The International Cessna 170 Association

Flap Assisted Takeoff. In my mountain flying training taught by a CFII MEI MFI 20 years ago, one of the things he showed me (he having been an engineering test pilot that worked at Edwards Air Force Base as an engineering test pilot and flew with Paul Bikle as a glider and test pilot, 90 years old n...

It looks to be a cowl off of a 1965-mooney-m20c-mark-21
Jim,

Recently had a friends Swift with a C-125 which uses the same cylinders as C-145 or O-300. He had a leak that initially we thought was coming from one of the through bolts. After several cleanings and re-runs of the engine we found that the cylinder flange was cracked at the cylinder. Upon removing ...

I found the The GO-300 Type certificate E-298
NOTE 1. Maximum permissible temperatures
Cylinder Head Cylinder Barrel Oil Inlet
525F----------290F-----------225F
(Spark plug gasket-downdraft cooling)

On the only type certificate E-235 listed for the O-300, C-145-2 series engines note 1. States: NOTE 1. Maximum permissible cylinder head, barrel and oil inlet temperatures, 525°F, 290°F, and 225°F, respectively. An all I can say is wow? It is interesting that there is no coverage for the GO-300 tha...

Rich Brake chatter could be being caused by one or two issues that I can think of. Do the brake pads pull away from the disc when you release brake (pedal) pressure? If so it can be being caused by two different issues. The first is the Loc O seal in the master cylinder is not properly set allowing ...

I have been away from this project for a while. And that is not good for any airplane. After my wife dying in 2017 and then having to evict someone from my duplex house which I have been trying to get ready to sell. Read I live in a 17-room house by myself which used to have 13 people living here. R...

I was flying my Glasflugal kestrel 17 glider in a group soaring Safari having launched in the morning from Cedarville Calif our second landing sight the first having been Gerlach Nevada on the Black Rock Desert. About 1/2 the group could not find lift and ended up landing back a Cedarville. A By an...

I was flying my Glasflugal kestrel 17 glider in a group soaring Safari having launched in the morning from Cedarville Calif our second landing sight the first having been Gerlach Nevada on the Black Rock Desert. About 1/2 the group could not find lift and ended up landing back a Cedarville. A few ma...

It was not a bird strike but it was a driller strike. In the eighties I was working in Alaska as a contracted mechanic on a Hughes 500D doing gold and silver surveys. The drillers worked 12 hours on and 12 hours off in two-man teams. We flew them in and out at shift change plus drill rig moves and s...

I’m a newer 170 owner (A model), and ordered a new 8043 prop. I do not have the prop yet, but wanted to check static rpm on my current prop (Sensenich MD74, w/54” climb prop). In the run up area, break on and full throttle, it will go to redline 2700 rpm before I pull the throttle back. This doesn’...

Wille Stene was helpful sending me all of the material I needed to get a Field approval for the Sportsman leading edge for my 170A. There is a set of sample paperwork for a 170A that also had a Lycoming 180 HP engine installed in the members only pages on the associations home page. As my aircraft h...

My set of Extensions are to be mailed out this week, and I'm looking forward to installing them. Jim, what arrived with your set? My understanding was buyers receive a set of extensions, the STC, and instructions on installing. What hardware configuration is set out in the paperwork? If you can pos...

I received my Bartone exhaust extensions last week. I was able to get down to the hangar this last weekend and put them up next to the old exhaust and check if they will clear the gascolater and other fire all items. I need to collect the hardware to install them. Of course mine will be a little dif...

Propeller (a) McCauley 1A170 33lb. Static r.p.m. at max. permissible throttle setting: Landplane: Not over 2330, not under 2230 Seaplane (Models 170A and 170B): Not over 2525, not under 2300. No additional tolerance permitted. Assuming you have a stock airplane this is the propeller limits from the ...