The International Cessna 170 Association

I recently had both gages out on the bench and the accuracy is plus or minus 25%.......one thing I did do was calibrate the "empty" to read "empty" when it was actually empty. Full is with your eyes looking down in the tank but there is one thing sometimes overlooked on the ragwi...

My '48 Ragwing is currently getting an upgrade to the landing gear and will handle much better in crosswinds with the stiffer "Lady Legs" I purchased from XPModifications. Tom Anderson was a great help in locating and inspecting these legs for me. They are on the web at http://www.xpmods.c...

I usually get 100 knots (on the GPS in dead calm) at 2350-2400 rpms using 8.3-8.5 gph of autofuel. I running an 0-300A with standard 76/53 prop. I guess that's about average for most of us. It will go a bit faster at 2450 but pushes up the gals > 9. It goes really fast downhill though! Ernie in Va B...