I have to strongly disagree with some of the nose-heavy comments
reported here.
Yes, the 182 is nose heavy compared to the 172, but it is not THAT heavy.
Yes, it is a very stable airplane and can be flown from the time the
wheels are off the ground to the the roundout with trim.
When trimmed properly, the control forces at roundout are not excessive.
I use my left thumb and forefinger to pull on the left side of the yoke
and hold pitch attitude for landing. My right hand is on the throttle,
with power off.
You have to fly the propper airspeed. Most pilots fly too fast.
The 182, fully loaded with aft most cg is fine at 70 kts.
With two people and no baggage, I fly final trimmed at 60 kts with 30
deg flaps. Over the threshhold, I am at 55 kts. The airplane stalls at
45 kts, gross weight, with the cg at the aft limit.
I fly taildraggers, so perhaps I have the advantage of training in
keeping the nose high on landing. It does not require super human
strength to move the yoke to keep the nosewheel off the ground when
landing a 182.
I currently fly both an R and S model 182 and have around 250 hours in
the Q, R and S models.