The Finest Wren in the World.

It's like a Cessna hanging out with Burt Rutan too much

Skywagon University is my fav channel. Marks sense of humour, vast knowledge and genuine keen interest comes across so well and is engaging. The scene at Placerville is so quiet..it's like the aircraft come here for a holiday and care by an avid aviation steward, with thier best interests at heart. If aircraft could talk, they'd do so at Placerville.

Excellent to put an ice cold beer and share with friends!

As always very well done. I always learn something . Thank You, Doug Latch

Thanks Mike…. Great sale. Seamless purchase!!!!!!

YES this would B the perfect Machine 2 fly around in the Amazon !! Real short dirt strips with big old trees at the end !! However I would prefer a 285 hp may B for the extra boost !! Thanks 4 the demonstration and fly Safe !! ❤❤😅😅

I owned a 62 172C model 1501Y for 10 yrs. A very forgiving and safe aircraft stock. I still love the manual flaps, no rear window, and spring steel gear. Amazing takeoff performance considering only 145 hp. Really miss that bird..

Mark, I’m not a pilot, but a life-long aviation enthusiast. Thoroughly enjoy your videos and learn so much. I know there aren’t a lot of them out there, but would love to see a Cessna 190/195 video. Keep up the wonderful videos. Thanks.

Wow, fascinating. Never knew these existed. Thank you!

Makes my day when Mark puts out another video! I'd listen to this guy if he was selling turnips :) Good stuff as always -- learning about the Wren was very interesting.

@Skywagon University, hey Mark, sorry buddy, you've got the action of the canard backward. When you pull back on the yolk the elevator's trailing edge goes up which produces downward lift which causes the nose to rise (the elevator/horizontal tail is aft of the Center of Gravity (CG), the nose is forward of the CG, and the aircraft in flight rotates about the CG). Also when you pull back on the yolk the canard trailing edge goes down which produces upward lift raising the nose and lowering the tail (the nose is ahead of the CG, the tail is behind the CG). Always remember: 1. A control surface will increase lift opposite the direction the surface moves, and 2. the aircraft always rotates (in all 3 axes) about the CG. So if the elevator leading edge is pointed up the tail goes down which causes the nose to go up. In this case the canard and horizontal tail/elevator are working together to move the nose in the same direction, not opposite one another. Hope this helps! And, thanks for the walkaround of this unique airplane!

58 years old - I hope I look that good at 58 - that's a sweet looking plane!

I hope Juan Browne has tuned in to this video. I'm sure he'd love it. Juan is a lifelong aircraft enthusiast, private pilot, former military pilot, and current 777 pilot for AA. Also a licensed A & P mechanic. What a sweet aircraft this Wren is.

Okay, this plane is just awesome. I'm in love with this thing.

I had the pleasure of flying a Wren in 1974; a very fun airplane. I instructed at a Cessna dealer and the one that I flew, had REVERSE thrust! Yes, after touchdown there was a prop control that could be activated, that pitched the prop into reverse! Cool airplane!

Thank you I found it later that day

Top notch. The thriller. What more could you want? A Coupe de Ville that wants to fly at 35! All that's missing is the tow hitch.

The Flap button is primarily there to off load the flaps during takeoff, once at a safe altitude.

Beautiful masterpiece

Great video, Mark.

Excellent Mark, Excellent! We would happily watch an Hour or More of this Brilliant content. Time enough for more Aircraft facts, more personal stories, more flying, let yourself go!

Hi Mark thanks Again cheers David

I'm a geek radio engineer and a long time non-flying GA pilot. I love Mark's channel. I wonder why? The Wren and the King Katmai are amazing 182s. A perfect Idaho and New Zealand mountains airstrip machine! I also love the inbuilt camping beverage bar tops at the front. They're fabulous for gathering around with fellow aviators to share those stories of landing on ridiculously short "postage stamp" airstrips! Cheers from NZL, David :)

The canard lifts the nose when you pitch up, increasing elevator authority at low speed. Similar effect as the flying tail that trims nose up with more flaps.

Always enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.

Mark, explanation of the canard control sense might need a revisit please 🧐

BEUTIFUL PLANE!!! way awesome thanks for showing us!

Beautiful plane!

Thanks for the sharing of knowledge! Very well explained, loved the details of it! Keep them coming!

learned something new ! Thank you.

Great channel. Thank you very much.

This is a great video, thanks for sharing!

Nice and informative!! Thanks mark

I like the way these boring(for usual persons, not aviators) things are explained. Mark’s sense of humor is outstanding

Such a great Aviation history video. Thank you for taking time to make it.

That was amazing! Thank you for the details about the wings, tail, canard, and all the add-on bits! I've seen images of the Katmi's but didn't know how it all worked together!

Thank you for another interesting video!

Outstanding video as always Mark. Very educational. Beautiful airplane. Thank you!

Awesome as always!

