The International Cessna 170 Association

Aryana wrote:All my projects have been dying on the vine for a bit while we get the hang of this parenting thing Karl. Even the big 170 has sat dormant.

I was hoping to see that little girl solo the little 170 before she outgrows it. but where do you find a quarter scale CFI??

cheers,
Pete

When doing a 100hrly or every 12 months why not push on the bleed nipple a piece of clear plastic tubing about 2 ft long and bleed the brakes a half a dozen pumps and also fill the brake reservoir . This will hopefully flush any degraded brake fluid or water . I do this at annual --- if the first c...

if your'e burnin a lot of cash buying these fuses you should probably fix the offending circuit

cessna170bdriver wrote:I've always just aired my tailwheel tire up until it "looks about right".

Me too. And when I do measure it, "looks about right" is between 35-45 psi.

Dang that was cool. Best landing video I have seen from them yet.

Bravo Elon & co. Bring on some more.

not the first typo in a gov't document.

My international shipping guru told me that aircraft parts have no duty. Made in USA or not. The spruce for my Falco came in from Alberta under that designation.

And how many scribes were there before the printing press??? You do realize that computers and 3d printers are as revolutionary as the printing press. right? Sounds like a good time to plug my cousin's book: "Gutenberg's Apprentice" by Alix Christie It is a novel about the great disruptiv...

You can start with a 1 1/2" Delrin ball from McMaster-Carr p/n 9614K39 $3.53 each. Just needs a 3/4 inch hole drilled through the middle. Owner produced part.

Somehow, I don't feel a great need to try this new sport.

blueldr wrote:Be careful flying that airplane after properly cleaning that tail wheel. Your center of gravity may well have changed.

Is that a major or a minor alteration?

OK, cool, we have redefined grungy. I thought mine was grungy. My tailwheel is now "pretty clean." Thanks.

how are you going to form the windscreen?

busy year with a baby ON THE WAY ?!? That's the easy part. I bet next year will be a whole lot busier.

The scale of that thing is awesome.

Was it threatening to do that before the overhaul as well? If not, what changed?

It's a real attention grabber when one of those big doors pops open and starts flapping 200 feet over the departure end. An experience best avoided.