The International Cessna^® 170 Association

Some 170s have a nice thick dash, or glare shield. Can you order those somewhere?

You might try Robert Schroers, retired Boeing craftsman. (425) 746-9790. He made them, with recessed lights and has spare bulbs.

Thanks.

Glare shield?

See Selkirk Aviation, Inc. They advertise in our C170 news. Located in Couer DAlene,(sp) ID. Ph. (208)664-9589. Talk to Joni or Dave.

is this the black dash pad pictured?
iowa

My STC'd deck and glareshield is from Aircraft Design Service Co., STC# SA152NW, with lites.

There are numerous sources for the glare shields as you have seen on these posts. The guy who did my interior added some fore/aft length to my shield when he redid my interior. No lights in it, but it is more padded, expecially at the aft end (facing the pilot). In my opinion I think it looks better than the original, but thats a personal opinion as I said. If done the way mine was done it is inexpensive.

170C

Would you mind giving some more details on your glare shield? It sounds like what I had in mind. I would like one that extends back far enough to block glare and hide instument lights but is also padded and upholstered to match my interior.

it sounds like the one pictured above!
but it came w/my plane
and i don't know where it came from.
in short i don't know 'sssickum'
iowa

As I recall both my '56 172 & 170's had no shield extending aft from the instrument panel. It was flush. I believe what my interior person did was to take a piece of aluminum and cover it with a fairly thick, black vinyl type material which then also covers the entire glare shield forward to the windshield. It extends out past the edge of the instrument panel about 3 inches as I recall. This does provide some shade over the instrument panel. I don't know exactly how he did this as I didn't see it while being constructed. It attaches to the original glare shield with a couple of screws and has an opening for the defroster outlet on the pilots side. If more detail is needed let me know and I can measure the next time I am at the hangar.

Thanks to you both for the replies.

IOWA, that last line of your post decribes my perpetual state of existence. I don't suffer from ignorance, I'm starting to enjoy it!

170C, that sounds like what I need to do. Maybe I can locate a used fiberglass unit and then cover it to match my interior. The padded edge you mentioned would be a nice safety touch though.

Thanks for the glare shield info.

If you cut out a glareshield, and use velcro to attach it to the original coaming...it is removeable equipment and no documentation is req'd.