The International Cessna 170 Association

Not surprise. I am in the excavation contracting business and financing used equipment at reasonable rates takes a lot more paper work than in the past. In fact I am amazed that anyone would finance a classic plane on a long term like 20 years. Bill K For me it’s about staying more liquid during th...

Who are people using to finance vintage stuff with the longer 20 year terms? I went through NAFCO and Pilot Bank for my 170 and the process was seemingly harder then a mortgage.

George how is the stability with towing with your setup? I built one of my own and the tailwheel just slops left and right and threatens to smack into my hangar mates and the door on the way out. How do you keep it going straight?!

Can’t say enough good things about uAvionix and the Skybeacon. Initially, I had incredible trouble with the flight test portion. Tried different thresholds and flight patterns. Must have done 8-10 flights! I was in contact with UAvionix and sending my failure reports for their analysis. Finally they...

I’m trying to build up a supply of hardware for my owner maintenance purposes and even some heavier A&P assisted type stuff. Short of just ordering a 170 exterior hardware kit what other types of common AN type hardware/cotter pins etc should I stock up on? So far I’ve had to find a single rear ...

I have a VFR 1951 170A. Had an old RT-359A that was throwing out some bad RFI and interfering with my Skybeacon. I purchased a used GTX-327 and am shopping around to get it signed off with a transponder test. Questions: 1 Do I have to program it to my tail number or hex code so it’s attached to my t...

Awesome guys thanks. I think I’ll try this before I go pulling and sending generators back. The symptoms and the visible overheating (albeit mild at first glance) evidence from spiking are there though so I’m not sure that this is the case with mine. I think the old regulator was arching or somethin...

Well I didn’t get it from an aviation staffing company in New Jersey, a motion control device company for the military nor did my 1940s tractor generator come from a big jet winglet/major mod shop. I’m pretty sure you know exactly where I got it even with my autocorrect typo hahaha!! It came from th...

I’ll check that as well Bill thanks!

Came from Aerotec and I’m assuming it has a warranty. My log shows the old one was replaced under warranty as well (years ago) so I guess aerotech is potentially a “second times the charm” rebuilder. I replaced the old one because it was not functioning and there were pieces of it strewn about insid...

Replaced my generator last month. It worked out of the box but the amps were swinging wildly occasionally. I replaced the regulator and it now seems to work perfectly until about 1 minute after takeoff. I got it back online momentarily by reducing power to idle. Then it died off again. It’s either a...

My buddy got his done and his rebate check is “in the mail” despite all this shutdown stuff. I think I PMed you on Facebook about my threshold issue. First issues 1) ICAO hex code suggested by the app was incorrect. Not sure why or how but I doubt I put the wrong tail number in. 2) I was bored so I ...

Everyone is using the process as described on the Uavionix website. I won’t try to cut and paste but just go there check it out. Basically the FAA extended an olive branch with the install of ADSB as a minor mod and inclusion on the AML is not required. The Garmin GDL unit is literally only AMLed fo...

Installed mine and waiting for a Thursday test flight.

I feel like $1850 then the $500 rebate is the best the world is gonna see for a while. Everything else seems to be $3-6000 installed at the least.