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I have about two hours in a 150 Aerobat, the little engine (not the 150/150). It's the only airplane I've ever snaprolled. The good thing is it can be flown with the left hand while the right hand holds a ziploc bag. One-gallon size ziploc bags conveniently fit in the royalite plastic at the top of the a-pillar.
The thing is, you know it's got a thicker spar and is beefed up in MANY spots to handle the load. I can imagine Cessna deciding it was too similar to the regular 150 back in their products-liability days.
Todd: imagine the Porsche thing on overdrive. The only, and I mean the ONLY, cost-containment aspect of aviation is the fact that with certain VERY limited exceptions you cannot touch a nut or bolt on the airplane without a license. The fact that endless modifications are impossible SHOULD serve as a cost containment feature, except that the cost of OEM parts is 3x greater than Porsche parts so it ends up costing you more to have a mechanic maintain the airplane.
That said, it's more fun than cars. Period.
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