The International Cessna 170 Association

Some of the highest accident rates recorded involve military trainers with Day-Glo wingtips/tails George, the implication of that statement is that these trainers are colliding because of their Day-Glo wingtips/tails. Could it be that they have a higher incidence of midairs because they are practic...

See http://www.whelen.com/aviation/Avserman.pdf I think you would have to follow Whelen's guidelines on page four entitled "Aircraft not specifically mentioned on elegibility list". You will also need to come up with an ICA--Instructions for Continued Airworthiness--to attach to your 337. ...

The new plastic blocks measured .778" wide. My old magnesium one that was not milled was .743" wide. So you would only gain .035" by installing new bearing blocks--hardly worth doing for reducing lateral play. Force each rudder pedal bar to the inboard end of its lateral travel and mo...

Thanks for getting those pictures up John. I'll give your suggestions a try next time.

Miles, I have the opposite problem with my rudder shaft. I have an interference fit. The previous owner milled the aluminum bearings to correct this. Now I have bought new plastic bearings and am still trying to figure out the best solution for fixing the problem. It seems that when this area was re...

Back around '95 I bored holes in the LA smog with PT6 powered Beech 18s. (We were dropping sterile medflys for the USDA). These planes had the pulselites on them. We also painted the wingtips and rudders dayglo orange. These preventative measures seemed to help although we still had the occassional ...

Bruce,
That's it--CessnaParts.com has the superceded p/n for the shaft o-ring as M83248/1-010. Thanks again.

Bruce, I'm in the process of rebuilding my fuel valve. Thanks for the work in updating the o-rings to current part numbers. I'm curious where you found p/n M83248/1-010 as a superceded p/n? Is this for the shaft o-ring shown in fig. 64-7? The p/n in the book for the shaft o-ring is AF934-5. This has...

I was at Del-Air earlier this week and mentioned that that I was planning on doing some weld repairs to the stationary panel (p/n 0513110 fig.38-1). They advised against this as they were of the opinion that this was 2024-T3 aluminum. This part is a structural member of the fuselage. The reason I as...

The article on the Aeronca Sedan is in the November 2005 issue of AOPA.
http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot ... t0511.html

Rob, 20 years ago I worked at MAF in Redlands as an A&P. Those guys know 180's and 185's better than anyone. I don't know if they still do maintenance on aircraft other than their own. But if they do, MAF could give you a good pre-buy inspection. I've heard MAF is moving up to the Spokane area i...

Is the light reflecting on the windshield coming through the gap between the shock-mounted panel and its cover? If so, one could lay a bead of RTV along the inside top of the cover to form a seal. Put Saran Wrap over the top of the instrument panel to protect it. After the RTV "skins" but ...

George, Any chance of you, or others with original decals, scanning them or taking close-up photos of them (preferably with a ruler in the picture) and then posting them here? My project is in need of all decals. I'll use a Dyno label maker before I pay over $50 for some of these decals from Cessna....

HA To clarify my earlier post, I am planning on painting the outside of the shock-mounted instrument panel (the part the light sockets mount in) and the inside of the shock-mounted panel cover white. I like your idea of using silver rather than white for better reflection. When assembled these white...

Regarding the instrument light sockets, Neal Wright on the Cessna 120-140 website was able to locate them for me. They are made by SPC Technology, Type LSL-11-151U and are available from Newark.com. Newark's p/n for the socket is 81N2568. Check out Neal's informative article on instrument panel ligh...