What all is involved (& how much $$) in adding a baggage door to an old straight tail 175? Does someone hold an STC for this? Do you have to find a scrap door from another plane? Or is there a new kit you can buy?

Del Air holds a STC for the 170. Not sure if it covers the 175 tho.

You need the door and frame out of a 172.

Del Air has an STC for the 175 too and as far as my research showed a door could come from a 172,175, 180 or 182 prior to the Omni-vision airframe. There is a pretty good discussion of process on the 170 site.

I've done one, and it's very straight forward. I can't remember just how long it took, but it wasn't a huge deal.

Good to know, thanks. I owned a 175 before without one and if I end up with another one, it'll be one of the first mods I'd do.

NETX wrote:What all is involved (& how much $$) in adding a baggage door to an old straight tail 175? Does someone hold an STC for this? Do you have to find a scrap door from another plane? Or is there a new kit you can buy?

Unless you are going to do the work yourself, it is a pretty expensive mod. I bought a baggage door for my 170 a few years back. Then I got a quote for installation and it was about $3,500. I never did install the door and eventually sold the door for less than I paid for it

A friend of mine installed a baggage door in his C170, he said it was a lot of work.
Came out nice, including matching the paint.
IMHO if you have the back seat out, or folding jumpseats,
you can reach the baggage just fine through the main doors.
But if you have an extended baggage compartment and no baggage door (like my 53 C180),
reaching the stuff all the way in back means climbing in and crawling aft.