Sure, I see no reason not to assuming it was properly equipped. A 150 will bounce around a little more in turbulence but if you've flown one you already know that.
Just open the canopy about an inch or so and it cools right down -- cooler, in fact, than in a C-150/172 in the same weather with those vents up in the corners of the windshield fully open.I think with a AA1 or 5 the amount of plex glass above and around you I think you would bake in the heat. But not really sure because I have never been on one
The AA-5x's have a solid overhead on the canopy. It's the AA-1x's which have the all-clear bubble canopy and for which retractable sunshades are popular.
Great to know guys. I was looking to pay cash 20k but might have to save a few more bucks.
Can you crack open the canopy while on flight?
About 11 inches open, if I remember from my Cheetah. There's a placard on the siderail marking the limit.
There is a placard with the limit mark, although it's only about 8 inches back. However, it only takes an inch to provide great ventilation. You'd usually open it further only for things like dropping flour bombs or getting the canopy Plexiglas out of the way for photography. Just beware that the airflow is OUT, not in, so any charts you leave up between the glare shield and windshield are likely to become souvenirs for someone on the ground. Also, the farther you open it, the bigger the items that can depart the aircraft -- ask my buddy Walt how his sunglasses ended up in his mom's back yard, and it wasn't from falling out of his pocket at the family barbecue. We've even picked up a coffee travel mug after the flour bombing event at the AYA convention, and no, that wasn't an intentional try for a better hit.
That shouldn't happen unless the canopy was not properly installed. The main reason for the placard is loss of performance due to dramatically increased drag with the canopy open past the mark. It can also be very hard to pull it shut against that drag with only one hand unless you used to be the cigar-smoking Governor of California. However, as long as it's not opened past that mark, the air flow over the windshield is still upwards over the canopy opening, not downwards into the opening, and there is no problem. In fact, the canopy will (if properly lubricated) try to close itself -- you may want to make a small block to lay on the rail to keep it from closing when you're ventilating.
Nice that the Grumman has such a great cabin venting system...and fortunate that only gas was emitted.
That was the '66 Limited Edition 150 ... no struts, no wings, no seat belts.
I don't totally agree with that. I've been maintaining currency nearly continuously since I got the rating in 1988 equipped /A (Dual NavComms both w/GS, DME, ADF, Mode C transponder plus LORAN for added awareness changed to non approved GPS when they turned off the transmitters on the LORAN. Recently installed an IFR 430W mostly because of recent airspace changes (G to E) on many of my often flown routes that we flew for years with VORs & ADF beyond navaid service volumes in uncontrolled airspace.
You might be right, I'm not an instructor. I'm just an old rancher that got the instrument rating to use it. I'd agree tho' that you gotta' have good equipment. I'd also say that it's obvious that the FAA is pushing us ever closer to a GPS based system.
