"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
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What are the differences between these two? Overall, the seem much the
same,
though every 152 I saw has a "newer" look i.e. looks younger and cleaner.

Triple Delta

The 150 has a 100 hp Continental engine. The 152 has a 108 (1983 - 1985
models) or 110 hp (1978 - 1982 models) Lycoming. The 152 also has a longer
TBO (2400 hours instead of 1800), a 28 volt electrical system, a one-piece
cowling, a different propeller, an oil cooler that was standard, and fuel
tanks that held less unusable fuel. The 152 can only extend its flaps to 30
degrees. The 152 also has a higher gross weight but 150s usually have a
higher useful load (the 1964-1967 models had a useful load of 630 pounds --
at least 90 pounds more than any other model/year -- if you could get the
doors shut you could cram two 200 plus pound people in there and still have
full fuel). Later models of the 152 have a split cowl nose piece that can be
removed without taking off the propeller.

There are several other minor differences. Later models of the 150 and all
the 152s have a cabin that is one inch wider than the earlier ones. Later
models of the 152 also have better brakes.