May your grandfather's memory be a blessing. I'm sure he would have a good laugh from your remark about his plane! Regarding THIS plane, I was unaware that the Wren existed. What big flaps it has! Thanks for showing, you do such a good job explaining.

Fantastic interesting video. Wow what a history on that bird.

Great job as usual Mark! Sweet bird! Merry Christmas!

first one i ever seen ,,,60 years old ,1963 ,,the year i was born ,,,not a bad looking plane ,itll make a good model ,

Excellent stuff bro

Awesome as usual.

Astonishing!

Very good, really fine history Mark.I'm retired A@P IA and was never aware of this aircraft .

Not familiar with the Wren. This is truly fascinating. Appreciate the channel and the content.

Watched a couple guy's showing off in one of these on a Hot morning at the Compton Airport (1980 )Takeoff , Stall and Fly low over our hanger and CRASH..... guess they thought the plane was invincible.... maybe them also... other than that I sure love this plane.

The mind behind,all that technology surpriseme,inovation at the most,thanks For the video

I looked at the thumbnail and saw a 172. Then I read that it's a Wren. I thought Nooooo wayy. This is a 172, then I saw canards, and I thought why are there canards on a 172?? What's going on??? This is the first time I've heard of the Wren. I gotta hand it to you Mark, you're a walking encyclopedia on GA. A full on expert!! If I'm in the market for a GA plane, you'd be the one I want to consult.

This rings a very small bell for me - thanks for bringing this one on the tube. :bow:

Loved it , 👍🙂

I was luck enough to fly P2-UIH at Wewak, PNG in July, 1989. Beautiful plane. Possibly owned by Wirui Air Services. N3556F 1967 Wren Aircraft Corp 460/182J C/N 38460182/18257556. One registered in Australia now, VH-AIE.

Impressive

G,day Mark at Skywagon University from Sydney Australia. Yes, very unique plane. I missed, or don't understand the purpose of the airflow space between the tails fuselage and elevators? Always pleased to get your KZhead channel content. 🌏🇦🇺

Love, love STOL capable birds, and Wrens and Katmais are some of the finest. I see this one's remained in Arizona. You should bring your fine narration and sense of detail to a Wilga, if you can get your hands on one. =) Great walkaround!

I fly this plane every week. Fun to fly. Slow but you can land and stop on a dime.

Mark, I (and I’m sure many others) would love to hear about you and your story. How did you come to be in the States, your flying career, were you in the military? Etc

When you talked about the original Wren, I had expected to see the English Electric one, not the almost forgotten Hendy Hobo.

Have to agree with TRabbit1970 - which is that the cannard's effect on pitch is exactly the opposite of how you explained it. Never mind - love these videos nonetheless.

The canard "says no the nose does not go up" when you pull back on the stick? Check that again. The control surface on the canard goes down when pulling back on the stick, INCREASNG the camber on the canard. So the canards create MORE lift. That means the canards will fly "up" and also lift the nose".

Multi slotted Fowler flaps if I'm not mistaken.

*That canard!*

"Geek information"? Its' ALL geek information! That's why we love this channel. So who was your grandfather?

I wonder what the landing roll would be at 4 kts. GS!

must be fun to rig up

looks to me like pulling back : elevator pushes the noes up and so does the canard

6:24 if I understand this correctly, if the the yoke is pulled back the canard moves down but because it is located at the front of the airplane it will help lifting the nose up. Is that correct?

I just did some work to one of these, but it had regular wings…

Can you do a video with a fixed gear Turbo 182R?

New sub ! Liked 🙏👍😊

Dayum! If I had a spare OneEighty, I would buy that there bird right off'n you right now! Ticks a lot of boxes! Rare. Unique. Competent. Low miles. Super tidy. Clockwork Steam Gauges. SuperDuperStol.

Make sure you use a coaster for your beer!!!

Can you do a Camanche video

Don't you have the Canard & Elevator aerodynamic control of pitch, in the wrong sense? Seems to me when the elevator is up dropping the tail down and pitching the plane nose up, the Canard is down increasing lift and likewise also pitching the Nose Up. As control surfaces they work together in terms of aerodynamic control of pitch.

I wondered what the fuel burn would be.

What is it selling for in US funds

Anyone know what the asking price was? Or what was the sale price?

Maybe you should give it a good home. Let it intimidate your Mooney.

I’m wondering what the useful load is?

what is this plain selling for? Just a ball park price will due

More fences than a pawn shop . . can they take skis or floats? (Would you want saltwater anywhere near it?! A beauty : )

Wren? Had no idea that was such a plane🤷

I bet you could have pulled back the power and thermaled it.

Thanks for this. I have never heard of a Wren. I own a 182E. Jealous of the beverage holder. Love your channel. Interestingly my E model has the texas skyways 470U as well.

The canard seemed to be stubby enough to generate significant drag. However, I am an unabashed canard hater.

Yea don’t bring it to my shop please 🫡 just kidding but what a pain in the ass annual that must be. Nobody mentions that. Lol