Cessna A150M Aerobat Model Reference

Generation and Certification

The standard 150M and Aerobat A150M share some published year-context records but retain distinct category and loading information. A shared source row does not erase that distinction. Owners and pilots should follow the correct aircraft documentation rather than assume that a similar power figure makes the operating context identical.

The A150M closes the U.S. 150 Aerobat line in 1975-1977. Alongside the ordinary A1500524-A1500734 interval, the identity includes 15064970, the exceptional aircraft numerically embedded in the older 150G sequence. This exception distinguishes the A150M from both its A150L predecessor and the standard 150M. The category remains Acrobatic and the engine context remains O-200-A, so it must also be separated from the later A152 and from the O-240 Reims Aerobats when interpreting a broad "late Aerobat" description.

Serial Numbers and Production

For A150M, the ordinary source assignments are 1975: A1500524 through A1500609; 1976: A1500610 through A1500684; 1977: A1500685 through A1500734. The special identifier 15064970 is assigned to A150M, with year recorded as Special: Explicitly not 150G despite numeric location inside 150G sequence. The serial guide retains source conflicts and exceptional identities alongside these intervals.

Engine, Propeller and Equipment Changes

The A150M engine evidence contains ordinary year groups and the exceptional serial context. Preserve both when tracing the factory installation; the unusual serial is not a reason to import a G-model propeller or handbook. The dedicated Aerobat propeller relationship belongs with the O-200-A and the A150M limitations. Reims FRA150M uses a different engine/manual relationship despite sharing the final M. A buyer comparing these aircraft needs the complete prefixes and engine plates, not merely a horsepower claim or an Aerobat decal.

The A150M factory installation groups specify 1975: O-200-A, 100 hp at 2750 RPM; 1976: O-200-A, 100 hp at 2750 RPM; 1977: O-200-A, 100 hp at 2750 RPM; Special: O-200-A, 100 hp at 2750 RPM. Its named propeller applications are 1A102/OCM6948. Their diameter, static-RPM and configuration conditions are preserved together below.

Specifications, Fuel and Loading

The A150M group records 168 kt Vne, 122 kt Vno, 103 kt Va and an 85-kt Vfe entry. Retain that last value as supplied rather than automatically replacing it with the A150K/L 87-kt/100-mph presentation. The 1,076-lb Aerobat empty-weight example in the late summaries implies an illustrative 524 lb beneath 1,600 lb, but current equipment and the aircraft's actual loading report control its usable load. The detailed standard-150M performance series is not an exact Aerobat performance approval, even though the annual summary and publication-family leads are shared.

The special 15064970 identity and ordinary A150-prefixed aircraft belong to the same A150M legal model without making their serial notation interchangeable. That matters when a lookup, logbook summary or publication search assumes that every M Aerobat begins with A150. The source's special assignment must take precedence before the acrobatic-category limitations are selected. The U.S. A150M also provides a useful comparison with FRA150M: both are late 150-family Aerobats, but the French higher-power model introduces O-240 engine variants, A13EU kit conditions and the D1056-13GB AFM family. The similar publication number should not conceal those differences. An A150M buyer should establish the U.S. engine/propeller application and the correct annual Aerobat handbook, then compare actual useful load and condition rather than borrowing the French power figure or a standard M performance headline. The following A152 is another separate comparison because it changes the factory engine family and certified weight/speed context. These three aircraft can all be described informally as late Aerobats; only the complete identity, configuration and document set determines which technical values actually belong together.

Manuals, Maintenance and Research

The 1976-1977 POH families explicitly retain the Aerobat limitation boundary. That makes D1056-13 and D1081-13-related publication research different from assuming the standard M handbook is sufficient. The exceptional serial should be reconciled with the legal identity before a year-specific document is chosen. The succeeding A152 introduces the Lycoming-powered Aerobat family, while Reims FRA150M needs its dedicated approved flight manual. These relationships give an A150M buyer a concrete comparison path through category, engine, actual loading and documents instead of a generic final-model premium claim. The positive A150M publication leads are 1975: D1033-13 / D1034-13 (Owner's Manual); 1976: D1055-13 / D1056-13 (POH); 1977: D1080-13 / D1081-13 (POH).