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Old 3rd Nov 2006, 13:06
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gasax
 
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Having operated a C150, C150 Aerobat (O-240), C152 and TriPacer into the same 480yd concrete runway I'd largely agree with most of the above - apart from the 300m bit!

The C152 was by far the poorest performer. given the choice the Tripacer is the machine, it would get 3 people and full fuel in and out on days when the C152 struggled. The Aerobat was pretty good but ours had an engine that always seemed to need attention and so it was pretty expensive. We sold it for what was then a late model C152 and were pretty disappointed by its performance initially. It was significantly slower into the air and meant clearing the fence by less than 50 feet a lot of the time. It was fine in the cruise but on grass the poorer take off performance really made a difference with some of the group members having interesting tales to tell.

I now have a zodiac 601 and 300m is more than enough......
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