170a aileron balance

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Joseair
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170a aileron balance

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Anyone help with aileron balance specs for 170a.
Cannot find anywhere on forum.
When i click on links it just comes up as rubbish .
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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Did you check the MX LIbrary..under “Fuselage …” where the airplane Rigging Instructions are located..?

viewtopic.php?f=41&t=8196

(Aileron Balance wt is 2.94 lbs +.06 to -0.0.)
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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The asterisk calls attention to the note that “some Model 170A airplanes were delivered with 1.75-pounds lead balance weight in the ailerons.” The 140A calls for 1.75 pounds of lead on their ailerons. Looks like Cessna stole from the 140A aileron inventory when they ran out on the 170A line. Their ailerons share the same part numbers.
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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Back to the OP's question, does anyone have the aileron balance specs, since the 100 series service manual doesn't list them?
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cessnut wrote:Back to the OP's question, does anyone have the aileron balance specs, since the 100 series service manual doesn't list them?
I posted them above. 8O
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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That is the weight tolerance of the counterweight, not the balance spec.
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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Cessnut:
If you follow the link to the MX Library, you will find the balance spec.
(But I believe that the MX Library may be accessible only to members of The International Cessna 170 Association.)
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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Thanks for info. Still not sure if i got the right answer.
I try to follow the links on site but all i get is errors.
Do i need to be on windows PC?
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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The specs you are looking for can be found in Cessna SNL 86-44.
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Re: 170a aileron balance

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The SNL 86-44 is posted here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=573&start=0
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