cessna 170 floatplane for sale

1955 Cessna 170B This is a sweet plane and itâs in excellent condition. Unless you're just aching to throw lots of money at a project, converting a 170 to bigger power these days is a very bad idea. A Electronic Flight Instrument System from Grand Rapids Technologies provides the means to monitor every aspect of the engine operation, fuel burn and power being produced. Push rod tubes, rocker covers and intake risers were chrome plated. The goal was to hold off on mounting the wings until as late as possible because it is easier to move around the plane without them. The flaps have seen improvements designed by MacFarland to prevent the track/guide wear issue common on these Cessna’s. Easy to fix and move on. He began by removing the skins from all the wings and control surfaces to facilitate cleaning, inspection and zinc chromating. Asking $19,500. New control cables, bearings and pulleys were installed throughout. Gap seals are then added to both the flaps and ailerons to further control airflow and reduce drag. A 79" MT Composite 3-blade constant speed propeller from Flight Resource was selected to harness the engine HP and turn it into thrust. I continued to run at full power in shallow climb circling the field to about 3000’ agl and began to check and record temps. There is a good reason the retainer pins (cotter keys) used with the cable/pulley systems are aluminum as opposed to steel...they are often placed in areas were it would not be possible to remove them unless they were "soft" enough to be grabbed and pulled out with long thin picks. This dream project began with the question: "Can a Cessna 170 be made a bit faster and have a modern panel?" ohh 95C is a pretty bird there on the water....compared to the silver work horse there on lake hood!! Next up was punching holes in the firewall for the fluid, electrical, tach, primer, pressure and control cables. Windows excellent condition, tires are very good. The composite blades tame and absorb the notoriously strong firing pulses of the -360 series engine and the prop has stainless steel leading edges for unlimited life and durability. Cessna 170 Whether you use your 170 for work or play Wipaire can help you get the best performance, and the most enjoyment, during your flight time. The engine was dressed up by adding a bit of "bling." ; 27" MAP; 2100 RPM and 8.9 GPH at 139 MPH TAS. I can not describe in words how cool it is to cruise around at 1,900 RPM and 22" of MAP. Stalls are rather a mush than a break. It took a lot of time and patience to adjust the interior wing root faring that have the air vents in them because of the change in wing shape with the leading edge cuff installed. I wanted a 4-place, aluminum plane with conventional gear, digital panel, floats, hydraulic wheel skis and a useful load of nearly 1,000 pounds that can fly all day long on 8 GPH in and out of short, unimproved strips with visibility nearly unmatched. Before closing up the rear part of the fuselage, one more check is made to adjust elevator, rudder and trim for proper tension, function and limits. An external GPS antenna was mounted at this time. Everybody in the family loved this plane. FACTORY 140(170) WHEEL PANTS â¢ $2,600 â¢ FOR SALE BY OWNER â¢ 1947 Cessna 140/170 (I was told they will fit a 170). The Light Sport category of new aircraft brings several possibilities into play. 0-300-A, new prop. Fuses are replaced Klixon breaker-switches. Nobody's gonna see the touch-up except when fueling the airplane. Search aircraft for sale for free! View all new & used Cessna aircraft for sale at ASO.com. When the lakes freeze up and snow covers the land, we install the skis (takes only 40 minutes) and continue the fun year around! Door and window seals using modern soft rubber makes the cabin draft free and quiet. 1963 CESSNA 172, Single Engine Piston, 1963 Cessna 172, 5600TT, 2300 SMOH, Garmin 327 Transponder, Dual Mark 12D Nav- Coms With Dual GS, Very Good Int... Sky Manor Aircraft LLC Princeton, NJ - 176 mi. Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests. A baggage door from a Cessna 172 was installed along with the Extended Baggage STC by Selkirk. THANKS TO BARNSTORMERS â¢ An iconic showpiece. On the way back, I made a precautionary landing in a field when my fuel pressure began to drop into the red. They did improve slow speed handling on the Bearhawk, about he last 10 feet of vertical above the runway, but that was the only change I noticed. A BAS retractable tail pull handle will make it easy to move around. Full power applied and she is off the ground faster than I expected. A Sportsman STOL kit was added to the wings. She's a 1952 Cessna 170 barn find that only has 1,400 hours total time and has sat bathed in ACF50 in a hangar for the last 30 years. The engine went through 3 quarts of oil before consumption stabilized. I took the plane to OshKosh and parked with the C170 type club. Cessna 170B on PeeKay B 2300 straight floats. MTV, I'm curious about your perspective on the VG's. The Goals in not particular order: * Continental IO-360 * Cessna 175 wings with Sportsman STOL When perfect, A long-time Alaskan takes some international visitors for a tour of frozen Lake George, and is reminded. Still trying to find some real world experience of 170's on floats, curious what guys are running for HP and what sorta performance they are getting off the water. The engine STC adds the need for manifold pressure and fuel pressure gauges. Floatplanes are as much a staple of exploring the backcountry as anything. 1955 Cessna 170B, restored, recently flying. Both are equipped with O-300s, Borer props and Gar-Aero 8.50x10s and performance is nearly identical with shorter takeoff roll and better climb than cruise prop setup. On a warm, calm day it struggles to get off the water with two people and a good fuel load. It is so comforting to now exactly how much fuel you have at any time and be able to know precisely how much will remain when you land at a given waypoint or destination. He is one of the owners of Flight Resource, which holds STCs to install the high-performance MT composite propeller on hundreds of models of aircraft from Piper Cubs to jet-prop commuters. Now take it all off and rivet the inspection door hinges and add Teflon tape to prevent chafing of the paint as it contacts the fuselage. Because this is a carbureted engine, it runs rough at lean of peak settings, so I operate in cruise at 50 degrees rich of peak. They seem to work fine. New stainless steel control cables are now installed with new pulleys. Factory Wheel Pants. My wife loved the visibility of the 170 because of the low panel and high wings. Whelen tip strobes were installed to help to be seen. With 5 or 6 talented, trusted, and patient friends, we moved them into place, test fit, adjusted and repeated until each one fit securely into place with spar attachments lining up and no contact with the new one-piece plexi windshield. These paints cover with one coat and are both extremely durable and easy to clean. http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=191205353 Title: 1956 CESSNA 170 For Sale Category: Piston Single Aircraft OEM Part # P527-12- RAND-1200- 7/74 The Official Factory Parts Manual by Cessna. Page 1 â¦ The control wheels and grab handles received black leather covers. Gross weight for the float equipped 170 goes down from 2200 to 2000 lbs, which is appropriate because it doesn't climb well on floats. The flap operation bellcranks and cables and pulleys are then installed and set to initial factory settings. With motor and wheel pants already sold and nothing usable on the interior, we have a great canvas to work with. Over $18,000 of new parts and hundreds of hours labour have been invested recently to bring her up to this fine condition. The changes and new part replacements to this plane required over two dozen 337 forms to document the installations. Here are the specs and upgrades: Tail Number: N2930D Serial Number: 26873 AFTT: 4337 O-300-D Engine TT: 5505 TSMOH: 1191 Empty Weight: 1444 Useful Load: 756 Upgrades, 337's and STC's: 7652 McCauley Climb Prop Auto-Gas â¦ I run a semi-synthetic with CamGuard added. Limited run trucker hats for summer/fall 2020. I slowly reduced power, landed and we all celebrated with a beer and high fives. A custom made cowl blanket to keeps engine preheat in. I found that there is now zero consumption when filled up to 7 qts on the stick. A V-Brace by F.Atlee Dodge will strengthen the forward cabin door frame areas. One gets very patient at feeding washers and nuts into blind areas with a magnet and dental picks. SN# 26579 TTSN: 2115 SMOH: 492 (Top in Jan 1994) SPOH: 2.8 (new) Best speed was at 3,000’ D.A. The prop is cycled several times to purge air and verify operation while the plane taxis to the end of the runway. 