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We sold the 170 almost 5 years ago but are recently back in the classic Cessna game. It's a "170 Junior" and was purchased for my youngest to get his instrument rating, prep for his commercial, and build time.
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Bruce
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Dick, at least I knew it wasn't a 120blueldr wrote:Johneeb,
I'm almost sure you meant "140A" ! They're pretty rare.
Almost 5 feet less wingspan adds takeoff distance despite the hp/wt ratio. (I could be having a bran-pharrt but I think I recall the 140A Patroller actually had a 170A wing...not just the tanks... and it came off the ground fairly quickly even with full fuel....but that was over forty years ago and it makes me feel closer to bluElder than I'd previously thought...)4-Shipp wrote:97 KTAS at 2400. A bit finer than what you had Geoarge, but I'd hate to give up any take off or climb performance. Seems a bit anemic compared to what I remember from the 170B. ...!
Frank, it has been several years since I flew a 170 so they may be closer than I remember. It does a nice job with one person, half tanks and a cold January morning.170C wrote:4SHIPP that is a really nice looking 140AThere's nothing like a freshly polished airplane. I am surprised you don't seem to have the takeoff performance with the 0-200 in your 140 as compared to your 170B
I would have thought with the lighter airframe its takeoff & climb would have been as good, if not better. Maybe it just doesn't like that "Hotter N Hell" Wichita Falls summer temps
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I had a '50 model 140A (9693A) with a C-90 & I learned to fly in a '48 with a C-90. The '48 was a bit faster than the '50 model. I enjoyed the 140A. Sold it back in 1989 to Dave Eby there in WF and he renovated the plane, put in a 0-200 and won a lot of awards with it while he owned it. That plane now belongs to a fellow in South Carolina if I remember.
Good luck to you son with his ratings
Frank
Secret to polished airplanes: NEVER wash it using any kind of soap or detergent!4-Shipp wrote:[...In high school I polished a guys 195 in exchange for time in his 150TD. I swore then I would never own a polished airplane...now look what I have done. The gentleman who sold her to us said I would need to polish her before OSH. I looked at my son Alex and said "No, I won't..."
This is the exact solution Dad and I used to wash our house windows twice a year as I grew up. A semi annual ritual in the spring taking down the storm windows and again in the fall putting them back up. Dad poured the secret cleaner straight from the kero lamp hanging in the kitchen porch for emergencies. We even used a brush on a long handle popular for aircraft washing.Use a few cups of J-4, Jet A, kerosene, coal oil, or WD-40 (my personal choice) in a 5 gal bucket. Add water forcefully to make a milky solution.