Mar 09, 2010 this is what the 1966 cessna 150 should have looked like. Then the airport picked up a cessna 170 for rental and that became my favorite plane for off field flying. It is a one person airplane with no room inside and very underfloated with the edo 1650s. The term taildragger is also used, although some claim it should apply only to those aircraft with a tailskid rather than a wheel. What stol kits are available and which is the best cessna. The sportsman stol wing cuff is a state of the art modification designed to increase light plane utility and safety by increasing the wings efficiency and resistance to stalls and spins. Fullstall landings are identical, though in a taildragger you touch down on all. It was based on the earlier cessna 150, including a number of minor design changes and a slightly more powerful engine running on 100ll aviation gasoline. This repaint fixes mismatched textures and wrong colors on some parts, and changes some dimensions of some paint features in an attempt to bring a more visually appealing version of the ranchojen cessna 150 to fsxsp2. The taildragger version can fit into pretty much any strip no problem. The purpose of the change was to increase aspect ratio of the horizontal tail and to increase elevator authority, making a taillow or threepoint touchdown easier with flaps fully extended, especially with forward cg. I would love to try a cessna 150 with willies sportsman stol. Shop texas aeroplastics online for cessna performance parts.
The last few years, ive been flying a friends cessna 150d with a horton or bush, stock engine and stock tires, little bitty 5s all around. Ive put one on my cessna 182, but its not quite ready to go yet. Conventional landing gear, or tailwheeltype landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. In the air it is just another 150 with a larger engine. The 150l model is nicely redone and is a joy to fly along with the float version, which has to be the only 150 on floats for fsx. Place the two main landing gear halves a into the pocket on the bottom of the fuselage.
Cessna 150 with o320 150hp engine and taildragger conversions. May 31, 2011 yep, a cessna 150 flying like a zenith. Apr 20, 2014 crazy cold start big old airplane engines and loud sound duration. List of aircraft n numbers flying the aircraft model 150 by cessna. His cub was a better off field plane than my champ, but the air knocker worked for me. The first model year of the cessna 150 carried no suffix letter. Personally i dont get the 150 hp c 150 on floats thing. If you want a small cessna taildragger why not get a cessna 120140.
It was based on the earlier cessna 150, including a number of minor design. The cessna 170b was a very nice aircraft, that is until the cessna 180 came along. Cessna 150 taildragger, cessna 150 tail wheel, cessna 150 conventional gear, cessna 150 conversion, cessna 152 taildragger, cessna 152 tail wheel, cessna 152 conventional gear, cessna 152 conversion, texas taildragger, tail dragger. Cessna 150 tail dragger project for sale selling a 1969 cessna 150 tail dragger. This is what the 1966 cessna 150 should have looked like. I converted a cessna a150m to the texas taildragger with the extended gear and it was a delightful little toy to own and flyor to control on the ground. The cessna 152 is an american twoseat, fixedtricyclegear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use. Browse our inventory of new and used cessna 150 aircraft for sale near you at. Stol leading edge kit with wing tips, for cessna singles. The cessna 150152 has been a favorite aircraft for over 50 years. Installation instructions for sportsman modification stene. This is the best performance mod you can do to a single engine cessna.
Cessna 150 texas taildragger aircraft for sale worldwideat. The cessna 150 texas taildragger conversion was a ridiculous idea and ruined a good airplane. It is an honest 2 place float plane with a comfortable cabin and it does ok on the edocap 2000s. A significant number of cessna 150s have been converted to taildragger configuration using stc kits. The texas taildragger with the extended gear is a real nice airplane and the conversion is worth while if you want a relatively cheap toy. Cessna 150, 152 airplane pictures, aircraft photos and. The primary reference documents are the installation blueprints and process specification 732. It was once the trainer everybody used, so many on the market have had a good beating from students. It has many pictures, and youll see some beautiful planes and many taildraggers in the gallery.
One afternoon dan dufault cub pilot, ap and ai mechanic, and builder of stol winning bush planes pondered a simple question. Was told at the time that it did not handle like a pukka 150 tail dragger as the incidence angle of the mainplanes had not been changed. Secure them into place using the mounting plate b and 6 included. The reality is that taildraggers dont fly or land that much differently from a wellflown tricyclegear aircraft. The engine was a 100 horsepower 75 kw continental o200, the gross weight was 1,500 lbs 680 kg and flaps were actuated manually with a lever between the seats. The following sequence of installation instructions for the sportsman modification to the cessna wing is for your convenience and time savings. The cessna 150 prototype first flew on september 12, 1957, with production commencing in september 1958 at cessna s wichita, kansas plant. May 07, 2015 playing on the knik gravel bars in the wind. Cessna 150152 specifications cessna flyer association. With power to spare lycoming 150 hp engine conversion plus its stol capabilities, you really could not ask for a better shortfield performer. Cessna 150h, singleengine twoseat tricyclegear highwing. The kit consists of a glove that fits over the wings leading edge, extending approximately two inches forward from the original wing, and further drooping the.
Please fill in the form below to get in contact with the seller. To view the various models currently available, please check out our cessna aircraft for sale for descriptions and photos or place a listing of your. This basic info is taken from tcds 3a19, cessna service manual, wikipedia and other sources. In maine several years ago i flew a 150 taildragger that had been converted from a trigear. Cessna n9235b c175 pilots operating handbook pdf cessna 35b weight and balance.
This beautiful aircraft sports a solid garmin ifrgps platform like none other. For those who have actually been involved with the work required to perform this mod, how long did it take and is it that big of. The cessna 150 is a twoseat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for. Introduced in 1958, the cessna 150 series was developed to replace the cessna 140 series. Sep 18, 2015 the reality is that taildraggers dont fly or land that much differently from a wellflown tricyclegear aircraft.
Interested in this 1967 cessna 150 texas taildragger. On the ground it is just like any other taildragger but with its own quirks. It was available as the 150 or the upgraded commuter. Terry 2087411895 owner contact robert huston, friend of owner located juntura, or united states telephone. The square tail was originally designed by cessna not for a trigear 172, but rather for an proposed, improved tailwheel model 170c. The wings can be modified using a number of stol modification kits, some improving high speed cruise. T3 tailwheel suspension systems airframes alaska and alaskan. The cessna 150152s slow flight characteristics are so utterly benign that they nearly qualify as stol airplanes. These french manufactured 150s were designated reims f 150, the f indicating they were built in france.
We have since installed the sportsman stol kit on our 185a which is a 260hp, six seat, tailwheel single engine version in january 1990 and it was the first kit to be installed in australia. A well maintained, solid performer with very good paint and interior and a strong running 150 horsepower texas taildragger conversion. The official sn doesnt have a dash after the model, such as 150 59016 but i inserted one to make them more readable. Hi dean, the cessna 150, as opposed to the 152, should handle a runway safely, with. The cessna 150 came to life in 1959, became widely known in the early 1960s, and was upgraded as the cessna 152 in 1978 before production ended in 1985.
Vortex generators and stol kits that reduce the stall speed of the plane. Cessna 175 tailwheel conversion stol latitude aviation. The only current 150 taildragger conversion we could find is through lowe. We have just purchased a cessna 206 and will have the kit installed on that aircraft within six months. As ive grown older, i like the little extra margin the stol kit gives. The initial 150 is the basic model with a continental o200 engine.
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