The Cessna 170 Association is a wealth of knowledge, but I've come to the conclusion that forums are just not the best way to organize information. Forums are for discussion, and often contain bad information among the good, if you can even find it at all. Forums are based on a question and answer format, and the same questions get asked time and again, further blurring the consensus. Plus, who wants to read an 8-page thread looking for the definitive answer and weighing it against the other, possibly inaccurate ones?

The answer is a Wiki. You're all probably familiar with Wikipedia.org, the online encyclopedia. You may not know that Wikipedia is wide open for anyone on the internet to edit or contribute to. That's how it's grown to such immense proportions-- thousands of contributors and editors with a core group of moderators and fact checkers.

I've built a wiki website for documenting the Cessna 170, but I'm only one marginally qualified guy, and it's a big job. Before I open it to the public, I'd like to get a small group of editors together to help with content.

I know some of you guys here are knowledgeable owners who've been elbow deep in your planes and know your stuff. Is anyone interested in helping? It requires light coding along the lines of BBCode like we use here in the forums, and a decent command of written english. Even that is negotiable, as I tend to clean up the formatting on everything anyway.

Finally, there is no minimum commitment. I add a bit here and there a few times a month, and it's growing slowly. I tend to pick out stuff from the 170 forums that I think would be a useful piece of static information and add it.

PM me if you're interested. Thanks!

Also, PM me if you're interested in setting one of these up for your non-170 Type club.

Zane- That's a brilliant idea- I just can't imagine where you find the time. Maybe you want to come overhaul my website next?

-DP

I just checked it out- it looks awesome- I looked kind of quickly, but did drill down in the mods and some of the history, etc... Very impressive, and potentially incredibly useful. I feel pretty lucky that I happen to fly the same type of plane as you

Zane,

Get the world's expert on 170's--George to assist .

MTV

17z:
Did you get my PM?
HC

mtv wrote:Zane,
Get the world's expert on 170's--George to assist .
MTV

I was gonna make the same suggestion, but bit my tongue until the urge went away.

I haven't worked on this much since last fall. If any 170 owners are interesting in contributing, let me know.

http://www.cessna170guide.org

It's not a forum, so only sign up if you plan building some pages. Thanks.

Fantastic job!

I'm not a C170 guy, but from a website point of view, everything is very well laid out and easy to find.

Damn Zane - support like that makes me wish I had a 170! Nice job!

Does the Stinson group need me to set one up? $$$

1SeventyZ wrote:Does the Stinson group need me to set one up? $$$

What are you doing this weekend.

1SeventyZ wrote:Does the Stinson group need me to set one up? $$$

I'll give you what's left of the six-pack I'm drinking, if you catch me before I'm done

I like it. You have done an excellent job!

The 108 info is out there, it's just kind of a pain to find. There's some good sites, but nothing like what you did. I'm bringing you a brew or two next month.

Zane,

I'll help where I can IF you put a picture of a Ragwing on the site. You know us "flatwingers", got a chip on our shoulders.

-D

In 1948, Cessna expanded and stretched the 140 to make it a four-place aircraft and called it the 170.

Everybody knows that Cessna just reverse engineered the Luscombe 8 to come up with the 120/140...so the 170 is just a stretched Luscombe Just razzing you Cessna guys.

I wish there was a like that for all the different models I’m interested in. That way researching them wouldn’t be so time consuming. There is some good Stinson stuff out there but it is spread everywhere.

Nice work Z