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Old April 30th 12, 05:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Cessna 170 for a towplane?

On Apr 29, 6:10*am, Scott Alexander
wrote:
Anybody ever used a Cessna 170 for a towplane? *If yes, how did it
work out? *What size engine?

Blue Skies,
Scott Alexander


Our Club had a 300HP Ag-Wagon with a CS prop that you could pull
stumps with. For various reasons, fuel burn, and maintenance being
chief among them we decided to sell it We bought a 150 HP Citabria as
a fill in until we could find smething else. I never realized how
many trees there were around our airport, because with a 150HP tow
plane you get a good loooong look at them. We now have a Pawnee 235
and life is good again. Be very careful, it if won't pull up a
watered up glider on a hot day, Don't do it.