76 C177 RG

[Ozelot]

Maybe this is a place to share. Helped my buddy rebuild a 76 Cardinal RG this past summer/winter. I was pretty much his monkey doing work he assigned to me. Was a pretty awesome project, learned a bunch. 1700 hrs on the airframe and zero on the engine.

Before...

After...

About 60K all said and done.

 

[trafficinsight]

Nice looking cardinal!

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[BigZ]

Looking good!

 

[Finny]

Where was the invite?!

 

[bimmerphile]

That interior is slick! Looking good

 

[SurferLucas]

177RG is Cessna's sexiest single...that plane is just gorgeous!

Now if Texas Skyways would do a STC for a 230HP engine in the 177...

 

[derg]

Allison turbine conversion!

 

[trafficinsight]

highly recommend the umbrella style fuel caps if you can find them, the flush caps collect a lot of water sometimes

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

177RG is Cessna's sexiest single...that plane is just gorgeous!

Now if Texas Skyways would do a STC for a 230HP engine in the 177...

177RG is Cessna's sexiest single...that plane is just gorgeous!

Now if Texas Skyways would do a STC for a 230HP engine in the 177...

Agreed, my fave Cessna's have always been the Cardinal and the O-2 Skymaster.

 

[Ozelot]

Where was the invite?!

Let's go to lunch soon!

 

[Ozelot]

That interior is slick! Looking good

Buddy took the interior parts to a shop with a picture of a Bentley interior and said, I want the colors to match this. Turned out real nice. Everything is wrapped in leather, all the interior panels. That was a pain to put back in, but now she doesn't make rubbing squeaky noises, smells nice, and looks great!

 

[Finny]

Let's go to lunch soon!

5-8!

Paging @DhruvK

 

[Ozelot]

5-8!

Paging @DhruvK

I don't associate with trainees, until they can give me a break.

 

[z987k]

177RG is Cessna's sexiest single...that plane is just gorgeous!

Now if Texas Skyways would do a STC for a 230HP engine in the 177...

That would be an incredible feat since Cessna never put a continental in the Cardinal and probably not really net much better performance due to the ridiculous weight of an O-470 compared to a 4 cylinder Lycoming. Lycoming did STC it for the 210HP IO-390 though.

 

[BigZ]

Lycoming did STC it for the 210HP IO-390 though.

That would be sweet. Love that engine

 

[z987k]

That would be sweet. Love that engine

Everything but the cost.

 

[Nark]

Thanks for sharing that. The panel is almost identical to what I'm doing to my bird this week.

It looks like a great set up.

 

[Shiftace]

Looks great!!

 

[Nark]

177RG is Cessna's sexiest single...that plane is just gorgeous!

Now if Texas Skyways would do a STC for a 230HP engine in the 177...

PPonk....

Not sure if they’ve done an STC for the 177, but as soon as my O-470 heads to overhaul, I’m looking for that.

 

[Roger Roger]

PPonk....

Not sure if they’ve done an STC for the 177, but as soon as my O-470 heads to overhaul, I’m looking for that.

Nooooo. Pponk 520s suuuuuck.