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Cessna 170B

FAA approach category A Payware (Carenado)

Target for the Cessna 170B

Up to 50fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 50 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
59ktat 998 kg
Tail-strike limit
12°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
30 to 150mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Four-seat high-wing tailwheel aircraft from Cessna with a 145 hp Continental C145, the 170B of 1952 introducing the wing and flaps of later Cessna singles.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Tailwheel / Aerobatic category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 50fpm
90≤ 100fpm
75≤ 175fpm
55≤ 275fpm
35≤ 375fpm
10≤ 500fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.18g
75≤ 1.29g
55≤ 1.45g
35≤ 1.61g
10≤ 1.80g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Cessna
Model
170B
Variant
170B (Continental C145-2)
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
998 kg (2,200 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (Carenado)

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Cessna 170B
  • 170B
  • C170
  • Cessna 170

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Cessna 170B, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.