In 1967, I bought a share of a Piper Colt based at Ried Hillview airport, California. Age 19, I learned to fly with it and then graduated to more powerful Cesssna 150. We used to call it the “flying rock.“
id take a colt over a 150 any day. significantly more useful load, better leg room. i would not consider a 150 more powerful. about the same. if you dont have the useful load you'd better be pretty light weight in a 150 and your passenger. two sizable guys and you are over weight. colt has about 120lbs more useful load than a 150. it does drop.... but not an issue to me. .
Thank you for sharing. Always wanted a Piper Colt since I was a teenager after reading a Pilot report in Plane and Pilot. I grew up in South Africa, now live in North East England.
Did you sell it ? How much did you sell it for ? Very nice example of a Piper Colt !!! Hope you got a good price for it ............. Mark in Memphis,Tennessee
Honda really is going down the right road with how these are built… there built tough.. but cheap AF… like a toyota… but there priced like there built like a tank… they are not.
I soloed in one of those at Akron Airport in 63 or 64 (?) after 3 hrs and 45 minutes of dual instruction. Good thing they are easy to fly. Thanks for the memories.
I love mine. I don’t know why people complain about the stock tires they do great in the greasy mud. You are right it goes places I thought for sure I would get stuck but I haven’t been stuck yet. I did mount a winch to the front, all aftermarket but it was a lot cheaper then the Honda winch kit. I use it a lot where I live then about once or twice a month I trailer to the trails it does greAt.
I like the stock tires other than being a little short. I have road several hundred miles on the Hatfield and Mccoy trails with no trouble on the stock tires.
Two years went by and I still did not receive all the parts for the first module. They had my money.... but I did not get all the parts so that I could complete a module. I liked the plane as theoretically it had a superior useful load compared to the Searey and was significantly cheaper ........ the plane had a long history..... but there appears to have been significant management change due to two of the management team being killed in a crash at Sun n Fun a year or so before I got involved in this. I was unaware of this at the time. I paid about $14,000 for the first three modules and never received all the parts. He strung me along and sent me a couple parts here and there to appease me and my guess is to buy time. I eventually confronted him and was able to get $10,000 returned. I felt fortunate to get that and absorb a lesson learned. I bought a Piper Colt which worked out great. And now I am renovating a 20 year old Quad City Challenger II. See www.2001Challenger2.com I also have a youtube channel for it 2001challenger2 . Id be happy to relay the whole story if you want to contact me. Bottom line? Buyer beware. Be careful who to trust your time, money and your life with. Learn from the mistakes of others.
How many doors do you typically enter? If you are 6'4" you'll never fit in a Cessna 150. Your knees will be pinned to dash... head on ceiling. And unless you are one scrawny 6'4" you'll have issues with useful load. This Colt is easier to enter than a Cessna 172. A 172 seat is very forward and a pain to enter. Normally id have an issue with a one door airplane... but if you needed to get out of a Colt in an emergency on the non door side you could quite readily. Know what you are talking about before spewing nonsense. Leg room in a Colt is superior to Cessna 150. Same with headroom. Shoulder room is about the same. .....A little tight. Perhaps a lot tight. Useful load 75lb to 85lb greater n Colt. Colt holds more fuel.... more classic looking. Another troll spewing nonsense.
I am not a troll, and, I am not spewing nonsense. I've been flying 172's and Cardinal RG's for 26 years. I've detailed dozens of private aircraft for Arizona Wing Waxers, too many types and manufacturers to list. I've been inside, outside, on top, and under. Why can't I express my opinion ?
great to see someone else wearing a golf glove on the steering hand. i thought i looked silly with it, but it made summer flight school in TX much more comfortable than the death grip necessary with a smooth plastic yoke and a sweaty left hand...
Beautiful bird, you did a great job keeping her. Many fond memories in the Colt. First airplane ride in one at age 11, first solo in same Colt in 1967 at age 16. Private check ride at age 17. First (and only) plane owned was a Colt. Hope whoever gets her takes good care of her.
Tripacer has back seat and bigger motor and flaps. Colt burns 6 gal per hour tripacer about 8 depending. tripacer can be 135hp or 150hp. Colt is 108 HP. Tripacer is a littler faster cruise colt 75% power is 108 mph... tripacer probably 10 mph more. Very similar other-wise. Tripacer useful load effectively makes it a 3 seater though it has 4 seats.
no. i was attempting a power off short field landing and misjudged and had to add power to make it. i felt under control... but should not have played with the end of the runway as i did in retrospect. but was good short field for that airplane. ill not do that again.
@@ravenswaal my observation in flying a colt is this..... its 60 years old... if you are in the pattern always stay in gliding distance...just in case.... good idea in any old plane... if in a short field situation....and you know it is running well.. trim back and tractor in just above stall .... pull power when you need to to put it where you need to be and as you say....it will come down..... but be careful and ready to trim forward if you need to go around. Colts are good at coming down. They don't stall....they drop. I love my Colt.
