152 Aerobat

Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

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Mark

On Dec 14, 12:27*pm, Mark wrote:
Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. *I'm 6' 3". *Think I'll fit? *I ain't
flying bent over!


The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel...

Cheers

On Dec 13, 6:56*pm, "Flaps_50!" wrote:
On Dec 14, 12:27*pm, Mark wrote:

Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. *I'm 6' 3". *Think I'll fit? *I ain't
flying bent over!

The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel...

Cheers

Can't you slide the seat back like a 172?

---
Mark

On Dec 13, 7:08*pm, Mark wrote:
On Dec 13, 6:56*pm, "Flaps_50!" wrote:

On Dec 14, 12:27*pm, Mark wrote:

Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. *I'm 6' 3". *Think I'll fit? *I ain't
flying bent over!

The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel...

Cheers

Can't you slide the seat back like a 172?

---
Mark

I have some long ago hours in an Aerobat and at 6' 2" don't remember a
problem. The seat went back far enough to accommodate me and a
parachute.

"Flaps_50!" wrote in message
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On Dec 14, 12:27 pm, Mark wrote:
Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!


The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel...

Legroom should not be an issue. However, payload capacity for two
2009-standard-issue pilots can be a problem for any 150 series Cessna. We need
more jockey-sized CFIs.

Vaughn

On Dec 13, 8:10*pm, "vaughn"
wrote:
"Flaps_50!" wrote in message

...
On Dec 14, 12:27 pm, Mark wrote:

Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel...

Legroom should not be an issue. *However, payload capacity for two
2009-standard-issue pilots can be a problem for any 150 series Cessna. *We need
more jockey-sized CFIs.

Vaughn

I'm a lean, mean 205. The plane's owner is coming along,
and I've not met him before but I gotta think he can't be too
heavy if he flys an aerobat.

---
Mark

"Mark" wrote in message
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Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

---
Mark

I'm only 6'1" and the problem that I had in both the Cessna 150 and Cessna
152 was vision to the side. I had to bend way over to see under the door
and window frames--especially for any pesty little details like other
traffic.

Peter

"Mark" wrote in message
...
Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

I learned in a 150, and my instructor was 6' 2" and probably about 240. He
fit.
I thought all Aerobats were 150s.

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:38:40 -0500, Jeffrey Bloss wrote:

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:23:30 GMT, Mark wrote:

On Dec 13, 8:10*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"Flaps_50!" wrote in message

On Dec 14, 12:27 pm, Mark wrote:

Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

The problem is fitting your legs under the instruemnt panel.

Legroom should not be an issue. *However, payload capacity for
two 2009-standard-issue pilots can be a problem for any 150
series Cessna.
*We need more jockey-sized CFIs.

Vaughn

I'm a lean, mean 205. The plane's owner is coming along,
and I've not met him before but I gotta think he can't be too
heavy if he flys an aerobat.

205 in a 152! Hah hah. You need a Zeppelin.

Looks like Mark can supply the helium for free.

Æslop wrote:
"Mark" wrote in message
...
Think I'll see if I can squeeze into a 152 Aerobat
in the morning. I'm 6' 3". Think I'll fit? I ain't
flying bent over!

I learned in a 150, and my instructor was 6' 2" and probably about 240. He
fit.
I thought all Aerobats were 150s.


All 150s are stall/spin recovery capable - and they have even been known
to do a gentle barrel roll - in the hands of someone who knows a coupla
things.
There again: 150's have come back with a rudder pivot loose and
missing bolts, wrinkled skins etc., etc, in the hands of thrill-seekers.

Brian W