The International Cessna 170 Association

No it's not that I don't have a key at all, I just decided that I should have more than one in case.......... So along with the vintage one that doesn't work I have this nasty old copper key that looks like it's been rode hard and put up rusty which does fit the door and mag switch. Interestingly en...

Actually the "origional" key came with the plane it just doesn't fit the locks. I haven't had the time to go on a key hunt around town yet, but since they aren't that unique there probably is something that will fit at one of the farm stores. George I sent you an email about the map (torpe...

Won't do it, I'm still having crack fantasies about finishing the cub in another 35 years or so.

Hmmmm, I'll just rumage around the local sources then. I looked at the hardware store and they didn't have any blanks that matched, so I just assumed that it was something special :? I should probably know better by now. That just reminded me there are two little instrument lights on either side of ...

Where do you get door key blanks? Mine looks older than the plane, and I want to make a couple spares.

This is good food for thought, at least for me. When I first read the suggestion to disconnect the parking brake I thought "that's stupid, I might need it because I mostly fly alone". However, there was this one time right at the end of my ten hours of dual that I had to do for insurance w...

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One quart per hour rename that plane "Dribbles".

I know I should be thumbing through my FAR/AIM for this........but I'm lazy. You are required to have parachutes on for door open operations aren't you?

Actually it has been working out pretty much as you describe, and I've been amazed with how little trim it needs although I suppose that might change if I start carrying passengers or cargo. I would be really curious now to fly one of the early 172s to see how it compares. The rental that I was flyi...

True, I hadn't thought about that, but it's the pitching tendancy after putting the flaps down that was puzzling me. I tied down yesterday afternoon next to a 152, and it did look like the stab. sits a little higher up in relation to the cord line of the wing. I'll have to eyeball it next time I'm p...

I hadn't really given it any thought till the other day when a friend took me for a ride in his 185. When he put the flaps on he trimmed the plane up to take the backpressure off the yoke. The 152s I first started learning in wanted some nose up trim. The 172 that I used to rent always wanted some u...

Doherty, I'll offer this for contemplation. I bought my 52, 170B a couple of months ago. It has no interior except the origional door panels, and a new wool headliner (Airtex) oh and the seats are there to. The plane is on early 180 gear, with 800x6 tires, a mid-time C145 and a 7648 prop that was re...

I'm going to plan on it as well, I've wanted to go to Oshkosh for years.

Here're a couple points I'll throw out. At full throttle with no filter installed a motor will only pull a set volume of air over time at any specific density altitude. A good filter should be of sufficient size to support the volume of air that the motor will draw at maximum power. Beyond that adit...