The International Cessna 170 Association

Here's a thought: If what you are looking for is a reliable time piece with the possibility to use as chronograph, with a backlight, etc. You can consider this: Fill the whole with a blank piece of aluminum; go to Wallmart and buy a Timex Triathlon (wait, don't laugh till you see this one) Chronomet...

Bruce, when I bought my '52 it had no backplate or spinner. The old one had been cracked. I bouhgt new backplate and spinner from Spruce. 1st annual: Backplate (bulkhead) cracked again. Bought another new one from Spruce, made by Univair. Here is the problem: On the '52, you need a couple of holes d...

Dang! Dave, here I was going to volunteer a couple of weeks in January-February to go visit you in AZ and put on a few hours a week on your machine, so it would get its exercise. I was ready to sacrifice the -25 to -40º weather and the shovelling to help out a fellow 170 owner, but then you tell us...

If any one was in the trade of hunting down presidents, they'd only have to get the NOTAMs on the TSRs to know where to be. Kind of answering CNN's questions about an ongoing war or mission in progress, you know our Special Forces really like it when some zealous politician does that... We (pilots w...

I bought one for my son a couple of years ago and it worked real good. I lent it to my uncle's wife going for chemotherapy and she's been real happy to relieve the nausea with it; her doctors had not seen it before (Canada, you know). I got it when they were more expensive, saw them this morning on ...

The baffle rub strips on my '52 are very rough and in need of replacement. Over the years, felt and other type of materials have been fastened to the baffles and I want to replace it all with something that will look better and do a better job. Original part number example: 0450234-25 rear baffle ru...

Alot of great information is being shared here. I started putting together my 2 cents list, but found out it would be a very long answer. I carry some kits always and add to that, other kits depending on season and where I fly to and if alone or in a flock or with passengers. Let me just touch on a ...

I have the B.A.S. on my plane and love it. Useful for ground handling and eventhough I do have a nice tow bar that can be attached to my car hitch, I don't need to bring it with me when I travel to a different airport. You can also lift the tail with it, but, unless you want to take the full weight ...

Russ, here I got a great deal. Shortly after I moved to this grass strip, a school moved out and no one wanted to get in or share in the fuel tank that was left. It turned out that the tank belongs to Campbell fuels, the same guys that sell me my heating oil and are located right down the road from ...

I had a noise problem on a Cherokee. I spent $10 K to get some "used/rebuilt" radios and receivers installed to make it IFR certified. I started getting noise throuhg the intercom after that installation (by a reputable shop) and it was obviously coming from the "coffee grinder" ...

John, here's another suggestion. Last year I drove up in "Harvey the RV", there was too many of us to fly up, so we stopped in on the way to the Rockies. We stayed at the Fond Du Lac KOA, they had some cabins you could rent. There was no big crowds, very clean facilities, showers, laundry,...

When I bought my hangar (no door at the time), the previous owner had stapled chicken wire to the rafters. It did keep most those little creatures out. But I gotta tell yah, they find the smallest holes and then are trapped above the "cage". Another thing is that you are sure to snare a co...

Thanks guys! I now know what my problem was. You see, when I do pre-heat properly, set the timer the nite before for a morning run, she'd start right up. One day, someone told me: If you properly pre-heated, do not use cold weather starting procedure, your plane doesn't know seasons, it is warm and ...

I would suspect moisture in the system. JD

Bela and others looking to mount their hand helds. Look at pages 434 & 435 in the latest Spruce catalogue. I got a Ram-O-Mount after seeing them at Oshkosh 5 years ago, when they first came out. They've come up with alot more models since. I mounted the base on the "shelf" the other en...