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I got a comment from a friend the other day who's a pilot also. He said, "I dont mean to be rude FATTY, but you'll never get a 150 off the ground. You'll have to go with a 172." I was wondering if there are any of you out there that are 260+ that still fly a 150-152. I guess if I had someone with me I might have to get a tow up and leave all the fuel behind and be a glider.

I've now reached 250!

When I was a lightweight (235) I took a friend up in my 150K who MUST have topped 250! I left 13 gallons of fuel on the ground, but I know I was still (slightly?) over gross. This was off 2,600' of turf, 50'+ trees, and 3,000' DA. No flaps, I extended the nose strut and let the airplane fly herself off (about 1,100' of ground run) and left the nose low until I had 75 mph IAS, then held that speed for the climb. We cleared the trees by a good 250'-300'.

Believe me, you'd rather be (slightly?) overgross than ask a woman her WEIGHT! I wouldn't have tried it if the (interpolated) book numbers looked unfavorable, or if I didn't know my airplane!

You won't have any trouble at all, especially if you have more runway than I do!

Carl, I told my son where you were and He said they fly over that place a lot. He's a student at Phoenix East in Daytona Bch.

He's invited, by car or by plane (if they'll let him land on grass)!

I was pushing 260 when we first purchased our 150. (I have since slimmed down a bit to a girlish figure of 215.) But, at the time the 150 still did the job well for us.....................

The weight issue is one thing, I can't imagine two persons weighing in at 230++ lbs fitting in our little 150's!! I weight 190 lbs and I took a buddy of mine that weighs 180 lbs and it was a pretty tight fit in the little 150F

Bill J

I have lost about 20 pounds and now weigh about 170.
When I weighed about 190 I took a Blind friend that weighed a little over 350 flying in my plane. Full fuel and my flight bag in the rear. Can you say over gross? The plane flew fine. We did have a 5K runway.
The landing was the best part of the flight however.
My friend Marty has been blind from birth. This however has not stopped him from doing many things we all do everyday.
He had driven a car on the freeway while sitting in the driver's seat and taking comands from his "eyes" that were sitting in the right front seat. That should scare you to know people do that sort of thing.
Well Marty had never flown an airplane and wanted to.
I let him have the controls once we were on a long final
the approach was very interesting to say the least. I gave him comands and he flew the final approach, sort of.
I took over control after the tower asked if something was wrong.
What a day he had. Long story short the 150 will fly heavy.
don't be reckless, it can cost you plenty. Come to think of it, this was done in a rental 152, but same differance.
I would not recommend making a habbit out of doing this sort of thing to your airplane but it will do it. As for cabin space, it was tight to say the least.

On my first trip to Clinton I weighted about 210 and my passenger was about 220. back of the 152 was loaded with enough luggage for 5 days each and 2 sleeping bags, 2 cameras, bottled water, a tent and we always topped off our fuel.

I bet we must have been 1 or 2 lbs under gross
and never had any problems.

I used to weigh 247 before I went on a diet but still had no trouble.

This is great news.. I do not want a 172. I want a 150-152. I've looked all over and there is NO club like this one on the internet. Ive seen some, but none like this..You guys and gals are all fantastic...now, excuse me while I dig into this bucket of Popeyes fried chicken!! oh, and GOOOOO LSU!!!!Beat Auborn!!!!

The key is knowing the airplane, it's limitations, and yours! There are special considerations when flying overgross. ALL stall speeds are higher than listed, all runways a little shorter than advertised, and all trees a little taller than they look, so add extra safety margin to everything you do. They will fly well when overgross, but there IS a limit that nobody wants to find!