K1G5s(i.e. Air Plains conversions). Yesterday while at Poplar Grove Airmotive they advised approximate 7 month backlog for Lycoming overhauls with about 2 months of that delay waiting for Lycoming cylinders. The strategy of purchasing new cylinders a year or more ahead of overhaul will save downtime and avoid the annual price increases so worth considering per PGA. Lycoming new engines or factory overhauls are backlogged as much as two years we understand.
We again attended Garmin’s $90 - 2.5hr GTN Introduction Pilot Training Seminar at OSH which was well worth the cost. Our desktop station included the G3X, GTN750&650 as well as GFC 600 which include much crossover functionality to the GNX375 & GFC 500 in our airplane. If you go to OSH and fly these systems their in-person company trainers give personal attention to students that is priceless. They also offered to do a remote class for our type club if there’s interest. Let us know if you have interest and I’ll bet we can do a lowered cost or free version.
On Tuesday evening of OSH was the 1st ever gathering the R/TR182 type club where six of us met at Friar Tuck’s to enjoy their AC, a drink, and our server aka ‘Nurse Ratchet’.
We’re planning a Zoom meeting on August on Nose Landing Gear matters with Chase Duncan that will focus on SEB95-20 the NLG downlock roll pin service bulletin and why it’s important.
The Cessna R/TR182 type club YouTube Channel contains lots of great stuff listed below.
The week before OSH we completed the panel rebuild on our PA22-150 which is now IFR certified. Much more work than it appears.
At dinner Sunday we noticed two men looking for a table so invited them to join us. One guy was a former Texton/Cessna upper management and the other ran aircraft breakdown support for the EAA at the AirVenture event- typical fun discussion at OSH meals.
On Monday we attended the Owner Produced Parts seminar at the Vintage Red Barn and posted the AC’s that apply for review. We also spoke to Austin Biene at the McFarlane booth who advised he expects McFarlane to have the SEB95-20 drill tool project completed by end of 2025 so that SEB95-20 can be performed for a greatly lower cost(Textron price is approx. $3600 for the tool) but did not yet know that part’s cost. McFarlane has 3 other parts projects in process for R/TR182 we’re pushing them to complete.
The folks at Lycoming declined our invitation to speak to our group via Zoom meeting, but indicated decent availability of parallel valve cylinders used in our 0540-J3C5Ds(confirmed by Air Power who were in the Lycoming booth at the time, Part# 05K21117) and about 8 week lead time for angle valve cylinders used on our IO540-K1G5s(i.e. Air Plains conversions). Yesterday while at Poplar Grove Airmotive they advised approximate 7 month backlog for Lycoming overhauls with about 2 months of that delay waiting for Lycoming cylinders. The strategy of purchasing new cylinders a year or more ahead of overhaul will save downtime and avoid the annual price increases so worth considering per PGA. Lycoming new engines or factory overhauls are backlogged as much as two years we understand.
We again attended Garmin’s $90 - 2.5hr GTN Introduction Pilot Training Seminar at OSH which was well worth the cost. Our desktop station included the G3X, GTN750&650 as well as GFC 600 which include much crossover functionality to the GNX375 & GFC 500 in our airplane. If you go to OSH and fly these systems their in-person company trainers give personal attention to students that is priceless. They also offered to do a remote class for our type club if there’s interest. Let us know if you have interest and I’ll bet we can do a lowered cost or free version.
On Tuesday evening of OSH was the 1st ever gathering the R/TR182 type club where six of us met at Friar Tuck’s to enjoy their AC, a drink, and our server aka ‘Nurse Ratchet’.
We’re planning a Zoom meeting on August on Nose Landing Gear matters with Chase Duncan that will focus on SEB95-20 the NLG downlock roll pin service bulletin and why it’s important.
The Cessna R/TR182 type club YouTube Channel contains lots of great stuff listed below.
The week before OSH we completed the panel rebuild on our PA22-150 which is now IFR certified. Much more work than it appears.