Cessna 177 SERIES Service Manual

SECTION
4
WINGS AND EMPENNAGE
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Aerofiche/Manual
WINGS
AND EMPENNAGE
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. 1D4/4-1
Adjustment
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D5/4-2
Wings
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. 1D4/4-1
Fin
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1D5/4-2
Description
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. 1D4/4-1
Description
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1D5/4-2
Removal.
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1D4/4-1
Removal
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1D5/4-2
Repair.
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1D4/4-2
Repair.
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1D5/4-2
Installation.
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1 D5/4-2
Installation
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D5/4-2
4-1. WINGS AND EMPENNAGE. b. Drain fuel from wing being removed.
c. Disconnect:
4-2. WINGS.
(See figure 4-1.)
1. Electric
wires at wing
root disconnects.
2. Fuel lines
at wing
root.
4-3. DESCRIPTION.
Each wing is of all-metal
con-
3. Pitot line (left wing
only) at wing root.
struction with
a single main
spar, two
fuel spars,
4.
Cabin ventilator
hoses at wing
root.
formed ribs
and stringers. The front
fuel spar also
5. Aileron carry-thru
cable at turnbuckle
in
serves as an auxiliary spar and provides the forward cabin area. Remove cable guards and/or pulleys as
attachment
point for the wing.
An inboard section
of necessary to
pull aileron cables into
wing root area.
the wing, forward of
the main spar, is sealed
to Refer
to figure 6-1 for aileron
cable routing and
form
an integral fuel
bay area. Stressed
skin is riv-
turnbuckle
location.
eted to the spars,
ribs, and stringers
to complete'
d. If right wing
is being removed,
disconnect
flap
the structure.
An all-metal, balanced aileron, flap, cables
at turnbuckles, and remove cable guards
and/
and a detachable wing tip are mounted on each wing or pulleys as necessary to pull flap cables into right
assembly.
The leading edge of the left wing
is equip- wing root area.
ped with
landing
and taxi lights
(thru 1970).
Colored
navigation
lights are
mounted at each
wing tip.
NOTE
4-4.
REMOVAL.
Wing removal
is most easily
To ease rerouting
the cables,
a guide wire
accomplished
if four men are available to handle
the may be attached to each cable
before it is
wing. Otherwise,
the wing
should be supported
with
pulled
free of the wing.
Then disconnect
a sling or maintenance
stand when the fastenings
are
cable from wire and leave
the guide wire
loosened.
routed through
the wing:
it may be
attached
a. Remove wing
gap fairings
and fillets.
again to the
cable during
reinstallation
and
used
to pull the
cable into place.
Change 7 4-1

Cessna 177 SERIES Specifications

General

Manufacturer	Cessna
Engine Type	Piston
Wingspan	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Seating Capacity	4
Number Built	4, 295
Engine	Lycoming O-360
Horsepower	180 hp
Maximum Takeoff Weight	2, 500 lb (1, 134 kg)