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Old 4th Oct 2017, 16:53
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The Ancient Geek
 
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It depends what you want to do. If you are building hours or just want to bimble around the air for the joy of flying the 150 is a great little aircraft. I was taught to always do short landings with flaps 40, the touch & gos during training teach you to get the flaps up to 10 or 20 as soon as the wheels are on the ground which is good practice because they are easily dented by FOD on dirt strips. To be fair, the hot & high performance leaves a lot to be desired but this is not an issue in the UK. Load and elbow room can both be a problem for larger adults who will feel cramped and/or run out of MTOW easily. OTOH if you want to lug weight around you need a 182 anyway.
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