The International Cessna® 170 Association

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If a shield prevents the filament from shining upon the reflector, which in-turn redirects it generally forward.... how does a shield placed at the fuselage/pilot's side of the filament prevent the light from being projected to the outer reflector where it is reflected towards the fuselage/pilot? G...

That's good info, but my earlier comment is quoted out of context. George, Yes, I took your comment out of context, but not with any intent to misrepresent your point, only for the sake of brevity. You are right: When the pilot looks at the light in the down and on position, he or she can tell whet...

Seeing if I can post a picture.



BlueBird at the Haines, Alaska airport.


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Seeing if I can post a picture.

[IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/ ... Haines.jpg[/IMG]<BR CLEAR=ALL>BlueBird at the Haines, Alaska airport.

The pilot is, however, subjected to reflected light from the outer portion of the bulb. I dont think this is true. The outer portion of the reflective surface is angled away from the pilot. Absent a filament shield, light emanating from the filament and striking the outer surface will be reflected ...

As it happens, this topic was discussed just a few weeks before my GE4522 gave up the ghost. Being frugal (to put it one way), I decided to give the Galaxy-brand 4522 from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty ("ASS") a try. Well, the lamp arrived today, and I have to say I am disappointed. Althou...

George, Since you asked...no, the frozen grease in the tailwheel was not the reason for the overlong stay...nor was my fondness for Northway in the winter. I’ll write more about the other problems. But, right now, I’m heading out to the airport to trouble shoot an inoperative strobe light. It’...

It brings back memories to hear about flying in the very cold. Here's a story from a few years back: Hours before sunrise on November 28, 1995, I left Haines, Alaska, intending to fly my ragwing 170 to Anchorage in one long day with a quick stop for fuel in Northway. A few months earlier, my wife ha...

Miles, I'm sorry your have had so much trouble with Premium. I bought two Titan cylinders from them about eighteen months ago and the transaction went smoothly. They even went to the trouble of taking the cylinders to the Post Office to mail them––UPS shipments to Alaska must go by air and the p...

Eric, While you are examining your tailwheel bracket take a close look to see that the horizontal bulkhead, which stiffens both the bracket and the rear-most section of fuselage, is in place. Sorry, I'm not sure of the part number, and I don't have a "B" model IPC in front of me. I, too, h...

Eric said: I have never read anything that referenced what airfoil(s) Cessna used on the 120/140, the rag 170, the 170A/B,or anything else. Deep dark trade secret, I guess. I would guess that the ragwing airfoil is maybe different from the 170A/B, but it seems logical to me that the ragwing used a b...

When I bought two ECI Titan cylinder assemblies a year ago, Chris Baker, cbaker@premiumaircraftparts.com, was helpful with my request that the cylinders be mailed USPS to Alaska rather than shipped via UPS. UPS to Alaska only comes billed as a "two day" or an "overnight" shipment...

Any part of the story below that is a violation of any FAR didn’t really happen. The rest is true, mostly. Hoping to once again commit aviation, I put the whip to my ragwing C170. The 80/43 prop wound up, and 02V accelerated downwind and downhill. Galloping along, I could feel the jolts from the t...

Jon, My Trimble Flight-Mate GPS came with a yoke mount that consisted of a small aluminum plate onto which a plastic mount for the GPS was attached. The aluminum plate/plastic mount was attached to a yoke clamp with a swivil connection...so that the angle of the GPS could be adjusted. To adapt this ...