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Re: Tricycle Gear 170

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DaveF wrote:
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Now THATS a GOOD LOOKING PLANE :D

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N5796C wrote:Does anyone know if the Met-Co-Aire stc used the original 170 gear legs?
Yes,
They build a new gearbox and moved the existing gear aft.
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Found this Cessna photo online. It's interesting that this N number, N3470C, differs from the previous post saying that N2540V was the tricycle gear prototype. More than one prototype? No door ... guy with helmet ... either they thought putting the wheel up front was dangerous or they were conducting spin tests.
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I don't think that picture is of a Cessna prototype; it looks more like a privately owned conversion. The paint isn't even close to factory. I'm not even sure it's experimental, being used to fly jumpers. The caption says the photo is from 1953, but N3470C is sn-26513, only 28 serial numbers before my '55 model built in October of '54. The photo might belong to Cessna Aircraft Company, but I don't think the airplane did at the time this photo was taken.
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Saw this picture on the on line market today.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CESSNA-170B-G- ... 2853476403
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Only the second one I’ve seen. First one was at one of our conventions many years ago. Forgot where it was, might have been in Lancaster, PA.
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That’s creepy , horrible , should be banned. I see they left a spring on the tail wheel area for,skid.
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That's a pic of a British registered airplane, where they used round-aerodromes because no one knew how to land in a crosswind, and tail-skids because they'd not much heard of Clyde Cessna who introduced tail WHEELs to aeroplanes to prevent the damage to the turf on his farm. Another reason a Cessna 170 is a great airplane, especially if left original! :lol:

(It was his nephew, Dwane (not Dwyane) Wallace who put tricycles on 170s to compete with Piper's Tri-Pacer and for those who need "Land-O-Matic" assistance.)
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There have been times when I would have liked to have had Land-O-Matic :lol:
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