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P-Ponk conversion makes a big diffrence. How much? Not sure. But as a pilot I can tell the diffrence!
A former Boss switched to the three blade, Performance went down for climb, He went right back to the two blade.
In cruise, the three blade was worth 5 knots.
It's been a few years since my 182 time, so memory might be off a bit.
 
I believe that only the first year didn't have cowl flaps. There's an article in a rescent AOPA mag about it.
Yup...according to the article, the changes to accomadate a nose gear didn't leave room for cowl flaps. 182B's were the first to have cowl flaps.
 
I ferried a 182 with a Texas Skyways conversion a year or two ago. What a wonderful machine.

It's a 285 hp O-550 with a big ol' three bladed prop hung on the nose. Super smooth, climbed like crazy and has a 2,500 hour TBO or something like that.

Dunno about drop zone ops, but if I ever own a straight-leg 182 I'd do it in a heartbeat. Cruise was ~150-160 knots true on 16 gph. (It was a new engine, around 25 hours, and I was just ferrying it to the new owner so I ran it on the rich side to keep everything nice and cool. I'm sure you can lean it down around 14 gph easily.)
 

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