hotrod150 wrote:What year C150? I know of a guy up in Kenai AK who has modified the later-model (1966 and up) squarish doors to a patroller configuration. I can put you in touch with him if that's what you have. The earlier-model trapezoidal doors would have to be chopped up structurally to install big enough observation panels to see much through.

1971 model

Arcticmayhem wrote:Mike Sibley in Kenai Alaska is the guy to talk to. I think he sells the complete kit (STC?) for the C150 patroller doors. I don't have any current contact info on him, but you might be able to look him up.

That's the guy I was referring to.

hotrod150 wrote:

Arcticmayhem wrote:Mike Sibley in Kenai Alaska is the guy to talk to. I think he sells the complete kit (STC?) for the C150 patroller doors. I don't have any current contact info on him, but you might be able to look him up.

That's the guy I was referring to.

anybody know an e mail or phone # for this guy tried the only Mike Sibley in Keni phone book never any answer???????????

158-- check your messages.

I would like a contact number, email address, etc also for the Patroller Door STC in Alaska. Anybody have it?

shakespe wrote:I would like a contact number, email address, etc also for the Patroller Door STC in Alaska. Anybody have it?

Mike Sibley in Kenai AK. Michael DOT Sibley AT bp DOT com
I understand he gets $325 for the patrol door kit & $325 for a skylight kit, but I don't know if he has an STC for the mods. Please post here after you contact him & let us know what you find out.

Received the following from Mike Sibley in Alaska:

Hello Rod
I do offer the patroller door kit for the 66 through 83 150/152’s.
I do not have an STC so it will require a 337 field approval. So far we have not had any trouble getting them approved but I would ask your local A&P/IA for their input. With the kit I send very detail instructions and a copy of a previously approved 337 for reference.

Kits include everything needed for 2 doors except sealant.
$345.00 plus shipping.
Mike

His email is: [email protected]
He included a photo taken from the inside of a 150, which I can forward to anyone interested, (I haven't graduated to being photo posting able
on this forum yet).
Unfortunately we don't have the option of a 337 field approval in Canada and I will not be able to put them on my 150.

shakespe wrote:.....Unfortunately we don't have the option of a 337 field approval in Canada and I will not be able to put them on my 150.

From this, I assume that your airplane is not in the owner maintenance category? What's your opinion of that? I realize there's a lot of ramifications but I would be pretty interested in doing it if it were an option down here.

The owner Maintenance category in Canada is a great idea for some people and for some aircraft types.
For me and my aircraft type (C-150) it is not. It would lessen its value, future buyers would be uncertain of its maintenance history.
If parts availability is a problem or finding a mechanic to work on your a/c type then sure, but once in the new category it becomes prohibitively
expensive, if possible, to ever change it back.
Also it can never be flown across the border into the US as an OM category a/c.

hotrod150 wrote:

shakespe wrote:I would like a contact number, email address, etc also for the Patroller Door STC in Alaska. Anybody have it?

Mike Sibley in Kenai AK. Michael DOT Sibley AT bp DOT com
I understand he gets $325 for the patrol door kit & $325 for a skylight kit, but I don't know if he has an STC for the mods. Please post here after you contact him & let us know what you find out.

put a set on my 150 1970 model doors and skylights mike was very helpful kit easy to install

158 wrote:

hotrod150 wrote:What year C150? I know of a guy up in Kenai AK who has modified the later-model (1966 and up) squarish doors to a patroller configuration. I can put you in touch with him if that's what you have. The earlier-model trapezoidal doors would have to be chopped up structurally to install big enough observation panels to see much through.

It's a 1971 Model

finally installed doors and skylights mike sibley good guy kit worked fine highly recommend it for 150 got field approval

Jaerl wrote:Yea, but it has a lot of "Potential"!

Emory Bored wrote:

Jaerl wrote:Yea, but it has a lot of "Potential"!

Ha! My onefitty looked that bad when I bought it! Sat outside for many years unflown covered in moss and lichen... There was a lineup of locals watching me takeoff shaking their heads And 2 years later its going strong and a hoot to fly!

GumpAir wrote:My bifocals were driving me nuts, and still do. But for flying, I had my eye doc build me up a pair set for the exact distance my eyes were from the panel, and then... He used that to fill probably 3/4ths of the lens, so I wasn't tipping my head back. So, far vision is only a real thin strip on the very top of the lens, and the panel focus fills all the rest to the bottom. Works perfect for most airplanes I sit in.

Gump

Plus it makes that glass of wine look so much bigger!

158 wrote:

158 wrote:

hotrod150 wrote:What year C150? I know of a guy up in Kenai AK who has modified the later-model (1966 and up) squarish doors to a patroller configuration. I can put you in touch with him if that's what you have. The earlier-model trapezoidal doors would have to be chopped up structurally to install big enough observation panels to see much through.

It's a 1971 Model

finally installed doors and skylights mike sibley good guy kit worked fine highly recommend it for 150 got field approval

Would it be possible for you to post some pictures?