completely out of touch with the price!!!
give me 25k more and i sell you my 86 F33A !!! with less hrs TT and on engine and prop!! and real modern avionics AP etc (Peter – I am NOT advertising my F33A) just to compare!!
the same applies for the C172 post #16
i always find in airplanes there are sooooo much dream prices! why is this the case?? maybe this could be a new Thread lol
boscomantico wrote:
One other problem of this aircraft will be W&B I guess.
Well, the add gives the weights, even though I think there is a mistake in the empty weight, which most probably is 570 kg, not lb. The MTOW is up to 799 kg, which is quite a lot higher than a normal 150 (726 kg) as well. I recall the empty weight for my standard F150L was 513 kg.
So this gives a total payload of 230 kg. 145 liters are approx 103 kg (0.72 spec weight) which leaves 127 kgs of full fuel traffic load. That looks pretty much like a normal 150, even though I reckon with 150 hp it will be a lot more forgiving to a few kg on top…
Other than that, you are right, this is an exceptional airplane indeed, in fact, they do have a name: The Sport Hawk. There are two STC’s available to do this, both should be good under EASA grandfather rights and as this plane already is EASA and not listed as an experimental this at least should not be a problem.
As the add sais, totally restored, new paint, new interior, up to date panel and that 150 hp engine makes it look like a very nice VFR tourer for two lightweight persons which should be able to master quite short runways too. The climb rate is quite impressive too, starting at around 1000 fpm at SL and boosts a service ceiling of over 17000 ft! Cruise at 75% would be around 120 kt at around 32 lph consupmtion, so the 145 liter tanks will give it around 400 NM range.
There is a nice summary of the C150/150 here
In other words, this is not in any way a stock 150 but rather a downsized 172 on stereoids. For the mountains in Switzerland and the airfields there, I’d say it is probably about as ideal is it comes for someone who likes a simple plane. The Sport Hawk is also a rather rare airplane which could well explain the price. Stefano could have done better in the add to point that out however.
Then again, for the same money you can get a lot more capable airframes.
