The International Cessna 170 Association

Ethanol does absorb any water that is in a fuel tank. This is a huge advantage for us here in ND, especially in the winter time when water condenses in our fuel tanks. The water burns right through the fuel system of an automobile or gas truck so that at -25F the fuel system does not freeze up. EFI ...

What do they power an ethanol plant with? Check out BlueFlintEthanol.com Ten miles from our farm is a coal fired power plant generating electricity. It creates superheated steam to turn the turbine generators and then the steam goes through cooling towers to cool it back into water. This cooling pro...

N3243A, Were here to have fun not war :D I haven't read through Cornell and Univ of Cal. Berkeley research. I can tell you for a fact that it costs about $1.80 per bushel to grow corn. This cost of production includes farm equipment, fuel, depreciation, interest on $, transportation, utilities, the ...

I have lost a couple posts here when I click on preview. They dissappear forever. What am I doing wrong?

Bill,

WOW, what do you consider high oil consumption? What is average oil consumption?

Iceman07,

There are no stupid questions, just dumb mistakes.

Bill

Bruce, Don't leave the 170 Association and please don't sell your 170. I read this website for a year before I decided I wanted a 170 and your one of the more experienced people here. I know money talks and $4plus or $5 fuel is no fun. I do agree your j3 could put the fun back in at 4gph. Congress h...

Can we agree that renewable fuels are here to stay? I think yes. Ethanol is high priced now because the infrastructure is way behind the mandates which makes the supply far behind the demand. In ND we have two new ethanol plants being built now, one later this summer and two new biodiesel plants. Th...

futr_alaskaflyer

We have a few storage and transfer tanks and I always buy grounded hose, even for diesel. But, I am still going to ground the plane to the fuel trailer.

Congrats on 3477C
Will your user name change to curr_alaskaflyer?

Bill

Miles,

Such wisdom. I was already thinking about where I would recharge the extinguisher.

Really, thanks for all the input.

Bill

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Thanks for the reply.

When I ground the plane, I am grounding the plane to the trailer and fuel tank. Since these are both on tires, the only connection to earth is the jack on the trailer hitch. Is your larger tank on a trailer or sitting on the soil?

Bill

I have a 250 gallon steel fuel tank and trailer I want to use for 100LL. I bought this used from a guy who had it custom built for fueling planes and it is a real nice little unit. It has a fire extinguisher and ground wire mounted to the trailer. Will 100LL eat a regular farm duty gasoline hose and...

Perry, I sure am glad you were not looking for a 170 last year. Like you I spent a lot of time researching and reading this website and decided I wanted a 170 and had never seen one. I bought a 170B in Priest River Idaho from Kelly Mahon. He's a great guy and I love this airplane. :D I am new here a...

On a 170, not a lady, what defines lady gear? Lady Gear is mentioned on this site alot, but what is the definition?

Bill