The International Cessna 170 Association

Yes,..the thin/light-weight nose bowls are famous for cracks. Poncho, when you finish yours you’ll be ready to do a ‘53...??

For you George....no problem...

Interesting thing about this project, mine is a 48, so this is a “new” inlet. Nothing available for a 48 -52 170 and 170A. When I get the project done I will try to write up an article for the quarterly if anyone is interested..cheers

FYI, those screw holes for winter plates are not original. Original plates are held on to the back of the grill with J hooks. Guess they were already in your originals and you can't undrill them so your stuck with them. Just thought you should know.

Nice work.

c170b53 wrote:Carbon fibre ? My aluminum has a few cracks, stop drilled but unsightly, might have to go that route.

Yes it is very robust. If you purchase this air scoop and have a 170 or 170A its ton of work. Today I riveted the entire assembly. I like the look of a countersunk riveted nose bowl, so I got fancy. Paint shop soon.....tomorrow I replace all those nasty PK tinnerman style fasteners on the lower cowl fuselage area with anchor nuts.....I had no idea how labour intensive this would be......

Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:FYI, those screw holes for winter plates are not original. Original plates are held on to the back of the grill with J hooks. Guess they were already in your originals and you can't undrill them so your stuck with them. Just thought you should know.

Nice work.

Yes, and I knew your sharp eye would catch that. Stuck with some Home made, (certified as well).....winter fronts.

Very nice work! It shows when you take your time and do a good job.

It’s a shame Bruce got rid of his Rat-Plane project. I was hoping some day to see how he might make duct-tape look. Instead he’s decided to go Totally-Legal and gain his A&P. (So many changes these days.... What’s the world coming to...?)

Nice work! This is great, thanks for the updates.

GAHorn wrote:It’s a shame Bruce got rid of his Rat-Plane project. I was hoping some day to see how he might make duct-tape look. Instead he’s decided to go Totally-Legal and gain his A&P. (So many changes these days.... What’s the world coming to...?)

This is off subject but in case the new owner of my recently sold N7A is reading, my "Rat Plane" was not N7A but my first 170. As for an A&P making one totally legal, all I can say is I've seen plenty of illegal A&P activity over the years.

Bruce Fenstermacher wrote:

GAHorn wrote:It’s a shame Bruce got rid of his Rat-Plane project. I was hoping some day to see how he might make duct-tape look. Instead he’s decided to go Totally-Legal and gain his A&P. (So many changes these days.... What’s the world coming to...?)

This is off subject but in case the new owner of my recently sold N7A is reading, my "Rat Plane" was not N7A but my first 170. As for an A&P making one totally legal, all I can say is I've seen plenty of illegal A&P activity over the years.

I was searching out info on nose scoop repair and ran across this thread, somehow I missed it earlier. No worries Bruce! I've been reading a ton of posts around here and had figured as much. I can tell N7A was well loved even if cosmetics weren't a priority. I had someone come up to me the other day and say they thought it was "badass like something out of Mad Max".