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Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:01 am
by ghostflyer
While cruising through Hartzell list of propellers for 170,s. I came across a approval to fit a Hartzell prop to a O-435-C engine in a Cessna 170A It has 190 hp at 2550 rpm. The STC is for this engine to be fitted to a 170A and called the Fulton Conversion . The STC -SA1-240. So the million question is does anybody know of this conversion ?
Re: Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:48 pm
by GAHorn
Re: Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:27 pm
by ghostflyer
What little info I do have ,I have been told it was a very robust and bullet proof. Lycoming doesn’t support it any more ,shame as the info I have recieved it is better than the 4 banger O-360 engine. So,the next question is ,how many were fitted to the 170 fleet? And by whom?
Re: Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:34 pm
by Bruce Fenstermacher
It very well could have been a one time STC. For that 170A only. Could be why we've never heard of it.
Re: Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:38 pm
by daedaluscan
I have a friend with one in a Stinson. Pretty much an orphan engine, he has bought a couple of low time spares very cheap.
Re: Another STC for a engine in a 170A
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 2:25 am
by 4583C
When I was looking for a 170 back in the early eighties the first one I found in Texas had an O435. I got excited until I started looking at parts prices for that engine . Seems like the cranks I found were two grand or better. I lost interest pretty quick after that
