The International Cessna 170 Association

Dan, Check out the last entries on page one in this thread . A 1/4" cap with a "Remove Before Flight" streamer on your pitot tube might help prevent water ingress in the future. Thanks Gary, I've got some heavy duty shrink sleeving hanging on the wall that I think will work nicely, a...

Had a rough annual this year and still feeling the effects from it. Had to replace a cylinder, which I doubt added a lot of horsepower AND a STOL kit. I'm now taking off and climbing at 1000 fpm while indicating ~60 mph. The 91.411 and 91.413 tests were due this year at annual time, so I had the avi...

Thanks for the replies/info. Very interesting that those parts are a gust lock. I carry aileron/flap locks for when it does stay outside, which is rare. I'm wondering how it ended up in this partially down position. Before yesterday I had flown the plane on Sunday and never noticed the right flap be...

A friend of mine was going to take my 170 flying this morning and discovered before the preflight that the right flap was partially down even though the flap handle was down and the left flap fully retracted. I'll let the video speak for itself: https://vimeo.com/140377045 When I had some time later...