C150 Wheel Fairing mounting plates

("Rob" wrote)
[snip]
The sellers were an absolute pleasure to deal with and
we've been getting acquainted with our new acquisition for the past
few weeks and having a ball! Now, rats, I've got to find a way to get
her out of town for some real cross-country. I'm thinking maybe a week
somewhere in maybe mid-Wisconson... Maybe late July...

I guess the moral of my story is to hang in there, and watch out for
those brokers.


Wednesday evening (6 ish) in the N40 for the rec.aviation get-together.
Beer, pop, water, (wine!!) chips, grilled fud, salads, (cheese!!), veggies,
dip, and perhaps a pig. g

Find Jays plane ...
Jay Honeck (Iowa City, IA) Piper Pathfinder (N56993)

Bring a folding chair ...or not.

I suspect your plane purchase saga gets rather animated after you've down'd
a few cold ones. Looking forward to hearing *that* version. g

Hope to seeing you there.


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
Wednesday evening (6 ish) in the N40 for the rec.aviation get-together.
Beer, pop, water, (wine!!) chips, grilled fud, salads, (cheese!!), veggies,
dip, and perhaps a pig. g

Thanks for the invitation! I was at Oshkosh last year for the first
time. I took a month off work and flew up there by myself all the way
from Phoenix in a friend's (now my partner in the Tiger) Cessna 150.
After the show I kept going all the way east and hung out on the beach
in south Jersey for a week before heading home via a more southern
route. I camped some nights, got a room others. It was the experience
of a lifetime (so far... ). I knew about the Honecks' party from
years of lurking around here. It was my first night in the North 40,
but I didn't have the details. I went for a walk thinking that maybe
the big (intoxicated) group would stand out. I probably walked right
past you guys as I later learned here that you were at the west end of
9/27. I wound up getting a couple of cocktails and a sandwich over at
Friar Tuck's. I'll make a better effort this year.

I suspect your plane purchase saga gets rather animated after you've down'd
a few cold ones. Looking forward to hearing *that* version. g

grin. There are people out there who's word and handshake can be
relied upon, and then there are the rest. I try my best to be one of
the former, and to give people the benefit of the doubt until I learn
otherwise. I'd say I'm rarely let down. During my quest for an
airplane to purchase I unfortunately met a few people who fall into the
latter category. Luckily the happy outcome quickly took away the sting
of the prior bad experiences. Get me a little buzzed though and I'll
tell you exactly which broker named Carl you should avoid doing
business with.

-R

Rob wrote:


I guess the moral of my story is to hang in there, and watch out for
those brokers.

Unfortunately, there are some bad ones out there and they make their
whole industry look bad. When I was in the market for my last plane,
I found a prospect that looked good and was only a short flight away.
I was a little leary about it because it was being sold by a broker.
When I asked around the local area (my old hometown), everyone told me
not to worry, that the broker was great to work with. They were right.
None of the sleazy "used car" tactics. Everything was laid out in the
open and he even got me in touch with the IA who'd done the last
annual. All of the paperwork was done correctly and the title cleared
as promised (sometimes a problem with a private sale). Overall, it was
a great experience. I ended up not buying the plane I initially went
to look at. I found my plane sitting on his ramp. It had just arrived
and hadn't been advertised (that's how you find the best deals).

The tipoff for bad brokers is what you described. Lots of pressure
to close the deal and the mention of other buyers who are about to buy
the plane out from under you. The most common tipoff is that they
won't tell you the N number until you give them a large deposit. If
they really have a contract to sell the plane for the owner, they
shouldn't worry about you trying to buy direct. They get paid anyway.
Without a tail number you can't do an FAA records search to see if the
plane is what they say it is.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

Robert Zrim wrote:

Is there anything that I have to consider aside from having the right
mounting plates ?

As far as mounting goes, the only other thing you have to consider is the W&B.
If you intend to fly the plane without the fairings at times, get W&B sheets for
the plane with and without main gear fairings. The nose wheel fairing is such a
pain to remove that you will probably never take it off if you can help it.

I had fairings on my '69 model. I found it moderately difficult to add air to
the tires with the fairings on (especially the nose wheel). Can't give you much
advice about that except to suggest that you might want fairings with little
doors for that purpose (like the 172 has). Dunno if they make such a thing for
150s. You also might experiment with different types of air nozzles -- I was
using the standard fitting on a 12v pump.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Robert, there is a Yahoo groups forum dedicated to c150/152 owners.
Get over there and sign up, you'll be glad you did.

Greg H.
4691X '67G