The International Cessna 170 Association

Hi Jim and Jon, Thanks for the posts. Great info. I've flown into Spearfish. I love that area. I also visited Ennis last summer. Jon, I plan to fly to the STOL competition next weekend. I hope we can connect while at Independence. Terri

The purpose of this post is to reach out to those that are fairly close to Portland, Oregon. I thought it might be fun to connect and potentially fly to breakfast once in a while. If this is of interest, how about posting a photo of you and your plane and a tell us about you! This will help us all g...

Thanks again for all of the input. My tw was steering well to the right, but not at all to the left. When I disassembled my tw, I found that the notch in the steering arm was worn out on one side. Since I needed to replace the steering arm anyway, I opted to purchase the bent steering arm. When I wa...

Hi Gary, I did not understand how the tail parts worked, or the names of the parts, until my friend drew me pictures this week. Everyday is a new learning experience for me. I enjoy learning and working on my plane as much as flying it.

Hi Bruce, Your reply relates to the steering arm assembly. Although my question was about the pawl, I do appreciate your suggestion. Last week, I noticed that the angle of the pull chain is not ideal as it pulls upwards. To improve responsiveness of my tw, I plan to order the steering assembly with ...

Thanks guys. I understand that the long pawl will free the TW sooner. I should have been more specific....I'm looking for someone that has used both long and short pawl to get the pro and cons. My thought is that the shorter one would give me better control. Thoughts?

Quick question for you mechanical experts.... I have a 3200 Baby Bushwheel on my 170B. How does the short vs the long pawl impact handling? I'm about to order new parts for my worn out tw assembly and need to decide on long vs short pawl before I place my order via Alaska Airframes. Thanks in advanc...

Greetings 170 pilots! Is anyone familiar with Ennis Montana? If so, I've love to hear from you! I'm headed there tomorrow (Oct 5th to Oct 10th, 2017) to check out the area and the local airport. I want to find a great place to base my airplane, then I'll buy a house. If only I could find a hanger ho...

Thank you for all of the kind welcome messages!

Greetings 170A members, I purchased a 170B about 6 months ago from Nampa, ID. After reading some of the member posts, I decided to join. This looks like a great site for sharing our individual knowledge and to be inspired! Thank you to those that created and maintain this site! My airplane is curren...

Thank you Bill. Bruce sounds like a good resource. Thank you for the suggestion. I think I should take a class at the Apple store to learn more about photos and iCloud. Or... I'll ask a 5th grader! Terri

Thank you for the advice. That is a great idea.

Thank you so much for all of your replies. I did get help and I'm now able to post photo and ads for excess parts in my hanger. A few of you asked me to tell a bit about myself and post a photo. Attached is a photo of my 170B. I've been updating the interior and the panel. It has turned out very nic...

I'm reaching out to members as I'm not having any luck reaching your webmaster. I paid for a membership and was later sent a membership number. I then emailed the webmaster with my user name and member number I was provided. Apparently this is to activate my membership. It's about 4 days later and I...

Great replies. My IA will be looking my plane in a few weeks. I'm not flying it until after he is done with it. We most certainly did not want to put on too many shims to avoid damaging the bolts. With that said, I don't know what the maximum should be. I'll know once my IA takes a look. Thank you !...