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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: CS Prop info
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1921
Re: CS Prop info
The airframe certainly has the strength … anecdotally there’s a 150% design factor. The horsepower is the issue…. surprisingly long takeoff runs and frustratingly shallow climb-performance will be evident…. even frighteningly-so if you do this without consideration of Density Altitude….Flying a 170 ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: different engines in 170,s
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1393
Re: different engines in 170,s
I once inquired into the idea of converting a B-model to an O-470…. but discovered the engine weighs 140 lbs more than an O-300 ….. which, sitting forward of the firewall…. made for some CG compromises that were untenable. The IO-360 only weighs about 35 lbs more than the O-300…but produces similar ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:40 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: 82 Years ago…..
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1336
82 Years ago…..
82 Years ago this week…. It’s a good time to Remember what Real Patriots Do in America:
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: CS Prop info
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1921
Re: CS Prop info
https://media.mcfarlaneaviation.com/documents/cessna170-172-175performancetestdatar1.pdf That’s interesting data….. They operated it 250 over gross wt…. and claim a shortest ground roll with a 3 blade over a 2 blade… something out-of-the-ordinary. Usually 2-blade props outperform 3-blades in takeof...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Primer Knob Spins
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1983
Re: Primer Knob Spins
So I decided to punt the final fix on this issue and just bought some thin CA glue and put a few drops down between the knob and the shaft. It has been working well for the last dozen flights. It is super nice being able to easily rotate the primer to lock it again. If the glue doesn't last I'll ha...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Broken rudder return spring
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1122
Re: Broken rudder return spring
It’s impossible to think of the Blueldr without a smile and a tear. Even a “corrective scolding” from that man was a humorous pleasure….(not that I’d know anything about that…) :lol: I once (anonymously and without a return-address) sent him a “racy” photograph taken of an “extra-curricular cockpit ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:07 am
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2201
Re: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
Let me Add that our own Bruce Fenstermacher contributed a set of his “MouseTrap” springs-kit to the Fly-In as a “door prize” offering. :P Unfortunately, due to weather, few airplanes flew in…and none of those that did needed such a kit. :cry: The kit will be brought to the KY convention and anyone i...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2201
Re: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
I’d like to mention that Member Patrick Bramlett (AL) contributed the Solar Glasses. Thank You!
(But Patrick, you might want to mention to your supplier they’re combustible and not too durable for welding…. had to resort to other means…)
(But Patrick, you might want to mention to your supplier they’re combustible and not too durable for welding…. had to resort to other means…)
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2201
Re: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
Glad to hear of the good turnout. That's a nice shot. As the eclipse passed over us I was exiting my optometrists office with my eyes fully dilated. I wished it had gotten that dark here but it hadn't and wasn't going to. It was overcast and for the most part we could not see the sun though I wasn'...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:34 am
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2201
Re: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
I had not anticipated that my Runway Lighting would activate and my WindSock Spotlight would illuminate during the Total Darkness. :lol: Here’s a shot of the SOLAR FLARE which occurred during the Total Eclipse…. (We had a great turn-out and a Fantastic View as the Weather cleared EXACTLY at the Righ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:31 am
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: TX Solar Eclipse Fly-in Apr. 6-8
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2201
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:24 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Broken rudder return spring
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1122
Re: Broken rudder return spring
This used to be one of the Least-Expensive parts Cessna sells…. Univair: https://www.univair.com/cessna/cessna-1 ... ring-left/
https://www.univair.com/cessna/cessna-1 ... ing-right/
https://www.univair.com/cessna/cessna-1 ... ing-right/
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:48 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: My 170 will be parked for 6 months. Anything I should do?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 622
Re: My 170 will be parked for 6 months. Anything I should do?
Warm it up around the patch and do a fresh oil change if you’re picky….otherwise…Duct tape the exhausts, use cowling plugs or duct tape there to discourage birds, and on the wing leading edge vents. Store it indoors if possible.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:11 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Grady Bowers 1815 MO known here as MoonlightVFR goes west
- Replies: 1
- Views: 655
Re: Grady Bowers 1815 MO known here as MoonlightVFR goes west
We All are only in This World for a short time…. It’s an amazing journey we all have at our pleasure…. Make the Most of it…and do your Best to be kind, loving, and helpful to those others we have the pleasure to meet.
Good Journey West, MoonightVFR. Kindest Regards…
Good Journey West, MoonightVFR. Kindest Regards…
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: The TradeMart
- Topic: Cowlings needed for 1954 170B
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1432
Re: Cowlings needed for 1954 170B
I've seen a number of 170 cowlings that were both 'beyond repair' and still in service. I am somewhat surprised that there still isn't an approved faithful replica available in carbon or glass. I visited with a company at Oshkosh about nose-bowls upper/lower and they took scans of my ‘53…for the pu...