Nice kj!

5 seats at 120 kts vs 1 seat at mach 1.5 (give or take a few hundred kts. I'm not sure)

kjnastro wrote:I suppose most of you own a little piece of this beautiful machine. She isn't stellar on the fuel conservation, but we can get a 56K lb bird airborne in just around 200' and land in just under that, so I guess we have the STOL thing figured out (at sea, anyway, and with a little bit of steam and steel).

I got this speeding ticket last year at Salinas airshow. Go figure, California CHP just looking for a quick buck.

KjNastro...bet I was faster that you...cause mine is a blue one!

Here's my ride
1955 Cesssna 170 B. With Babby Bush Wheel on the rear, Bass pull handles on the tail, Bass shoulder harnesses, P-Ponk Beef up kit on main gear, Double puck cleavlands, 29 x 11 Air Hawks mounted on 10" Alaska Bush Wheels, 80x42 Borer Prop and Sportsman Stol Kit.

Thanks to Wup and Steve over at Alaska Bushwheel,and Willie at Stene's aircraft,you can teach old airplane's new tricks. It's not fast, but I'm in no hurry.

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Awesome plane! That's pretty much what I want to do with my 170. I already put on an 8042, I want to put on a Sportsman Stol kit and bigger tires soon also.

Rob
Don't forget the 180 w/csp. I think that's the best money spent on your 170.
Gary

Here is my Rans S7S

shortfielder wrote:Rob
Don't forget the 180 w/csp. I think that's the best money spent on your 170.
Gary

As soon as I get a spare 30 or 40 grand

Doesn't hurt to keep an eye out for the parts. engine/mount/prop. I have seen deals on them in the past, not too frequent. Usually cheaper to buy one all done, but if you really like your plane, then that's the other way to go.???????????? Although, you might be able to sell yours, put another $20K??? with the proceeds and get one all done and ready to go, particularly in this market. Yours is gettin kinda famous, might bring extra $'s

Kinda famous eh? Alright the first $50,000 takes it!

robw56 wrote:

shortfielder wrote:Rob
Don't forget the 180 w/csp. I think that's the best money spent on your 170.
Gary

As soon as I get a spare 30 or 40 grand

As long as you're not in a hurry, that seaplane prop does much the same thing for STOL work for a lot less dough.

After a 5.25 year build, here is my completed Rans S-7S Courier taking to the air on Christmas Eve day 2011.

dayooper.
Congratulations on your completion. Nice clean panel too and we're partial to red besides.

That makes me want to do my panel over

Thanks, Dirtstrip and Courierguy! As the Newbie on the block, I'm looking forward to pursuing backcountry flying again and sharing and experiencing all the tales with you guys on this site. The 26" Airstreaks are in the shop, ready for mounting and tearing things up this Spring

Rob Aho
Chassell, MI

Congrats again Rob! Can't wait to fly with you. When are the airstreaks going on?

Pretty soon you'll start wanting the Roberts Bush Gear

dayooper wrote:Thanks, Dirtstrip and Courierguy! As the Newbie on the block, I'm looking forward to pursuing backcountry flying again and sharing and experiencing all the tales with you guys on this site. The 26" Airstreaks are in the shop, ready for mounting and tearing things up this Spring

Rob Aho
Chassell, MI

Congrats Dayooper! would be great if you were to start a tread about the construction of your Rans with plenty of photos...great job, nice colors and panel... Congrats Took my dad over 4 years to finish the Tundra and it sure was a beauty to see it fly for the first time. Happy bush flying!

... well I see I wasn't alone having the whistle pops show up to interview me, so here was one of mine.


this was a photo shopped image, after the real deal didn't get photographed.

Hey, Em, you know it! See you in the Rockies this Summer? Hey, Backcountry Tundra, thanks! If interested in the entire Rans S7 build, check out s7courier.blogspot.com. Hard to get used to going from nothing but building to nothing but flying! Tough duty, eh?

this is called a "light painting" picture