How to ROLL a Cessna 150

I found another Cessna 150 Aerobat, and this time I learned how to ROLL IT! The Cessna 150 is one of my favorite airplanes, and the 150 Aerobat is about 10 times cooler because it’s totally legal to do aerobatics in it!

Don’t use this video for training, don’t try this on your own, you know the deal…

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[nationalcollateralservices]

Took my PP checkride in a 152....FAA examiner said, "My plane", then did a hammerhead followed by a loop...as we were upside down in the loop, he said, "By the way, you're a pilot." Never forget that.

[MaxEPR]

When I was getting my commercial license, in the '70s, I got tired of the normal flying to build time so I took a 10 hour block of acro training. The first several hours were in an Aerobat. Fun times. The rest of it was in an AC Super Decathlon. I recommend that anyone aspiring to be a pilot should take a basic aerobatic course. You will become very comfortable with flying after doing so.

[AerobatBrian]

Cessna engineers added only 16 lbs to the 150 to make the Aerobat. This included thicker skins and added ribs and stiffeners in critical locations, including wings, the vertical fin, horizontal stabilizer as well as strengthening the door post and bulkhead assy. The wing struts are noticeably " fatter" sourced from the Cessna 182. Additionally, Aerobat's feature jettisonable doors, removable seat cushions for parachute use as well as military style seat belts, skylights, and a "G"-meter. The engine and mount are the same as a stock 150, the only addition is the "aerobatic breather" on the engine case to minimize oil loss during aerobatic flight. The Aerobats were given distinctive paint jobs with fancy checkerboards/stripes, and upholstery on the seats.

[julianandyvonne]

Ooooohhhh! That reminds me of my first aerobatics in an aerobat!
A nice calm instructor flying with you - good job!

[drizler]

One of the best local airshow routines I ever saw was a local crop duster flying his 1959 regular C 150. That guy made that little beast and it was no Aerobat. He made it do anything that the little 100 HP mill would allow . And made it look easy.

[benjaminrapp]

I always thought the same thing. Aerobatics in a 150 just feels wrong. I've never flown an Aerobat, but I've flown 152s many times and they will always hold a special place in my heart. Not flashy or fast, but they fly so beautifully.

[davidbrandt]

I dig how aerobat is written upsidedown lol

[montgoodell]

Nice! I soloed at 16 in a C150 Aerobat after 7 hours of dual with my CFI - he required all of his students - before solo - to be able to spin and recover before sign-off for 1st solo. However, I ALWAYS caged the instruments with gyros - artificial horizon and HI = Directional GYRO - before performing acrobatic maneuvers.

[shyammohabir]

This is an awesome video. The "flight instructor" was patient, incredible calm and collective.

[budandbean]

Love the 150! So much room in that super wide expansive cockpit... not.

[spacewalk]

Lovely Cessna 195 at the pumps at 2:39!

[FA-]

I learned to fly in a Cessna 150 Aerobat while in college. Awesome looking aircraft having red accents with black and white checkering. One note of caution though, it could lead to a flying career in the US Air Force, which is exactly what happened to me. My first assignment was as an instructor pilot going out every work day to fly jet sorties involving aerobatics, hIgh and low level navigation, instrument training, and formation flying. It was the ride of my life. Class 78-03, Reese AFB, TX. Nice video and kudos to the instructor pilot.

[keegyweegy]

Real/Armchair pilots: **talking about what would be possible in a Cessna and structural integrity**

GTA V pilots doing aileron rolls in an airliner: 🥱

[RandomTorok]

About a year after I got my private license I did some advanced stall/spin training in an Aerobat. My instructor was an ex Israeli fighter pilot. He wasn't certified to do aerobatic training so I didn't get to do loops or rolls. But a full power departure stall will put you inverted.

[aaronhausken]

Puts new meaning to the term "wheels up" lol

[phugwad]

I used to rent a 150 aerobatic back in my USAF pilot days. Though one could do basic aerobatics in the plane, it was so underpowered that I spent most of my time recovering altitude/energy, so I could do the next maneuver.

[markevert]

I flew an Aerobat once that also had a Robertson STOL kit. It was hard to spin....aileron rolls were superfast and you could land it in about 300'.

[bb]

I have done that with a regular 150, but I was practicing departure stalls at the time, at a high altitude of course. And just a note, I took the little plane up to 13, 600 feet and that was all she would do, just hanging on the prop, I believe the rated max was 12, 600 feet. I loved that little airplane. That was back in the 1970s I looked up the N number the other day and found it in a junkyard up by Salt Lake City.

[kristensorensen]

I got to do my first 7 hours and student solo in a new aerobat C-150 back in 1972. The paint job was really cool back then!!👍

[frfrdr]

Same with the snap-roll in the C-150A, 20 to 30 deg nose high then into it. Snap rolls are a bit more fun but much more load on the fuselage, imparts a torsion moment (twisting) to the airframe that the barrel roll and aileron rolls do not, so a lot of owners stay away from the snaps. BTW, if you want a great over-the-top spin entry, instead of gently throwing the rudder down, give it some extra airspeed - 5-10 KIAS above stall, then snatch the stick back as you stuff the rudder full-in. It goes up and over the top into the entry, fun from inside the cockpit and looks pretty if you are being judged for a competition.