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Can't help with cost to establish or pave, as 7MN3 has been here since 1978 and we only bought it in 2011, but there is nothing like having a runway for a back yard. We have about 2700 x 80, with power lines 400' from the north end. Previous owner had a Baron here, after owning a string of...

Depends on each situation, but we aren't currently setting aside a reserve. We have a half time engine with 4 new cylinders 500 hrs ago, so anything could happen, but we agreed to split expenses 1/3-2/3 except for direct operating costs (fuel and oil changes). We lucked into a very clean 150...

Some of you may remember that I pulled the trigger and bought a 150 over the summer. I entered into a unique partnership in which my partner will keep the airplane in Wichita for 4 months of the year and I will keep it in Minnesota the remaining 8 months. This is due primarily to me living on...

Haven't seen any other news or details about this crash. I don't know helicopters well, is there something that could reasonably cause a breakup in flight, aside from hitting something? I know on certain models there is prohibition on push-over type maneuvers due to danger of tail boom rotor...

CamGuard may or may not help, but for the small increase in the cost of an oil change I'll keep using it. There may be times it sits for a bit longer, so it's some peace of mind then.

Like Tom said, the oil reservoir on this engine is a oval or kidney shaped tank that hangs below the engine and the drain is pretty much at the bottom. I do have a quick drain fitting that may make it less likely to get ALL the oil and crud out. I'm certainly leaning towards corrosion from...

I'm running a Tempest oil filter with the internal magnet, but didn't notice it had caught much when I cut it. Maybe more marketing value than actual protection?

Interesting, the particles I have look just like the Fe3O4, gray/black iron oxide. Not sure if that's useful to me or not, but still interesting. I guess I assumed corrosion in steel parts in the engine would be traditional red rust, which I thought was pretty much non-magnetic, but maybe not...

I can buy the iron in the oil analysis being from corrosion, but correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't the particles I found have to be wear, not corrosion, since they are magnetic? Ferric oxide (rust) would still show as iron at the spectrographic level, but is not magnetic. Ferrous oxide or pure...

Didn't flush the tank at oil change, but oil pressure is good from idle all the way up, so not too worried about the pump. Oil changed with Phillips 20w50 with CamGuard. Due to the sale and the flight home the oil had over 50 hours on it (was Phillips 20w50 already, but no CamGuard) when it...

Just did the first oil change on the new to me 150, and wonder if I should be concerned. Oil analysis showed high iron and copper, but that alone doesn't particularly bother me, since I don't have trends yet to follow and the airplane was likely sitting for indeterminate times before the sale...

I have a 150 and also wish to to do instrument training with it. I have a single KX -125 nav comm that works well, but have no way to demonstrate ILS or RNAV precision approaches. I looked into the Narco 122, adding a GS indicator alone for the 125 to drive, or the VAL 429. I'm 99 percent...

Found the IPC and downloaded, the service manuals look like the online .PDFs files are all for 1969 and later, so might need to pay for a paper copy for that. The structural repair manual would be nice to have but not urgent for what I expect to do on the plane. Thanks, Patrick

I'd like to get the service/maintenance manual, IPC, and structural repair manuals for the new to me C150. I am an A&P, but haven't worked in GA maintenance for about 13 years, so not sure what most mechanics are using for approved data. I've obviously looked online, but between the random...

One benefit of the 70X120 hangar behind it is that when I need a bigger or faster plane this one can still stick around for fun and instruction. I figure I can get 7-8 planes in there if I'm creative with arranging and willing to do some shuffling to get the back ones out. Next task is to...

Nope, the beacon didn't get the LED upgrade when the other lights did.

One more, this is me on the trip home, at approximately the time I rolled over 100 hours TT as a pilot. Happened about .9 hours into the return flight over central KS.

Here are a couple of pics, it's a 150D built in late '63. Paint is a bit faded but it's mostly polished so you don't notice too much. Interior is in great shape for the age, minimal functional panel with one nav/comm and transponder, but everything works. 4000 airframe TT, 1100 SMOH, and...

A nice, clean, mid time, older 150 came home with me today. Was too dark to take pictures after I landed, but hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for all the advice on plane purchasing/owning, it gave me a lot to think about. Now for the flying! (and mowing, noticed it took a lot of throttle to taxi from...

Thanks for the replies, tedious I can live with. I am an A&P but don't have much avionics experience. If most of the hassle is mechanical i.e. pulling wires and mounting stuff, I am comfortable with that. Bennett has used 214s for under 1 AMU, so if I end up with the plane that is likely the...