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- Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:52 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Battery
- Replies: 23
- Views: 56802
Re: Battery
Well i personally would not think about putting a Gill battery in an aircraft or lawn tractor . I used concord batteries for years but when they failed it was instantaneous and i was then stuck out in the woop woop. I hate swing starting an aircraft especially when you are by yourself. Then tried us...
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 2:03 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Installing a second Garmin G5 and a GNC 355,GMU11
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7219
Re: Installing a second Garmin G5 and a GNC 355,GMU11
I have fitted twin G5,s in my 170a ,and fitted the GMU-11 just outboard the left hand fuel tank. The kit contains SS screws. Getting the GMU-11 aligned correctly was the hardest part. I thought aligning it with the rib in the wing would be correct.”wrong” The rib wasn’t aligned exactly for and aft w...
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 1:45 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Rear bulkhead / headliner bow?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4301
Re: Rear bulkhead / headliner bow?
my bows were rusted out so I replaced them with fibre glass fly fishing blank rods. no more rust stains on the headliner.
- Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:10 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: O-300 over sized cylinders
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25970
Re: O-300 over sized cylinders
Bruce, please can you elaborate as I am confused . So how did you know you had L-19 wings and what fuel capacity were they. The L-19 had a 60 deg flap setting so the flap tracks were they retained or the 170b tracks in place. Another question how did your mechanic know about the different wing tips ...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:46 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 48 170 windows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3615
Re: 48 170 windows
I do not know if you are a member yet but joining it opens up gems of information that will save you money and time . Plus going to the conventions are a great source of amusement [means we all get to talk tall and strange tales of 170,s]. We have an auction during the convention where parts are sol...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:57 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 48 170 windows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3615
Re: 48 170 windows
The side windows can be an owner made part . The windows are normally a flat sheet of perplex but [legally???] I would use lexan. [poly carbonate ]. When measuring for the thickness ,go as thicker as you can and measure the clearance allowed between the retaining strip and the outer window structure...
- Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:36 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Amateur Modifications
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21324
Re: Amateur Modifications
i sympathise with you regarding Hertz hire cars. during the Cody convention i hired a Jeep from hertz. picked it up at Seatac and drove it to Cody. Oil consumption was 1 pint every 100 miles. The crank case was pressurising and spilling oil every where. Contacted Hertz at Seatac and was told to see ...
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:26 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Amateur Modifications
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21324
Re: Amateur Modifications
using a phone when driving is “dead” dangerous. i can’t understand the urgency to answer a phone at all when driving. what’s wrong using “voice mail”. Research has shown that the average travel carried out in a vehicle is less than 40 mins. So is the world going to come to an end if you do not answe...
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:20 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: dying of thirst . dehydration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10997
Re: dying of thirst . dehydration
A stones throw is the length of a cricket pitch . That’s 66ft . A normal throw of a stone is 66 ft or if you bowl a cricket ball it’s 66ft or a chain. I used to play cricket at school and recall some of the rules of then. The cricket pitch was 10 ft wide once but the “poms” [english] requested [forc...
- Sun Mar 26, 2023 12:11 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 1948 170
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2502
Re: 1948 170
Firstly, I am NO expert on 1948 cessna 170,s . But I do own a 170A series. When I replaced my firewall and for insulation i used a black closed foam with aluminium foil covering on one side and a thin “lead “ foil on the other . I purchased it from Spruce. It’s about 1in in thickness . When I replac...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:54 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: dying of thirst . dehydration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10997
Re: dying of thirst . dehydration
so sorry George ,but unfortunately in this country all fluids are measured in litres. But height/distance is measured in feet in our aviation world ,but there are exceptions . Now to confuse you even more , on the ground we talk in terms of temperature it’s Celsius BUT when flying it’s measured in F...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:16 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: RC Allen Mini6
- Replies: 10
- Views: 36093
Re: RC Allen Mini6
All my vacuum gauges are gone . They have been replaced with 2 of G5,s but I left my ASI and Altimeter behind . All engine instruments are now “Electronic International digital . HUGE weight saving . The G5,s have each a standby battery . My biggest problem was aligning the Magatron in the wing . Ge...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:13 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Alternator Upgrade
- Replies: 16
- Views: 82407
Re: Alternator Upgrade
I would be doing a load analysis of the electrical system and including dead battery situation. In Australia we have to have a listing of all electrical loads in our log book. I had a STC for a 100amp alternator when I put the Lycoming in originally. While it worked a treat it was a massive overkill...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:14 am
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: dying of thirst . dehydration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10997
dying of thirst . dehydration
We have had nearly 3 weeks of constant rain and yesterday blue sky. A friend and myself decided to go for a couple of hours flying. Nil wind , some clouds at 6,000 ft nothing to worry about. Temperature on ground 95deg F ,humidity was 97%. We were in a Cessna 172 [his]. we had 120 liters in tanks . ...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:20 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 1948 170 Rebuild
- Replies: 76
- Views: 133845
Re: 1948 170 Rebuild
While there was a heap of thread drift the subject matter i was referring to was about the repair of the undersurface of a 172 C wing, We were using 6061 T6 alloy . But the next size up from standard and dimpled with a press. Our instructions came from Cessna engineering. why Cessna wanted counter s...