Add to it, the radio is basically a throw away, probably only 360 channels, and I didn't see a XPDR, so no encoder as well.
This could be a nice plane if you were an A&P and had time to play with it, and definitely not having to pay someone labor to get it going again.The seats are trash, and some of the plastic inside is obviously broken- but if you can live with a ratty plane, why not?
As far as the engine goes, yeah it sat for a very long time, but a friend here at HWD resurrected a 150 just like this, and all the compressions came up Ok except for 1 jug, which was changed out.It's been a good flyer ever since. The biggest concern with an ebay plane, is not seeing it in person, and you have to hope there is no corrosion, and if you needed to fly it a great distance to it's new home, lots of things could go wrong on the "ferry flight" home.
Then there's the annual, insurance, and so on. Many guys get a young CFI who desperately wants to build time to go get it, usually a plane ticket and $100/day, plus gas.
I'd take a chance on this, but it would have to be a personal plane, as these older 150's don't do well at flight schools.
BTW- does it really have LR tanks? The "Commuter" name is jut an advertising tag from Cessna... STANDARD, TRAINER,COMMUTER,and AEROBAT was the choices, each of which could be ordered with "fat" tanks.
-B
Last edited by Brian_Anderson; 11/14/07 06:11 PM.
