The International Cessna 170 Association

A little ACF50 on a rag, then a forceful wipedown/polish.

I have some good stuff from this summer doug, will send you a few.

We used to fly RC at our airport, and we were very discrete and cautious about it, never over the runway, being pilots ourselves of course. Then one day somebody else started do it, did something dumb, and got into a pissing match with the airport manager when he cautioned them about the risks. The ...

The actions of the retarded few always make life harder for the conscious many.

Not a big fan of the high speed fly-by either. Showing off for someone not paying attention rarely ends well.

I think I'd had my 170 for 28 minutes before I got mine. Walked into the aileron at full gate and laid myself out onto my back. It made me want to install split pipe insulation on all trailing edges during storage.

Paul-WI wrote:So I have to ask....... Your 170 sounds confused. First landing it sounds like a helicopter and the second sounded like a jet

I guess the roar of the C-145 is not enough to drown out that big helo next door.

Take that, runway!

http://www.vimeo.com/14197551

I think it's odd that I was taught to watch for water contamination and sump-sample tanks over 15 years ago when learning to fly (many of you much longer ago), and now this statement is made? Isn't this akin to the FAA releasing an official critical statement about pilots not flying beyond the fuel ...

Big difference in contrast, brightness and color quality, though! Seems like there should be a way to stop the lens down and get the same effect. John, this is a tiny helmet-cam type camera . The aperture is so small that its effective range is really pointless. It's probably a fixed dia for all I ...

canav8 wrote:Joel I would be impressed if you can find a filter to fix that.

The pink garnish?

Wouldn't it actually stop the prop better if the incoming light were IN-creased? (thereby calling for a faster shutter-speed?) It would, but that would exacerbate the distortion effect of the prop (which is caused by the line scan of the sensor.) The objective is to eliminate the prop distortion by...

The prop distortion is due to the way the CCD scans. No filter will fix that. Actually, that's not true. The prop distortion does occur as a product of the CCD scan and frame rate, but... You can force the camera to use a slower shutter speed by reducing the amount of light available using a neutra...

n3437d wrote:Money for a camera and no shoulder harness?

Joel

Actually the camera was free, but I'm saving for a pink stripe paint job.

Are my Aero Fab's not good enough?

Been a while since I've visited my 170 brethren, but if anyone can appreciate this footage, you fellas can. I would love to see some similar footage from inside other 170s. http://www.vimeo.com/13694732 If the playback appears choppy, pause playback and allow the grey "buffer" bar to fully...

Stand in front of the aircraft, looking backward at it. With the prop flange 0 tick mark (on backside of flange) pointing downward so it's at the 6 o'clock position, aligned with the split in the case, hang the prop so that the #1 blade points up and left to the approx 10:30 position. This is how I ...