The International Cessna 170 Association

Has anyone ever moved the radio(s) to a center position, or modified the location in any way?? Tucked in the far left corner sure doesn't seem optimum to me. Heresy, I know, but....Anyone? Drew

Uncle. I've tried, but failed, to find the posts I saw a while back re replacement of those danged fuses. I actually saw several posts on this topic, some with complete wiring diagrams. I'd ask where they went, except I'm sure it's just my poor search technique. :oops: Thanks in advance for heading ...

Madras Air Service STC SA2454WE model 102 wingtip mod. I understand those tips are 'drooped'. Couldn't find a picture of the tips on the FAA website, and the Madras site is closed. Any help obtaining a picture would be appreciated. Drew

AND NOW…..FOR THE REST OF THE STORY………. John, thanks for a great little lesson on how some of this fits together. Interesting to me that it seems we all are using an antiquated and somewhat inaccurate system. I say ‘inaccurate’ as baro is compared with true. Truth be told, this is not a ...

Wow. I'm glad I asked. I was thinking of starting another, related, thread, but since we seem to have some attention here: My VNAV and VVI)(separate data presentations which are altitude related) on the 496 seem to be perfect. But, of course, the VNAV only leads me to a height at a distance away fro...

Don't think so, Rick. Absolute altitude being one's height above ground level where ever one happens to be. As Ron Jencs pointed out earlier, gps is very useful, as I can attest, while hiking and camping for locating one's height above sea level on the side of a mountain. If it were absolute altitud...

Thanks for all that input. It completely gibes with my recent experience. But, for the money, I would sure think my Garmin 496 would do better, especially when waas-enabled, which it is, and has been during these 'excursions.' Thanks for the link to the article, Marc. Very helpful. I think I can now...

My altimeter and mode c agree very closely when I ask for a mode c altitude check from atc, and I have the local altimeter set. But my GPS altitude is unacceptably off: 300-1500 feet, depending on altitude. And, (and here's the kicker) I took more than one GPS, and they agreed from 0-10 feet in alti...

UPDATE... George, darn good question. We've had her such a short time, haven't had the plugs out to see, but the new one's I've ordered are Champion REM40E's, a hotter plug than mid range. Your thinking is right on. AS WELL, another factor in this is that we've been using almost exclusively autofuel...

"the Horn" , once again, is right on target. The FM unit is what we installed. We thot the previous owner had x-threaded the screen housing into the accy case, so tuff was the new adapter to screw in. So we spent hours, literally, cleaning out the threads of the screen fitting. The FM unit...

Doug, thanks for the input. This is a newly TBO'd 0300. 70 hrs since new. The plugs were not replaced, however, which surprises me. When I timed the mags, which were well off, the plug I inspected already had some lead fouling on it. I believe the plugs were simply meticulously cleaned. I lean like ...

Don't know if this will get seen down here at the bottom of this issue, but, an update...... It is very apparently hot carbon. Did a start and immediate shut-down, and she quit immediately. No dieseling whatever. Repeated. Same. Last flight, shut down with the mags, and it dieseled until I shut down...

You know, this is exactly why owners of this great bird really need to belong to our assn; the way you guys come to the aid of each other this way. Various views all based on millenia of experience (I'm not calling us old - just experienced. Well....old too. But that's good). Thanks for the input. I...

Fairly new 170 owner here. Getting to know her still. Did a p-lead check. Switched mags to off. master was still on. Engine stumbled to 'almost' off. I would describe as 'gasping'. But it did not quit. I did not turn the mags back to on for fear of a huge backfire. I shut down with mixture. During n...

Bruce, John, George. You guys are the best. I'm going to incorporate all of your inputs. I'm sure this beautiful machine will profit from your help to me (us). Went flying late this afternoon. Beautiful. Just stayed in the pattern and went looking for that perfect back-side-of-the -drag curve landin...