The International Cessna 170 Association

This has been said by others before, but let me say it again - the value of this forum to us non A&P types is immeasurable. I have the eye bolt on my tailwheel. When I replaced the old scott with a new Bushwheel tailwheel I tightened the plastic locknut as tight as I thought it needed to be (whi...

Congratulations Johnny. Your 170 looks a little like a Sabre tooth tiger - but, from the looks of the cowl the extended pipes must work.

Based on your description of the problem and the follow up checks you completed my first suggestion would be to suspect the fuel pump.

Thanks - I finally located the RAPCO page and it appears the #164-02601 disk and the RA66-105 pads are compatible.

I have #30-63B Cleveland brakes installed on my 170 - with the #164 02601 disk. Today I rotated the tires and regreased the bearings. I discovered the right main brake pads needed to be replaced. I was out of Cleveland pads but had Rapco RA 66-105 pads available. I installed the Rapco pads on the br...

The primary items I check/inspect during the preflight of a tail dragger are the tail wheel tire pressure, tail wheel leave springs and chains, and the brakes. A lesson I learned the hard way. Shortly after purchasing my Champ I flew it, with a group of friends in J-3s, to the San Juan Islands. Ever...

My aircraft, a 1952 170B, also has the remote indicating compass. During my last instrument panel upgrade I had the remote compass placed on a pull type circuit breaker. I keep it pulled most of the time. I had the circuit breaker installed and keep it pulled as a result of turning the master on one...

My wife is reading a great book - The Art of Racing in the Rain. The premise of the book is a dog narrating his life. One of the suggestions in the book is that when dogs die they become men, or that men evolved from dogs not monkeys - which explains the behavior of many of my friends. The book is f...

Thank you for the suggestions. I'll try crimping first - I don't trust my skill with a drill enough to try safety wiring the hinge wire.

I have a 1952 170B. The top cowl is hinged length wise using two long piano type hinges. I am constantly chasing hinge pin, or wire creep. After about two hours of flight the hinge wires begin to creep forward. Has anyone discovered a secret for keeping the hinge wires in place?

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Miles is right. The 170 is great to fly - but, if you are planning a multi-day cross country try to limit your flight time to 6 hours per day - basically two three hour legs, or just under 600 miles per day. Two three hour legs really results in an eight hour day with fuel stops. I found that I Iike...

Ignition before a full crank is a good fast start. My plugs and mags are in great shape and I generally get a turn or two before ignition. The only time I got ignition with less than a full turn was when I was hand propping my Champ - but, truthfully, that was after priming and pulling the prop thru...

Dawson has one for sale.

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A friend forwarded the attached history to me - 100 pages - interesting. I found page 92 the most interesting - First pilot's license issued in 1927 - and guess what, it had a picture of the pilot on it!

http://www.faa.gov/about/history/celebr ... 0Album.pdf