What plane is this?

[Mcstealth]

Hey folks. I know this is an easy answer for somebody, just not me. 

 

[EricJ]

Looks like a Cessna 140.

 

[Shadrach]

Looks like a Cessna 120 to me. The 120 looks just like the above mentioned 140 except for the omission of flaps. I can’t tell for sure if the wings have flaps from the image but it does not look like they do.

[EricJ]

1 hour ago, Shadrach said:

Looks like a Cessna 120 to me. The 120 looks just like the above mentioned 140 except for the omission of flaps. I can’t tell for sure if the wings have flaps from the image but it does not look like they do.

I think 120s have fabric wings, though, and it looked like (maybe) those are metal wings.    There have been conversions and mix-matches, though, so who knows.

 

[Mcstealth]

1 hour ago, EricJ said:

Looks like a Cessna 140.

 

Just found out it is 145hp

[N201MKTurbo]

It is a Cessna 170. Just like my 56 172 but with a tail wheel. It has a 6 cylinder Continental 0-300 engine.

[BDPetersen]

As they said in college, “intuitively obvious to the casual observer”. A 170A.

[BDPetersen]

Hmmm. Looks like my carefully organized hangar.

[Mcstealth]

3 minutes ago, BDPetersen said:

As they said in college, “intuitively obvious to the casual observer”. A 170A.

So a precursor to the 172 straight tail?

[Mcstealth]

7 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

It is a Cessna 170. Just like my 56 172 but with a tail wheel. It has a 6 cylinder Continental 0-300 engine.

Six cylinder with only 145 hp?

[N201MKTurbo]

2 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

Six cylinder with only 145 hp?

Yes sir, and guaranteed to run on 80 octane gas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_O-300

 

 

[Shadrach]

1 hour ago, EricJ said:

I think 120s have fabric wings, though, and it looked like (maybe) those are metal wings.    There have been conversions and mix-matches, though, so who knows.

 

Lots of them were metalized back in the day. Though I know of no O300 conversion so Rich is right about this one. It looks diminutive for a 170. 
 

[Mcstealth]

1 minute ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Yes sir, and guaranteed to run on 80 octane gas.

Really! So Ethenol free pump gas and it is good to go?

[Mcstealth]

3 minutes ago, Shadrach said:

Lots of them were metalized back in the day. Though I know of no O300 conversion so Rich is right about this one. It looks diminutive for a 170. 
 

That is what I was thinking,  how small it seems. It does have six cylinders though. 

[EricJ]

2 minutes ago, Shadrach said:

Lots of them were metalized back in the day. Though I know of no O300 conversion so Rich is right about this one. It looks diminutive for a 170. 
 

Ooh, I was fooled by the wing struts.   I didn't think 170s ever had those double struts, but I guess the early ones did.

[Shadrach]

5 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Yes sir, and guaranteed to run on 80 octane gas.

It’s actually a great engine. When I rented 172s I was happy to fly the only O300 bird in the fleet even though it had a little less power than the O320 Lycs…it was sewing machine smooth.

[BDPetersen]

Rag wing (170A) needs 2 struts.

[N201MKTurbo]

6 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

Really! So Ethenol free pump gas and it is good to go?

Oh, yea. I'm sure it would run fine on pump gas with ethanol. The Peterson STC does specify ethanol free gasoline. The fuel system is all aluminum except the hose from the firewall to the carb. I'm sure it would be fine.

[N201MKTurbo]

6 minutes ago, BDPetersen said:

Rag wing (170A) needs 2 struts.

You are mostly right. It is a 170. The 170A was the first metal wing with the single strut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_170

 

[Mcstealth]

1 hour ago, N201MKTurbo said:

You are mostly right. It is a 170. The 170A was the first metal wing with the single strut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_170

 

This is metal wing, with the two struts. So that is an A model?

[N231BN]

This is metal wing, with the two struts. So that is an A model?

It's a metalized rag-wing, straight 170. Metal wings don't need two struts due to the torsional strength provided by stringers and metal skins.

[BDPetersen]

Duh. Of course you’re right. The “A” was the second iteration, not the first. The engines were the C145 which I’ve never known the exact difference from the O-300. Lots of time in the 170B. Doesn’t get much better than that, especially with the O-360 conversion ( except 4 cylinders just don’t sound right).

[N201MKTurbo]

My research says it is mostly a name change. Originally, the C145 had a different cam and lifters, but if any of them have been overhauled in the last 50 years, they are likely all the same now.

[Guest]

What’s the engine on the floor under the right wing?

[N201MKTurbo]

18 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

What’s the engine on the floor under the right wing?

I was wondering what it is too.