New Cowling
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New Cowling
Hey guys
I wanted to modernize my cowling, and my design basically looked just like this!:
Seems the guy beat me to it but.... Who is he? Would love to go over it with him.
Kyle
I wanted to modernize my cowling, and my design basically looked just like this!:
Seems the guy beat me to it but.... Who is he? Would love to go over it with him.
Kyle
Re: New Cowling
I have a 1959 172 cowl that looks like that and its made of a slightly heavier gauge metal as well.
Pete Brown
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/2527 ... 4e43_b.jpg
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/2527 ... 4e43_b.jpg
Re: New Cowling
Sorry Pete but you're wayyyyy off! Look how yours drops below the boot cowl 4" and this one goes nowhere but up, and is missing the large plenum on the bottom.
Re: New Cowling
I really like the look of the one you posted but I wasn't sure if you needed one to house an O-300 or something beefier like an IO-390.
Pete Brown
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/2527 ... 4e43_b.jpg
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/2527 ... 4e43_b.jpg
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Re: New Cowling
The one Kyle pictured has an XP Mods IO-360, I believe.
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Re: New Cowling
I have personal photos of that plane when he came to Boise this past summer. He lives/works up in Coeur d'alene, ID. Very nice 170B, it is a fiberglass custom cowl that encloses a Continental IO-360. I forget his name but he was also very nice.
1955 Cessna 170B
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Re: New Cowling
Arash-
Did you get any pictures?
Did you get any pictures?
Richard Pulley
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
- Ryan Smith
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Re: New Cowling
Remember a name or N number?Aryana wrote:I wasnt able to snap a pic...I just caught him for a moment as he was leaving the fuel pump and he showed me the cowling and told me about buying it a year ago and getting his PPL in the plane.
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Ryan, I sent you the contact info of the STC holder via Messenger.Ryan Smith wrote:Remember a name or N number?Aryana wrote:I wasnt able to snap a pic...I just caught him for a moment as he was leaving the fuel pump and he showed me the cowling and told me about buying it a year ago and getting his PPL in the plane.
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
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“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
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Re: New Cowling
Miles, did you forget to cc. the rest of us?
Richard Pulley
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
- Ryan Smith
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Re: New Cowling
I guess I'll survive, Arash. Wasn't this guy out of curiosity, was it?
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5757/2958 ... 111b_b.jpg
It looks like it's just a really well-filled and massaged cowling with a Del-Air nose bowl. Sorry I can't embed an image on here...I get an error saying that it can't determine dimensions. I've all but given up on images on this website.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5757/2958 ... 111b_b.jpg
It looks like it's just a really well-filled and massaged cowling with a Del-Air nose bowl. Sorry I can't embed an image on here...I get an error saying that it can't determine dimensions. I've all but given up on images on this website.
- Ryan Smith
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Re: New Cowling
Aryana wrote:Ryan, that's him!
You are a google master...
As for images, if you're using an apple device this app makes it a breeze for resizing images to meet forum requirements for total file size and pixels.
Simple Resize by tekunodo.
https://appsto.re/us/7HxIt.i
I need to get back to studying for my CFI instead of worrying about random 170 pictures I've seen.
Re: New Cowling
I hate those ugly cheek-bumps on conversions. I guess on wide-deck Lycs it's necessary. Another reason to opt for a TCM IO360.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.