Topic Index
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?Forgiving Taildragger
(Sep 20, 08)
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140A Current POH ???
(May 28, 07)
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170 Tailwheel parts
(Jan 08, 04)
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180 Cowl Flaps
(Mar 07, 04)
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180hp conversion
(May 24, 07)
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185 parts
(Oct 10, 03)
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1965 Citabria POH
(Jul 07, 05)
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29x11-10 4Ply Tires
(Mar 11, 06)
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Aeronca Festival
(Feb 10, 04)
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Airplane part supplier
(Sep 02, 10)
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Bellanca 14-19
(Oct 28, 03)
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Busby Mustang 2
(Aug 01, 08)
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Buying and Insuring
(Jan 22, 06)
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C-150 Conversions
(Mar 23, 04)
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C-170 Gear legs
(Feb 27, 09)
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C-170A Scot tail wheel
(Aug 07, 08)
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C-170B GEAR LEGS
(Oct 26, 05)
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C-172 Conversions
(Jul 25, 04)
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C-180 wt & balance
(Dec 27, 03)
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C180 carb icing?
(Jul 28, 06)
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Cessna 162 LSA, Mod.
(Feb 20, 09)
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Cessna 207
(Dec 08, 06)
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Cessna Wheel Pants
(Jan 18, 04)
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Champ cowlings
(Mar 07, 05)
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Citabria for less?
(Apr 18, 06)
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Citabria Instument Pan
(Nov 04, 04)
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citabria or 170
(May 22, 05)
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Citabria towing?
(Mar 28, 06)
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Climb Prop
(Apr 01, 08)
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Conversion Info
(Sep 17, 04)
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corrison/ internal
(May 29, 06)
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Crosswinds and Flaps
(Mar 11, 05)
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early C-180 Questions
(Nov 25, 09)
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Fabric Work
(Dec 13, 04)
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Fairchild PT-23
(Jun 17, 06)
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Fly In Breakfast
(Sep 30, 05)
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Fly/In Cruise/In
(Jan 17, 04)
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Fly/In Cruise/In 2007
(Dec 29, 06)
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Grassroots Airports
(Mar 16, 07)
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Hi from a new member
(May 02, 07)
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Husky A1-B tailwheel
(Jan 13, 08)
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Info on a 14-19-2
(Sep 29, 04)
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J-3 Cub Weight & Bal.
(Jan 20, 05)
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Landings
(Aug 17, 03)
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M5 Flaps
(Aug 22, 04)
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madras problems/150tw
(Apr 25, 08)
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Maule or Cessna?
(Nov 08, 03)
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Missionary Training
(Jul 12, 04)
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OVC~S
(Jul 16, 04)
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PA-11 handbook
(Jun 05, 04)
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PA-12-160hp
(Mar 30, 05)
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PA-17 Piper Vagabond
(Jan 15, 05)
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Piper 22/20
(Mar 04, 06)
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Piper PA20 purchase
(Aug 17, 08)
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Propellers
(Dec 05, 03)
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Ragwing170 fuel tanks
(Oct 09, 06)
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Scott tailwheel
(Mar 04, 06)
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Ski-plane operations
(Feb 24, 07)
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T-Wheel Shimmy-Help!
(Aug 29, 04)
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Tail Wheel Setup
(Jun 26, 08)
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Tailwheel art
(Mar 16, 06)
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Test...
(Dec 11, 04)
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Third Seat-Citabria
(Apr 12, 06)
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trucking a Cessna 140?
(Mar 24, 06)
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Turbine Power
(Feb 26, 04)
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User fees
(Aug 06, 06)
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V-Tailed Taildragger?
(Aug 29, 07)
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Vintage mag switch
(Aug 27, 06)
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vortex generators
(Jan 01, 08)
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Wanted
(Nov 02, 03)
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What plane to buy????
(Sep 20, 09)
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Add a new topic...
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C-172 Conversions Folks, Many people ask about this one, so we're adding a forum for it. Please use this forum to share information and ideas for Cessna 172 taildragger conversions.
Alan Quackenbush has a personal web page here at taildraggers.com that has a lot of good information about a conversion he did himself. So check out his web page here under the "Web Pages" section. -
Jeff Marken Jul 25, 04
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) Considering doing a taildragger STC to my 61 172-C model, Is there any adverse effect to doing this on a 172 with the slant tail vs. a straight tail? Any and all comments welcome. Thanx, Greg V. -
Greg Varner Aug 24, 05
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) I once had a student who owned a 62' 172 that had been converted to tail wheel. It was a beautiful airplane with an amazing panel and a 210 hp Continental engine. It was quite an airplane. However, when he would land he was constantly on the brakes during the roll out. I tried to correct him on this as I was concerned it might get him in trouble. He told me that he needed to use the brakes for directional control. I then flew the plane around the pattern myself and found that he was correct. It did't seem like it had enough rudder authority when it slowed down on the landing roll out. It was easier to keep it straight if you used just a touch of brake after the rudder was fully deflected. I am guessing that this was due to the swept tail as I have flown a 170 and 180 and neither had directional control problems. The airplane was not dangerous, it just required a little finess. -
Rodgers Bert Jan 22, 06
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Hey Greg,
I just bought a 1961 c-172 and want to do the texas conversion on it, but I can not find the phone number for the company that sells the conversion. If you know the number could you please email to me. Thank you.
Ed M.
wingman2@tampabay.rr.com
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Ed Mauldin Jan 02, 06
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If you already own the Lark I won't give my opinion of that ship.
If you aren't starting out with a "wreck", you should forget it. The cradle and gear box area are worlds apart. The tail cone is lots different too but not such a stretch to fab. Find yourself a rebuildable '57 - '59 172 and you will be miles up the road. You may even luck out on some early '57 that might possibly have gear box bulkheads already there. And there are STCs for converting the Cessnas but none for the Lark. -
Gary Hanson Jun 04, 08
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) Hi all, I'm going to convert a RockWell Commander Lark in to a tail dragger, the tail structure is basically almost identical to a C-172. I reaching out to people on the net, trying to get some info on how Cessna does this. I'm interested as to how it's done on the C-172 tail dragger conversion or even the C-180. Any info such as pictures, drawings, stinger or spring would vey much be appreciated. Thanks John jwillis@mts.net - John Willis -
John Willis Sep 17, 04
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