Cessna 150 with STOL comments requested

wise purchaser wrote:



I am looking for a 150 with 150 HP engine with a STOL kit installed.
see prior post for details this is why I want a 150/150 with STOL.


Funny you should ask. A friend of mine just wrecked her 150/150 with a
STOL kit on a 1300 foot strip at her home. It was marginal with two
people aboard. The strip is at 3200 MSL so higher than yours but not
that much different. The 150/150 is no good, a regular 150 is a
hopelessly poor choice. Can't be made to fly straight in straight and
level flight, the rudder is too small. She had the 1960 Patroller
model, that one had big tanks. You got the wrong plane. You need at
least an older 172 for your mission.

Newps wrote:

Funny you should ask. A friend of mine just wrecked her 150/150 with a
STOL kit on a 1300 foot strip at her home. It was marginal with two
people aboard. The strip is at 3200 MSL so higher than yours but not
that much different. The 150/150 is no good, a regular 150 is a
hopelessly poor choice. Can't be made to fly straight in straight and
level flight, the rudder is too small. She had the 1960 Patroller
model, that one had big tanks. You got the wrong plane. You need at
least an older 172 for your mission.

What were the temp and winds when your friend wrecked her 150/150? If
she had full long range tanks, two people and a hot day with winds that
weren't helping--not too many airplanes will save a pilot from a bad
decision. A 150HP engine makes a stock 150 a spritely performer but
not sprite enough if you're overgross on a soft, high strip on a hot
day! A 150/150 will outperform an older 172 so I don't know what Newps
is talkin' about. VGs will help out a bit without the shock to the
wallet a full STOL kit will have.

150flivver wrote:



A 150HP engine makes a stock 150 a spritely performer but
not sprite enough if you're overgross on a soft, high strip on a hot
day! A 150/150 will outperform an older 172 so I don't know what Newps
is talkin' about. VGs will help out a bit without the shock to the
wallet a full STOL kit will have.

A 150/150 will not outperform a light 172. You don't have the wing for
it, that's your main problem. When she wrecked she was giving dual.
She decided that they weren't going to make it over the barbed wire
fence. The student then stabbed the brakes. Right over on its top it
went. It was probably about 60 degrees when it happened. VG's will
help any wing, are any approved on the 150?