I did 7.6 hours direct Sarasota FL to Zelienople PA last month in my 182. Only 812nm, but I’m a bit slower and had 20 – 25kts on the nose most of the way. Not too bad at all, with 2 axis autopilot and entertainment Bluetooth-ed into the intercom.
In March I’m planning to try and fly non-stop from Los Angeles to Bangor, Maine. About 2500nm.
My long flight went well in the end. I chose Daytona Beach FL to Santa Monica CA and did it in 16.5 hours non-stop in my 182. The autopilot failed in Florida, which was a bit of a shame though.
Katamarino wrote:
My long flight went well in the end. I chose Daytona Beach FL to Santa Monica CA and did it in 16.5 hours non-stop in my 182. The autopilot failed in Florida, which was a bit of a shame though.
Wow, that’s crazy! 16.5 hours hand flying? Seriously? What kind of tanks do you have in there? Route ?
70kts cruise for 16.5h that is a long approach to land for a C182 ;)
Whoops, Santa Maria, not Santa Monica. About 2,100nm e-route. Turtlepac in the back, and 111 gallons in the wings with Flint tanks.
That’s hard core…..
PS: Pretty respectable GS, given you were flying into the prevailing winds
Wow! How did you not fall asleep?
I admire your endurance but why would you do that?
Katamarino wrote:
Whoops, Santa Maria, not Santa Monica. About 2,100nm e-route
That make sense then, impressive, takes 3 days of sleep to recover from such flight 
Lots of podcasts and handflying kept me awake. It was to test the ferry fuel system performance and operation for an upcoming around-the-world flight. Decided I’d rather do it once over land than learn as I go along over 2,100nm of open ocean!
