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Texas Taildraggers
I'm looking to buy one. They are around, but the market is small
enough tat determining market value is difficult. Compared to a similarly equipped, same-year unmodified 150, what should the price difference be? Ari. -- Elections only count as free and trials as fair if you can lose money betting on the outcome. |
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"K. Ari Krupnikov" wrote in message ... I'm looking to buy one. They are around, but the market is small enough tat determining market value is difficult. Compared to a similarly equipped, same-year unmodified 150, what should the price difference be? Ari. Here's a link to several for sale. http://www.taildraggerclub.org/tdc/ttd/ttdlinks.html |
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Personally, I like the Cessna 140 better.
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"Robert M. Gary" writes:
Personally, I like the Cessna 140 better. Why's that? Ari. -- Elections only count as free and trials as fair if you can lose money betting on the outcome. |
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Since the 150 was never intended to be a conventional gear airplane,
the rudder is a little small. That's why the 140 is probably a better tailwheel airplane. Bill Hale |
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wrote in message oups.com... Since the 150 was never intended to be a conventional gear airplane, the rudder is a little small. That's why the 140 is probably a better tailwheel airplane. Bill Hale And the TT looks really goofey with those short gear legs and short prop. An early 150 converted to a tail dragger with 140 gear legs looks much better and gets the prop up in the air where it belongs.. Then again, why buy a fake when one can buy the original. Many 120 and 140s have had O-200s installed and they quite handily out perform a 150 nose wheel or otherwise. |
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"Dave Stadt" writes:
wrote in message oups.com... Since the 150 was never intended to be a conventional gear airplane, the rudder is a little small. And the TT looks really goofey with those short gear legs and short prop. An early 150 converted to a tail dragger with 140 gear legs looks much better and gets the prop up in the air where it belongs.. I hear that straight-tail 150's do better as taildraggers than swept-tail ones. Is that true? Ari. -- Elections only count as free and trials as fair if you can lose money betting on the outcome. |
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The TT's gear is the original gear moved forward, so that its
deck angle on the ground is shallow; that raises takeoff and landing speeds since you can't get the nose higher. Besides, I've flown several aircraft that use O-200s and I still can't figure out where all that power goes in a 150. The other airplanes perform much better. Old straight-tail, no-back-window 150s were faster, lighter and better overall performers; I think the sharp profile change needed when they stuck that window in must have hurt the airplane. Find a real taildragger. Dan |
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Maule Driver writes:
Try a Maule - you can drag tail and carry stuff too! Quite a bit more expensive, aren't they? Plus you have to deal with fabric... It would be nice to have the gross weight, but I don't really need it in 85% of my flying. Ari. -- Elections only count as free and trials as fair if you can lose money betting on the outcome. |
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