The International Cessna 170 Association

My understanding is that most of these are basically pocket-watch movements. If you have a good independent watchmaker in your area, you might try him.

I love the Fowler Flaps on C 170 Your button sticks down and unable to deploy flaps. Has this happened in flight? Did you have to do forward slip to adjust landing approach? Please tell us? As Poncho says, the flaps are not necessary. In my limited experience with the plane so far, slipping is at l...

Thanks Bruce. Interesting that they're the same parts but the drawings look so different. The return spring also. So it seems that I have all the right parts, but at some point the latch pivot bolt was replaced with the bushing and rivit. Hopefully replacing that upper rivet will fix it up.

Looking at that drawing and the drawing for the 170A, it appears I possibly have some mismatched parts. The handle is definitely the 48 handle. But the pawl matches the 170A drawing, which looks slightly different from the 48 drawing. It has a pronounced tab on the top that the actuating rod hooks i...

I have looked through some other threads regarding issues with the flap handles, but I did not see one regarding this particular problem. On my '48 170, the flap handle button has a failure mode where the button will not release. The problem seems to be that the pawl has retracted past the pin that ...

It sounds like you are flying with the winterization block off plates installed. The ones covering the holes to the sides of the prop should be removed if ambient temp is 30F or warmer. The one below the prop, centered in the cowl should be removed at 60F. http://www.cessna170.org/forums/viewtopic....

[... Reviving an old thread.... Was it necessary to modify either part? I got the L-19 bumpers, but my A&P says the holes do not line up with the holes in the bellcrank in any orientation. The reason to add the "bumper" was because the head of the bolt which limited rudder travel was ...

...As for installation of the bumpers...Del added them to my bellcrank without any problem and I'm very pleased... Got photos? I still have the parts, so maybe that could be an item to accomplish this year (add it to the list :wink: ). The only complaint I have about Del's work is....he forgot to s...

George, thank you for the reply. Do you see other benefits to replacing the light besides the cost of the bulb? I see the two you posted are self contained, and I believe there is a flasher module wired to this one somewhere that I'd have to remove as well as whatever mod would be necessary to mount...

This is the beacon on my 170: Attach28991_20171126_175658.jpg The glass is cracked, and the contacts will only make intermittent contact, so I'd like to replace it. The part number on the fixture is C621001-0106. But I find this part seems to be designed for a different mounting method -- a ring aro...

Wow, that is truly impressive work. Gorgeous result! I'm at the opposite corner of the metro, hoping to base at RBD. Perhaps we could arrange an area 170 barbecue run sometime.

I decided to go with the McFarlane step. Since it's streamlined, the step portion is wider, and I figure the airfoil shape should be good for a couple of extra knots.... But it didn't come with any instructions or drawings, and I can't find anything in the IPC. Does anyone have a diagram of how the...

I decided to go with the McFarlane step. Since it's streamlined, the step portion is wider, and I figure the airfoil shape should be good for a couple of extra knots.... But it didn't come with any instructions or drawings, and I can't find anything in the IPC. Does anyone have a diagram of how the ...

Thanks for all the feedback. There are actually "placards" next to the fuel caps on each wing giving different useable fuel measures. I hadn't put fuel in it when I posted so hadn't noticed that. But I can still not locate anything in the documentation or logs as to how it was determined, ...

Proud new owner of a '48 170. I was working up W&B scenarios, and it appears this plane has a very far forward CG. Current documentation shows Empty Weight is 1379.86 with CG at 37.96. The last time it was weighed (before P. Ponk gear and some avionics changes) it was left main 645, right main 6...