1949 CESSNA 170A N9579A â¢ $39,900 â¢ SOLD!! We installed the latest upgrade kit and installed the flaps, made adjustments and then installed trim fairings. Their function is simply to retain the cable, in the event of it becoming slack, within the operational groove of the pulley. Skylights were installed as done in the Cessna 120 and 140 models. ADS-B will be accomplished later by swapping the current transponder . If they adversely affect the way the airplane flies, I'd have them off in a heartbeat-- paint or no paint. That is only 70 pounds more than the last W&B report done some 30 years ago and with all the original factory engine, instruments and interior. Of course, all brake lines are new and the master brake cylinders were rebuilt as well. The goal is to make this a strong, light weight 4-place plane that can carry over 1000 pounds of fuel, cargo and passengers with ease and comfort. But Mike! View similar aircraft pricing data and search more aircraft for sale at GlobalPlaneSearch.com. Different wings (shape) requires different locations. We went simple and light weight. Browse a wide selection of new and used Aircraft near you at Controller.com. But â¦ i've heard they get spendy with airplane covers up here in alaska. General Characteristics Crew: One Capacity: Three passengers Length: 24 ft 11in Wingspan: 36 ft Height: 6 ft 7 in Wing area: 174 sq ft Empty weight: 1,205 lb Gross weight: 2,200 lb Fuel capacity: 42 US gal Powerplant: 1 × Continental O-300 Horsepower: 145 hp, plus numerous engine swap mods 180hp, 220hp Floats Approved: EDO 2000 Straight and Amphibs A PS Engineering 4-place stereo intercom with multiple aux (music) inputs makes communication and entertainment in the cabin perfect. Search 1000's of Aircraft listings updated daily â¦ Used 1977 Piper Aztec F Airplane for Sale(id:5295592), View quality used, aircraft, airplanes details from Viproair storefront on EC21.com. I believe the kit for the 170A/B is $1495. Cessna 170B on PeeKay B 2300 straight floats. New power and ground cables installed from Bogart. For my trip out west, I found happiness at 2,000 RPM, 23" MAP, density altitude 6,000’, fuel burn at 7.8 GPH and TAS at 116 MPH. Now the rest of the paperwork is collected together and reviewed. When a person begins the search for the model of aircraft that will best fit your most common mission profile, you attempt to define and prioritize wants and needsthat will fit into your defined budget. We finish testing and securing sensor wires around the engine, double check and mark with Torque Seal all connections in the engine compartment, then mount the lower cowl...it fits and all the color lines line up!! The take off and landing ability of this plane is nothing short of being called spectacular!! Will it be used on unimproved strips or paved runways? For high AOA ops your VGs need to be right close to the LE. Aircraft on the VH Register in Australia and save on New. We rented digital calibrated scales and determined new empty weight….it is 1405 pounds. No interior trim panels will be used. Then we were able to insulate the cabin side of the firewall and install the new control cables from the engine to the panel. The fact is, there is no such plane produced today at any price. The mechanical fuel level tank gauges were not functioning, so the tanks were drained and new floats and gaskets installed. Copyright © 2020 Backcountry Pilot. Copper lines and brass fittings all received a good polish before installation. Andy here sold one of his extra sets of 2440's last month to a guy in Wisconsin who said he had an approval for his 170B. The floors and firewall was removed so the entire fuselage could receive the same treatment. Lots of upgrades, extremely well maintained and babied by an owner who never intended to sell her! Perfect/pristine/painted. John Nielsen's "better than new" 1955 Cessna 170B, https://backcountrypilot.org/features/category/featured-bush-planes/better-than-new-cessna-170b-rebuild#sigProGalleriacf7a0fa8dd, Photo pilot: Six questions with Leonardo Correa Luna. It even includes AOA functionality. If youâve been dreaming of flying your 170 right to the lake then take a look at the Wipline 2100 Float. The entire interior of this plane was stripped, zinc chromated and painted. Jerry Burr is the wing Guru. 58 CESSNA 175/180HP FLOATPLANE â¢ $89,000 â¢ FOR SALE BY OWNER â¢ O-360A1A w/ Hartzel C/S Prop. I took a 5-day trip covering nearly 2,700 miles from Wisconsin to Wyoming, Montana and back. Then the costs to acquire operate, maintain and insure come into play. Cessna 170. The EFIS display also takes GPS data from the Garmin along with pitot and static air data and feeds from a remote magnetometer and built in AHRS to provide a full function backup guidance and flight direction system. 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