sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
This is the key for a 1973 Cessna. How does one go about getting several duplicates made of it?
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Cessna key reproduction?
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CubDriver218
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Minnesota
I stopped by our local hardware store and they tried their best to make a copy on one of the keys they had. And by gosh it worked. I now have 1 spare. Now that I know that one works, I should go get another one made.
I'd just start stopping at local hardware stores that does keys. Someone should be able to make one that works you'd think.
I'd just start stopping at local hardware stores that does keys. Someone should be able to make one that works you'd think.
Bill Watson
SPONSOR
Indiana
I believe there are Cessna key blanks for sale on ebay, then an auto parts store can possibly duplicate it.
sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
Aircraft Spruce seems to have them also. I am going to try the big old hardware store owned by an aviator first!
sj
mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
I have a key machine and a mill 
gets rid of worries of that "do not duplicate" keys
gets rid of worries of that "do not duplicate" keys
sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
I have a key machine and a mill
gets rid of worries of that "do not duplicate" keys
Can you duplicate from a picture? :lol: I used to be a maintenance guy at a hotel and made gillions of keys - the old school ones of course.
mvivion
SPONSOR
Bozeman,MT
Steve,
find a a hardware store that duplicates snowmobile keys or pickup cap keys. I wanted a spare for my 66 H model, went to hardware store, and they informed me the blank was the same for pickup canopy. They made me a copy, but next time I was at the airport, I tried to start the plane with my pickup canopy key.....worked like a champ.
MTV
find a a hardware store that duplicates snowmobile keys or pickup cap keys. I wanted a spare for my 66 H model, went to hardware store, and they informed me the blank was the same for pickup canopy. They made me a copy, but next time I was at the airport, I tried to start the plane with my pickup canopy key.....worked like a champ.
MTV
bob turner
Registered User
I had to pick up a 210 a number of years ago - no keys. FBO: no problem; here' five keys. One of them is bound to fit.
As I recall, it was the first one . . .
As I recall, it was the first one . . .
mike mcs repair
Registered User
chugiak AK
yup, as long as i can figure out the scale...
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Pete Schoeninger
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Back in the old days, General Motors cars had two keys one for ignition, and a second one with a round head one for glove box. The second key would fit many Bendix ignition switches used on older airplanes! Several times in a pinch an old Buick key got me flying!
Ditto. I've repossessed numerous aircraft for lessors and lenders with "box-o-keys". One of them is bound to fit and half the time a key that works is on my key ring. Aircraft locks are a joke. I always pad lock mine down with a cable when out of the hangar.
There are only about 10 Cessna key patterns and 2 out of the 10 will fit in any door or switch. I used to work at a flight school with about 40 Cessna aircraft. We had "box-o-keys" and it would not take long to find one to fit.
There are only about 10 Cessna key patterns and 2 out of the 10 will fit in any door or switch. I used to work at a flight school with about 40 Cessna aircraft. We had "box-o-keys" and it would not take long to find one to fit.
hotrod180
FRIEND
Port Townsend, WA
Don't tell people that!
You're gonna ruin some of the drama on that "Airplane Repo" so-called reality show.
Drama? I thought it was comedy because I am always laughing so hard.
Most Cessna keys are the same blank as many file cabinets. I think Cessna only made about 3 or 4 key cuts. When I worked line service back in the early 1970s, I had 4 keys that would get me in any Cessna. Since the ignition locks were warn more than the Dorr locks, 2 keys would start most any of them.
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