Page 1 of 1

Russian Registered 170-A’ ??

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:32 am
by GAHorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIi0y6wEfGo

This seems to be a detailed inspection of some sort. It’s an interesting view into Russian private aviation (RA tail number is not a gov’t or public registration.)

Articulating later model seats. (can be difficult to remove due to interference with doorpost)

Which landing gear legs? They appear “bow-legged” …but don’t appear to be “lady legs”.

He discusses the lack of a bag door.

Benham-style exhaust, all metal gascolator.

Altered cabin heat w/HW mufflers.

Is that an oil cooler on the lower left firewall? (appears disabled.)


IMG_3657.jpeg

Re: Russian Registered 170-A’ ??

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 8:04 pm
by DaveF
Looks like mid-60s seats. Wrong tailwheel control springs.

He's speaking Russian, but when you watch, select CC closed-captioning, then translate to English. You'll get a good idea of what he's talking about. He's doing a pre-purchase, but he spends a lot of the video talking about how great an airplane the 170 is.

Re: Russian Registered 170-A’ ??

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:48 pm
by IA DPE
Sergey (previous owner?) used to post in the Facebook Cessna 170 group quite a bit before the Ukrainian war but has been silent since. Seemed to really enjoy flying it. I was unaware there was civilian aviation in Russia before that.