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- Wed May 29, 2024 3:17 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Oil canning forming in the wing from the sun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 701
Re: Dents forming in the wing from the sun
The stock leading edge on my 1951 170A is painted a darker red back to the spar, top and bottom. It lives in Texas and has seen its share of hot sun and weather. I have never seen deformations that come and go like that.
- Wed May 29, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
- Replies: 7
- Views: 249
Re: Upgrading avionics for instrument rating training in C172
I’m all for the new digital instrumentation and navigators and have equipped my plane with them. That said, I would not take anything for having earned my instrument rating in my 170 with an old school analog raw data instrument panel, ADF, and nav-com radio with glide slope. You have to have a clea...
- Sun May 26, 2024 1:27 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 337
Re: Memorial Day - the Most Expensive Holiday
Those 2 guys ahead of the howitzer are the pilots! Good incentive for them to make a nice landing!
- Sun May 26, 2024 1:19 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: different engines in 170,s
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3014
Re: different engines in 170,s
It’s scary to look at the motor mount structure behind the firewall of a C180 or 185 with the O-470 and IO-520. There isn’t much metal there to carry the weight and thrust combination of the larger engines, just a hat-channel stringer riveted to the skin in 4 places with a bracket for the motor moun...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Fuel Flow transducer installation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 297418
Re: Fuel Flow transducer installation
I had the glass bowl and was happy with it until it became difficult to get a gasket to seal the bowl without weeping. I them converted to the Steve's gascolator and it's working just fine.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: Changes for TX & OK Feb. Fly-in
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2548
Re: Changes for TX & OK Feb. Fly-in
Thanks Ken! I should be able to make it on Feb 10. I was not going to be able to make Feb 3. I'll probably be flying a non-C170 though, the 170 is in for annual.
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:10 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 2 1/4" instruments on the stationary sub panel
- Replies: 8
- Views: 87020
Re: 2 1/4" instruments on the stationary sub panel
When I had EI instruments installed, we took a Dremel tool and carefully enlarged the undersized holes to take the 2-1/4" EI instruments. There is still enough of the rounded edges left to still look good. It throws lots of chips so mask everything as best you can. I have never had a problem wi...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: School me on Venturi horns
- Replies: 20
- Views: 103553
Re: School me on Venturi horns
The new digital instruments that replace vacuum instruments may not be all that much more expensive than converting over to venturis when its all said and done. If no venturis were ever installed on your plane no new holes in the fuselage would be required with the new digital stuff either.
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Questionable Practice…?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 44273
Re: Questionable Practice…?
Who has ever seen any oil filter fail on anything? I have not.
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: I'm Tall Are There Short Seat Frames Available
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34380
Re: I'm Tall Are There Short Seat Frames Available
I'm 6'6" tall and with original seats installed I can kind of fit my hand between my head and the original headliner. With a headset on it touches the headliner lightly........ ........Are there any compatible seats which have shorter frames? Seems like I read here somewhere here that 206 midd...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Harmonic Balancer Stuck?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 90848
Re: Harmonic Balancer Stuck?
Agree, think Reno Galloping Ghost.
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Harmonic Balancer Stuck?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 90848
Re: Harmonic Balancer Stuck?
Try taking the prop off and reinstalling it 180 degrees out. That was accidentally done on my O300-D at one annual which caused an unusual vibration which disappeared when turned 180 degrees back to where it was originally.
- Fri May 12, 2023 5:44 pm
- Forum: Events/Fly-ins
- Topic: 75th Reunion Celebration group parking at Airventure 2023
- Replies: 80
- Views: 457202
Re: 75th Reunion Celebration group parking at Airventure 202
Thanks Karl, I just saved it to "Documents" in Foreflight so I don't have to search for it when I get there.
- Fri May 12, 2023 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Donaldson air filter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 41247
Re: Donaldson air filter
An issue I discovered with Brackett filters has to do with age. Brackett air filter elements have an expiration date shown on the package. They have a course mesh foam side and a fine mesh foam side. The fine mesh side goes toward the engine, the final filter before the carb. I bought a bracket filt...
- Mon May 08, 2023 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Single place rear seat in 170B
- Replies: 6
- Views: 22583
Re: Single place rear seat in 170B
I have a 1953 170B. I removed the rear bench seat a few years ago and had A&P give me rear seat removed new weight and balance. I now have a nice, expanded cargo area with tie down nets. But it would be nice to have a single place rear seat for occasional use. Does anyone know of such a seat th...