One Landing Light or two?

How to keep the Cessna 170 flying and airworthy.

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ghostflyer
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Re: One Landing Light or two?

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Please do not bank on a 4461 giving you 300hrs. A aero club that I was working for a while ago was running them for a while here and sometimes they would get 30 hrs or 50 hrs then blow. The greatest number hours were 210 hrs . They had about 15 cessna 172 and about 4 cessna 182,s . So there was a constant flow of parts and they were always looking for reliability and cost effectiveness. Each aircraft had a hit list of issues so tracking was carried so,patterns could be drawn up and who was flying that aircraft .
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Re: One Landing Light or two?

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I don't bank on anything reaching TBO. But it's a darn sight better than 25 hrs.
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Re: One Landing Light or two?

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How about a big lighting test at next year's convention or at OSH? Line up the airplanes and show everyone what you've got. I would be very interested to see how all the varieties compare.
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