Cessna 150/152 (from Ken and Dave)

[kcorbin]

If you are going to sell printed models the air museums will likely be interested in it since the 150 was a very popular small airplane. It is also popular with flying clubs.

[Gillian G]

Is there any progress on this model? I would love to build it.

Thanks,
Gillian

[mbauer]

Ah-ha! I'll be watching these designs develop. Have time in both a 150 and a 152. Sweet flying airplanes! Easy to land, know you were down when you could here the tires rolling!

Don't forget about the taildragger version they use here in Alaska!

Didn't know about this thread till tonight!

Once again Dave helps another!

Mike

[mbauer]

Originally Posted by kcorbin

I would love to have this model as well. Here is a Cessna 150 color scheme for you, its a nice orange color. This was our plane, so you can see why I have an interest in the model. We had lots of fun air time flying around the San Juan Islands in Washington State USA. But this photo was taken just north of Arlington, WA.

That an Aerobat version?

Visited Arlington back in the 90's when I flew my Cherokee 140 down from Alaska (1974 150 hp full IFR [dual navs] and long range tanks+wing leveler system-Remember Loran-c?). Spent a week there, visiting realatives, before flying on to Idaho and Utah. Was cool watching the RV's and the Glassair that was there. Another pilot invited us (my two pre-teen kids and myself) to check out his homebuilt SE5 replica. Great airport and truly awesome people! Even saw a Christavia MK2 that was there getting reading for its first test flight. The owner was surprised I knew what it was. At the time I was working on a Christavia MK4 at home. Bought the Cherokee for the Firewall forward parts.......Ended up flying the wings off of it! 424 hours in 18-months.

Mike

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by mbauer

That an Aerobat version?

Visited Arlington back in the 90's when I flew my Cherokee 140 down from Alaska (1974 150 hp full IFR [dual navs] and long range tanks+wing leveler system-Remember Loran-c?). Spent a week there, visiting realatives, before flying on to Idaho and Utah.

Mike

I'll be flying down to Arlington (KAWO) from KPAE tomorrow in a 172.
Neat story!

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[mbauer]

Originally Posted by RunwayOneSixRight

I'll be flying down to Arlington (KAWO) from KPAE tomorrow in a 172.
Neat story!

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

150hp or the newer ones with 180hp? Either way I'm jealous...Lost my medical a few years ago to illness.

Flew an older 172 here in Kenai that had the 180hp STC'd. Great short field plane. Used to rent it and load camping gear with mountain bikes and go hunting with it. If you could get it stopped, it would take-off no problem with room to spare.

Then someone ran it out of gas and landed short of the runway in Homer, sad day- I had it reserved next for a flight to Anchorage. Totalled (not only that, but the flying club couldn't get insurance after that)

Ended up flying the Mooney MK20 (231) the next day.

At the time, 172 (180hp) was $55 wet, the Mooney 231 was $100. The Mooney was cheaper than the 150's, 152's or 172 (150 hp) to go the 65-air miles, but was equal to the 180hp 172. The Mooney was rented the first day, but I was able to get the 180hp 172 that day to go north. Sadly had to wait a day and reschedule the Mooney. (15-minutes one way vs., 34 counting pattern times)

Besides the Mooney was fun, just used lots of runway....(full autopilot with RNAV, 4-place oxygen and a turbo to get you up-stairs fast-and to keep you there-had issues with shock cooling though if you descended to fast). Great fun to fly it wide-open 10 feet above of the trees, didn't work to well for wildlife viewing though..

Mike

[mbauer]

Learned Soft field techniques in the 150, not sure that 152 would go where the 150 will! Skinny little round tube landing gear....

Mike

[airdave]

I forget what my last report was, but Ken and I had got to the point of a final white-build test/prototype of the Cessna model..

And he was building my last adjusted version to test the fit and alignment of parts.
Which, apparently he got done before heading off to Florida at the beginning of the year.
(which he does every Winter, the lousy bum)

Unfortunately, in the meantime, I've started a number of other projects that I now want to finish.
So, I can't give a definitive timeframe when I will get back to this.
But rest assured, I eventually will.

[Loui]

any news update on this model Dave??...

[airdave]

No, I got sidetracked again with many other projects! lol
The biggest being the Tutor Jet model.

I also haven't talked with Ken (Uhrig) in many many months.

To be real honest, I lost most of my interest in this project.
There are already quite a few Cessna 150/152/172 kits out there
so I am unsure how attractive this kit is from a retail standpoint.
(And that is a concern for me, with so many project ideas...I have to prioritize.)

I'll bet I come back to the project, one day, when I have nothing else to work on.
But for now, its on the far-back-burner.