The International Cessna 170 Association

In my 170 I prefer to 3 point- When I 3 point I come over the fence at about 55-60 MPh and for a wheeler I prefere about 65 mph with a litle power untill the wheels touch- I always wheel my Stinson 108.

Doug S/Africa

Shoudnt be a problem- I did my PPL on a Tiger Moth and Starduster
My C170 is a pussycat when compared to those two- I still dont have nose wheel rating

Doug South Africa

Hi Phillip- I live in South Africa and can give you some estmates as to what it cost me to get mt 1953 170b resored by pros in S/Africa during 2004 Purchase of plane- US $ 31k - motor timex - very tatty paint and exterior Strip to bare metal and repaint $5800 new leather interior and headliner,carpe...

This is all such good stuff - I had no idea there were so many varients-
We have so few 170s here (7 or 9 I think) and you never see them together to compare- thanx guys
Doug S/Africa

A question on struts- On my plane one strut has the atach bolts exposed
and one strut has streamlined atach point on the Fus ends- In the log book there is a note about a strut being changed- Wich one is corect ?

I have a Franklin in my stinson- its not a good motor- The guys on the stinson Forum are always having problems with their motors-
No one on this forum complains about the C145/o300 s in our 170s

Can you provide information as to the exact manual, title, etc. of the manual that page came from Its from the cessna Service manual revised 2003-for all 100 series Cessnas - Its from cessna not Univair- My A&P says its causing a lot of unhappy customers but as its from Cessna we will have to c...

If its in the latest Service manual all or A & Ps in S?africa will have to comply

Doug, please forward that fax to me. 830-693-2013

I will fax it today- I got back on to the A & P about this its not an SB-
Its a mandadary thing taken from the Cessna mainenace manual for 100
series cessna s - Manual rvision 4 of 2003 no d138-1-

Now I am evan confused

Thanx guys- We have an aviation forum like this in S/Africa http://www.avcom.co.za/-- We have been discusing the issue there- seems our CAA enforces all SB s here- the fuel drain thing was a big issue here and when our motors reach TBO we have to overhaul them- I just got a shock when I found out ab...

Thanx I got on to the A & P and he faxed me a page out of the Cessna service manual - page 2-22 -- item 2-33 Componant time limets- revision 1 dated Feb3 /2003

Under Table 1 item 1

It states the belts must be replaced evry 10 years and may no be overhauled

Now I am confused

Cheers Doug

My 170 is in for MPI (anual inspection ) My A & P jaust called and said that all Cessna seat belts have to be replaced evry 10 years - Is this true ????

A set of certified Cessna 172 belts are going to cost me about US$ 2000
in South africa

My litle 170 was made in 1953- in 1958 it went from the US to Uganda- Kenya,Zambia,Zinbabwe and finally South Africa- I still have all the log books from each country but cant find any memtion of the door mod-
it looks very professional with plastic mouldings around the door- thanx for the info

Hi all- there are 7 or 8 170s in South Africa and mine seems to be the only one fitted with a baggage compartment door- One of the other owners here thinks it was fitted as a field mod- Is this true ? - it looks
like it was factory fitted- The very old copied POHB doesnt mention it

Thank you- my 170 is going in for its anual next week so my A & P
will fit them at the same time
cheers Doug