[Titanaircraft] Re: Any Tornado S or SS for sale in US or Canada

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "J.D. Stewart - Adventure Boat Rentals" <jd@...> wrote:
>
> The 152 I did my checkride in could only take 9 gallons of gas in it
> before it was over gross with my instructor and me. Needless to say we
> didn't go very far from the airport. :>) I didn't know you were supposed
> to wait until you got to pattern altitude before you turned crosswind. I was
> normally there in the Titan by the time I got to midpoint on the runway!
>
> J.D.

Well most spam cans can't get to 1000' AGL by the time you get to a reasonable place to turn crosswind so you just horse it on over at whatever altitude you're at. Even at sea level at Vx I couldn't do it in a 150....

But even here at 6300' MSL I can get to TPA by the other end of the runway if I do a max performance takeoff, especially now with the powerfin fitted.

If I'm doing pattern work by myself, tho, I can still do the entire thing using half the length of the runway (keeps the tower pretty busy too ;)).

But at sea level I just could believe the climb. I.e. that day you soloed me my first takeoff was just out of sight. In fact, the only other time I'd seen a deck angle like that was in my trike and those are the best climbers in all of light aviation ;).

I also did my checkride in a 152 and we also could only carry something like 10 or 15 gallons and were right at gross.....

LS
>
> -- In Titanaircraft@ <mailto:Titanaircraft%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, guy truex <airbosss@> wrote:
> >
> > I flew a 1981 model C-152 at an FBO back in 1981. I remember it well. It
> had 7 hours on the hobbs meter!
> >
> > -- Guy
>
> Yepper.. the 152 was made until 1985 or thereabouts. I flew a few of these
> when I was finishing up my private and for a while afterwards as a renter.
> These had the O-235 in them and some other slight mods like only 30 degs of
> flaps. Flew almost exactly like the 150 just a little heavier on the
> controls.
>
> They made one with long range tanks I remember that. With full gas, you
> could only fly solo, but it had something like 4 hours of endurance....
>
> Neither one climbed near as well as our titans, tho ;).
>
> LS
>
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