53 170B Salvage
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53 170B Salvage
For anyone interested a Nice 53 170B popped up on AIG Aviation(www.aigaviation.com)Look for aircraft salvage info. Plane was parked outside in hail storm. Pictures on the web page. Located in Auora, OR.
Mike Roe
Mike Roe
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Mike
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Pete Brown
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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Re: 53 170B Salvage
Those are the dangdest pictures of an instrument panel... What are all those little specks?
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Really. I understand the owner now has a damaged airplane and it will cost more than it is worth to make it like it was before.
But someone is going to get a fairly nice example of a dimpled 170 with a whole lot of flying left in it.
But someone is going to get a fairly nice example of a dimpled 170 with a whole lot of flying left in it.
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Dimples like on a golf ball might make this plane fly further, faster (and likely a possible future secret ploy on certain coloured airplanes)
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EXACTLY what I was thinking Jim. You must be Presidential material.c170b53 wrote:Dimples like on a golf ball might make this plane fly further, faster (and likely a possible future secret ploy on certain coloured airplanes)
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Re: 53 170B Salvage
Zooming in, they look like flat head Phillips screws.gahorn wrote:Those are the dangdest pictures of an instrument panel... What are all those little specks?
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Chicken pox? They look like someone painted dots all over the panel with the end of a paintbrush. Weird.gahorn wrote:Those are the dangdest pictures of an instrument panel... What are all those little specks?
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Without looking close at underlining structure it appears to me that the aircraft is airworthy. I'd say most of the damage is only cosmetic. Here's a clip from the Service Manual that concerns wing damage. Other paragraphs having to do with damage to the fuselage, tail feathers, etc., refer back to this section. It would be interesting to see how much of the damage could be repaired by these paintless dent repair guys. Video on dent removal.Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:Really. I understand the owner now has a damaged airplane and it will cost more than it is worth to make it like it was before.
But someone is going to get a fairly nice example of a dimpled 170 with a whole lot of flying left in it.
Gary
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You guys who have aluminum construction skills probably would know if the dent removal process would work or not. They may work reasonably well on a steel door, fender, 1/4 panels, etc. Not sure the same would hold true with aluminum which stretches a good amount in a dent.
We had a 172 at our muni apt that sat out in a spring hail storm. The insurance adjuster examined the damage, took a sharpie and circled each hail dent (there were a lot of them, but none very deep/large) and declared it a total loss. The plane was insured for $40k. I think someone purchased the plane from the ins co with the intent to repair it.
We had a 172 at our muni apt that sat out in a spring hail storm. The insurance adjuster examined the damage, took a sharpie and circled each hail dent (there were a lot of them, but none very deep/large) and declared it a total loss. The plane was insured for $40k. I think someone purchased the plane from the ins co with the intent to repair it.
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Hey, those dimples will make it fly farther and straighter - like a Titleist.
Terry Gandy
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Don't stop flying the plane until it's tied down or the paramedics arrive