Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The article I referenced said that the early 172 was a derivative of the 170, the main difference being the straight tail. I don't think there was a conversion involved. The second iteration of the 172 was built as a tricycle rather than conventional gear. from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Sep 13, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > > Looks like a Cessna 140 to me, a taildragger from the get-go. I?ve never > seen nor heard of a conversion to being a conventional landing-gear from > tricycle. I?m thinking the fuselage wouldn?t have the stiffness required. > > At first I was confused by it having only a single strut, but I think that > later iterations had only a single strut and didn?t have wheel fairings. > > I?ve never heard of an aircraft designed as a tricycle gear configuration > being converted to conventional landing gear. There would be issues with > the stiffness of the fuselage at the least. > > Plus that just doesn?t look like any 172 I?ve ever known. > > Adam > >> On Sep 13, 2015, at 12:52 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I can't tell you how much I've flown in 172's and and 182's. I liked them >> because you can use a Phillips screwdriver and unlatch the window brace. >> Then when you are aloft, you open the window, and it sits up by the wing, >> so you have a pretty good shot out the window. We even took the right >> seat >> out one time, when I needed to use a bigger camera rig, and I knelt there >> shooting. I had plenty of leg room that day! >> >> I also used to fly in a 182 float plane, when the shots were of stuff down >> in the Gulf. Once the Gulf was so calm around a rig fire that we landed, >> and taxied around it with me standing on the float to get my shot. >> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I seem to recall one at a fly-in here, and I was surprised that it wasn't >>> a tricycle. >>> >>> This article seems to bear it out, and solve your N6888A mystery. (love >>> the number, I wonder who he had to kill to get it!) >>> >>> https://www.americanflyers.net/airplanes/cessna_172.htm >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I've never seen that, Sonny. After I checked this one out, I looked up >>>> the Wiki history of the 172, and it reported what I recalled, that >>>> Cessna >>>> saw the customer demand for tricycle gear coming, and knew that the 170 >>>> sales would drop. So, they made the change to tricycle gear. >>>> >>>> I have only flown one 172, a 1957 model, and it was definitely tricycle >>>> gear. I had to rent it from my FAA Examiner in order to demonstrate VOR >>>> radio navigation, because all of my training had been in a J-3 Cub with >>>> no >>>> electrical system, so that's what I used for my check ride. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>>> On 9/13/2015 2:18 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Somehow, and I don't know how I know, that the early 172's were >>>>> draggers >>>>> like the 170. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at >>>>> lighttube.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I spoke with the pilot of this pretty Cessna yesterday, because we >>>>> have a >>>>>> mutual friend. But I didn't really look closely at the airplane until >>>>>> he >>>>>> was taxiing away to go home. I snapped a photo to get the >>>>>> registration >>>>>> number, thinking all along that it was a Cessna 180. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lo and behold, when I ran the registration, I found it to be a 1956 >>>>>> Cessna >>>>>> 172. Apparently, at some point in its life, it was converted to >>>>>> conventional gear. It makes a very pretty configuration, quite >>>>>> different >>>>>> from the conventional Cessna 170 with its rounded rudder. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/1956+Cessna.tif.html >>>>>> >>>>>> X-E1 with 27mm >>>>>> >>>>>> Any comments would be appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> 1714 >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>> >>> USA >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> 1714 >> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information