The International Cessna 170 Association

Hi Nathan, thanks for the input. Yes, I know what Joe Stancil says, but I got him to admit that there is nothing really wrong with the O-470A. It's as reliable and supportable as any O-470. His main problem is that Continental will not accept an A for an exchange core. The O-470A owners I've talked ...

Yep George, a similar experience is what pushed me torward a 180. Back in June, the Significant Other and I flew 43A to North Captiva Island, Florida (near Ft. Myers), a great little resort accessable only by boat or airplane. Rented a house for six days, and had a great time, I might add. The grass...

I buried this in my buying a 180 thread, so I'm posting it here as well. Does anyone know a good IA, familiar with older Cessnas who can do an annual on a 180 in the Chicago area? The airplane is based at Joliet, Illinois. Thanks, Russ Farris

Hey George, it was good to finally meet you face to face at the Convention. And Rudy, Ole Gar and Harold, too. Sorry I could only stay one afternoon. But I decided to leave so George could have a crack at Best Original 170B! :D I did seriously consider a 195, but after talking with my buddies ( I kn...

OK guys. I think I may have found a winner... I flew to Chicago Monday, and the dealer (yes, a dealer - I'll get to that later) picked me up and we drove to Joliet. Armed with a screw driver, inspection mirror and flashlight, I checked out the spar carry through, spar blocks, gear box and every othe...

At the risk of enduring a hail of bullets, the time has come to think about buying a 180. Reasons? All the usual suspects. Higher performance, the ability to haul a load out of a short field and better cross-country speeds and range. Funny - when I bought N8143A four years ago, I thought I'd use it ...

Like George, my 170 is polished with the original paint scheme. I hadn't completely polished it until just before Sun-N-Fun this year. It had been over three years, and still looked pretty good. It is hangared, however. I wouldn't dream of a polished airplane kept outside. My advice, which is free b...

According to my A & P, a field approval to use the more modern Cessna relay is not required, although he was not exactly sure why...hmmmm. What say you, Tom Downey and George Horn? Russ Farris

Bill, do a search on the forum here for solenoid...you'll find lots of good info! Russ Farris

Hi Bill, I can help you out on this since I had mine go bad six months ago. Without looking at my parts book at the hangar, both of those numbers refer to the original four post solenoid, which has a jumper wire between the two small posts. Several calls, including to Cessna yielded a price of 300 t...

Think as a fixed pitch prop as being a car with only one gear; in this case, second. A climb prop is more like being in first, and a cruise prop is third. (I know, it's a crude analogy.) A variable pitch (and except for some old Bonanzas and Bellancas, constant speed) propellor is like having all th...

Well, the convention is looming large and I have to decide what days I can attend. I live only an hour plus ten away by 170, so I'm considering making at least two day trips, possibly overnighting on Sunday for the get acquainted party. All the planned activities are great, but being from this part ...

Thanks guys, that was some experience at Sun-n-fun 2002. Shay and I were sitting under the wing drinking brewskies when Budd Davisson himself came rolling up in a golf cart, announcing we had been selected as an EAA photo subject. He wisked me off to a pilot briefing for the next mornings photo shoo...

This is an interesting topic. Back in 1972 when I was a student pilot, one of the local pilots had a tri-gear Cessna 140. It wasn't nearly as ugly as the 170 conversions look in the pictures. The all-time ugly champ was the Met-co-aire Stinson 108 conversion - hideous beyond belief! I'm beginning to...

I bought my 52 B model with 1,950 TT on it, about three and a half years ago. It's got 2320 on it now; it's now flying the most on a regular basis since the 1950's. (It sat out of license from 1980 to 1990, for example.) Kinda the other end of the spectrum. I have seen others with lower time, includ...