The International Cessna 170 Association

Whether the hollow crank is plugged or not, I believe the little crank-handle looking gizmo on the R.H. side of the case,behind & below the prop,is the giveaway that it's a C-145 H engine. This would control the damper that meters the amount of oil going into the hollow crank when a hydraulicall...

Like george said,the D in the serial number indicates a dampened crankshaft--meaning it has centrifugal counterweights to make it run smoother. The earliest C-145's as well as the C-125's didn't have this feature. The H in the model number indicates a dampered (not dampened) crank,this would be a so...

B & B Williams are the folks behind the scenes at Bush Conversions & Avcon Conversions,both of Udall Kansas. From what I've heard,don't send them any money for anything!

Eric

George,you reaffirm what I seemed to recall about the Aeromatic prop: "aero/mechanically controlled" .I like the way you put that. So,why does the TC state that it can only be used with the C-145-H engine? Anybody?

Eric

I usually see between 112-115 mph at around 2450,depending on temperature,humidity and what color shirt I'm wearing. I used to average around 7.5 gph or a little higher--since my engine overhaul,it seems to be burning an average of 8 gph or maybe even a little more. Somebody else mentioned that thei...