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pchapman(at)ionsys.com
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: Cessna Aerobat (was: Apology)

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		  I used to be on teh Material Review Board at Cessna in the early 

80s. The biggest difference between the 150 and the Aerobat 

(according to Stress) was that the Aerobats wings had to be 

completely free of "standard repairs" and other discrepancies that 

usually occur in virtually any build. These "perfect wings" wer 

strong enough for the loads from the approved maneuvers.


	


Interesting!



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		       As I understand it, the only difference between a C-150 and an 

 Aerobat is the grade of a couple of spar bolts. I could care less 

 about loops, but I intend to aileron roll my HDS. Call me 

 conservatively stupid.


	


I should also note that Aerobats did have quite a few other strength 

improvements not easily visible.



I'm pretty sure of this, as I recall it from an old Sport Aerobatics 

magazine article that went into detail. I really can't recall exactly 

what the changes were, but it was stuff like thickness increases in 

various structural members, added gussets for stiffness, maybe 

thicker skins, an extra rib in the tail, etc. Wing struts used the 

cross section of a larger Cessna, the 172 I think.



So while some limited aerobatics may be possible in "regular 

airplanes", don't think that the Aerobat was just a 150 with a fancy 

paint job and a bigger sticker price.



Peter Chapman

Toronto, ON

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ashontz

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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Cessna Aerobat (was: Apology)

I thought the aerobat also had only a 31ft span instead of a 33ft span.

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