The International Cessna 170 Association

There is another U tube doco thats called “The $200,000 Cessna 170. ITs click bait . It’s a very crude doco on the Cessna 170 from “Aviation Base”.
I can’t recommend it unless your TV is broke and the wife will not let you out to go to the football.

When I am inspecting an aircraft ,I never read the logs first . It’s my belief that If you read the logs first you have an image in your mind what the aircraft is and maybe a “wow”factor has crept in. When inspecting I make written notes and then compare them to the log books . I recently had a clie...

In my humble opinion the Cessna factory must have had red Cool Aide in their water fountains . I have seen a Cessna 170B [1956 ?] with dual undercarriage gear boxs. It had a nose wheel at some stage . It’s a tail dragger these days and the certificate on the door post says it’s a 170b. I was telling...

I was contacted by a ex member offering some advice on stopping these brake hoses corroding out . He told me to liberally coat the outer hoses with boat grease and then slip on some electrical plastic conduit over the fabric covered part of the hose and then clamp each end down with a worm drive hos...

i have had the same issue with my spinner. we have very mineralised water and after washing these spots appear. i have then used 1000 grit paper and slowly advanced to 1500 grit. I was told that tooth paste is good also but haven’t tried that yet. After 1500 grit rubbing all over I then use a metal ...

While the product is a great item , the time for calibration and fittment of 20 hours per wing etc . ???? Does that include lunch breaks ? I have just finished helping a friend fit them to a Cessna 177rg and calibration was just over 2 hours totally . We didn’t have to defuel the tanks due to him fl...

When I removed the brake hoses and end fittings, and thinking I'm could reuse the fittings , the outer fitting was found to be heavily corroded internally . The inner fitting was screwed out with no issues but the other fitting destroyed the old hoses as I was attempting to unscrew it . A tip was gi...

It’s 100 hrly time again . Checking on brake pads/parts etc and found my brake hoses very stiff to the point one snapped when I tried to bend it. The hoses are just over 4 years old . We had floods not long ago and the aircraft wheels went under for about 4 days . Replaced a heap of wheel/brake part...

Due to us guys coming from the other side of the earth our seasons are very different. It would be appreciated if the hosts of future conventions could indicate what weather to expect when we arrive at that time of year. Weather can be a changing environment at convention sites due to altitude and m...

The Cessna 206 is an incredible aircraft but the newer 206 with the Lycoming engine is even better. Plus the turbo version will blow your socks off. the turbo can increase operating costs but it’s performance is unbelievable . What Cessna says it can do ,it does it and some . i know of a couple of o...

Had a similar issue ,but was using Exxon 100w and switched over Phillips multi grade. I couldn’t change the direction of the blast tube and purchased a finned heat sink that attaches to the spin on filter. This clamped around the filter. I purchased it off Spruce. I was too minds about changing over...

Ryan, I made mine out of plastic book binders. [ring pull type. ] Why I used -plastic ? it’s slightly flexible and doesn’t mark the gear legs or the fuselarge. Washed the plastic down in spray gun cleaner and used a rattle can for painting .The plastic was sanded down for the sharp edges and every e...

Firstly my knowledge of props is very limited . What I know would fit on the sharp end of a needle. I am still learning. But with the Stoots STC the engine is putting out 195HP. So we are needing that extra HP to turn the prop. to 2700 rpm. The tip drag on a prop 83 ins would be a lot more than a pr...

? What are the benefits of having a prop that size of 82 in over the standard size prop. The engine must still spin to the required RPM for the power curve . Okay the pitch will have to be flatter but then drag comes into it especially with tips at the speed of sound . So how close is the tips of a ...

Recently I had to ground run my aircraft after a 100 hrly . as a precaution I tied the tail wheel down to a steel drainage grate on the taxi way outside my hangar . Some one had borrowed my chocks and had not returned them [normal]. Throttled up to max power to check for oil pressure ,temperature et...