straight tail cessnas

[taylorcraft078]

I am going to look at a '61 Cessna 150B to fly while rebuilding the Taylorcraft and so the kid can get back to his lessons. Are there any obvious weak spots that I can look for before I call Charlie to do a prepurchase?

This is the red/blue one at 0G0 if anybody knows it.

This no flyable airplane stuff is getting old in a hurry.

Dave
N36078 '41 BC-12-65

[Howard Wilson]

Dave,

Look at the angle brackets that hold the tail to the fuselage, check for cracks. Look at the tail cone for too much damage from hard landings. look at firewall for bending loads from nose wheel. Starters used to be hard to find parts for , maybe not any more? It's been a while but those are some things. Those straight tails are nice little planes. Howard

[CraigH]

Check for corrosion, especially in the belly and in the wings as well.

[Marv]

Straight Tail Cessna

If you are just wanting to get back in the air quick, why not just buy another Taylorcraft. You can fly one, build one, and you will have parts that will probably interchange. Marv

[crispy critter]

Major Problem with a C-150B

I know a problem with a C-150B....It's too cheap,too easy,and only has 2 seats.If you're going to buy a straight tail Cessna ya need a straight tail 172.Of course I might only be saying this because I have one for sale .

To keep me from being hammered by the tribe,I better take back what I said about too cheap,too easy,and 2 seats because that also describes the greatest airplane ever built......The T-craft

[taylorcraft078]

Crispy,

Yours is a little too far away. When I was looking for a plane Charlie the old IA told me that if it was over 250 miles away I should let it go. His thought was that for the price I was willing to pay the locals would have snapped it up if it was worth owning. My BC-12 was about 150 road miles from home. This one is about 70 miles away. Charlie hasn't steered me wrong yet. Besides I hate driving that far when I could fly.

I ran the numbers and called around to see what rentals were nowadays. From the looks of things it will be cheaper to rent a 152 and get off my butt and finish the fabric job. Guess that the old say about Floats, Flys or whatever that other F is, it is cheaper to rent..... I figure the N36078 only costs 1.5-2x per hour what rental would be.

Dave
N36078 '41 BC-12-65