For the record (and my restoration project) can someone, either by measuring or by trusted reference, list the demensions and placement of N numbers on the wings of late 40's 170 series? Please provide distance outboard, aft, letter height, stroke width, letter spacing and overall length from readily identifiable locations. Thank you.
John Nielsen '48 C170 NC4034V
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N Numbers on Wings
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Number height is easy to determine. It is the distance between the upper strut attachment.
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Jim Mathis
Number height is easy to determine. It is the distance between the upper strut attachment.
I can send or mail picture. See Private Message
Jim Mathis
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My 170B has it's numbers on top of the right and on bottom of the left wing, per the original Cessna dwgs.
My numbers "N146YS" are placed so that the "S" ends 5'6" from the wingtip at the navlight base. The N is 3' 3-1/4" from the fuselage. (This keeps it off the fuel tank panel on the top surface.)
They are 20" tall, with the "legs" of the N, for example, being 3 1/4" wide. Each full letter is 13 1/4" wide (except for the "I" which is 3 1/4" of course) and all letters/numerals are spaced 3 1/4" apart.
They are block letters except with angled corners on curved edges such as at the top/bottom corners of the "S", no shading.
My numbers "N146YS" are placed so that the "S" ends 5'6" from the wingtip at the navlight base. The N is 3' 3-1/4" from the fuselage. (This keeps it off the fuel tank panel on the top surface.)
They are 20" tall, with the "legs" of the N, for example, being 3 1/4" wide. Each full letter is 13 1/4" wide (except for the "I" which is 3 1/4" of course) and all letters/numerals are spaced 3 1/4" apart.
They are block letters except with angled corners on curved edges such as at the top/bottom corners of the "S", no shading.
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