---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 10/03/03: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:28 AM - Re: headset ideas ? (Michael D Cuy) 2. 07:26 AM - Re: Tailwheels & Brakes (John Dilatush) 3. 09:33 AM - Re: headset ideas ? (Hodgson, Mark O) 4. 10:50 AM - Re: headset ideas (Sanders, Andrew P) 5. 12:01 PM - many thanks ! (Michael D Cuy) 6. 12:08 PM - Re: headset ideas ? (Ron Bell) 7. 08:51 PM - GPS / Handheld (Rcaprd@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:28:50 AM PST US From: Michael D Cuy Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ? --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy >Yea, forget the radio in an open cockpit. If you want to turn radios, get a >closed cabin. >The best advice I can give. Gene-- you missed the question-- I'm asking about ANR headsets that you like for closed cabin flying. Mike C. do not archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:18 AM PST US From: "John Dilatush" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Tailwheels & Brakes --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Dilatush" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter W Johnson" Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Tailwheels & Brakes > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Peter W Johnson" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter, I'm going out to the airport this weekend and will take my camera and shoot some closeups of the installation, then E-mail them to you. John PS I assume you to mean the toe brakes mounted on the rudder bar??? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > John, > > Beautiful stuff....... > > Have you got any pictures of your mechanical brake system at the rudder end? > Looks very good and simple! > > Cheers > > Peter > Wonthaggi, Australia > http://cpc-world.cable.nu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John > Dilatush > To: Pietenpol-list@matronics.com > Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tailwheels > > > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Dilatush" > --> > > Pieters, > > I have been following the discussion re: tailwheels and can't understand why > one should change the basic design of the original Pietenpol tail SKID. > > Just add a 5" wheel from Wicks to the design and go with it. It is light, > as I remember only about 7 lbs, and will take a heck of a lot of abuse, > believe me! My landings are much less than perfect, I have departed the > runway a couple of times, and landed off the airport completely, in a field > across the furrows. (the field was not plowed recently, but rather a couple > of years before so the furrows were somewhat smoothed out). The triangular > design has taken some extreme side loadings and stood up well. > > Go to http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/John_piet.html where Oscar Zuniga > posted some information on my tailwheel installation. > > I will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the > design/installation. > > Hope this helps, > > John > > > advertising on the Matronics Forums. > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:33:31 AM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ? From: "Hodgson, Mark O" --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Hodgson, Mark O" Mike, I've had a pair of Lightspeed 20XLs for about 3 years. They're very comfortable, I think even more than Dave Clarks. One negative is that the stitching on the piece that goes over the head is coming undone, but duct tape should handle that without an STC I suppose. They don't kill all of the engine noise but they do a nice job, especially with the bass frequencies as mentioned already. They are large, which I suppose in some cabins might mean an occasional bang against the window, but they haven't been a problem in 152s, 172s or Citabrias. Mark Hodgson ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:50:36 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: RE: headset ideas From: "Sanders, Andrew P" --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Sanders, Andrew P" Mike: I've done the Headsets Inc. conversion on a set of David Clarks, have an Flightcom ANX-4 which Flightcom no longer makes, but someone else clones from a set of stock -4's, and a pair of DRE-6000 headsets (http://www.drecomm.com/6kservice.htm). They all seem to use the same basic module and the active noise reduction works very well. Due to a little streak of crualty, I like to put them on the head of another pilot that hasn't tried anr before. I start the takeoff with them off and switch the power on just past the end or our 2000' runway. With about half of them you've got to watch for the flailing arms as they try to jump out of the seat! The Dave Clarks are of Dave Clark quality. I had to upgrade the ear seals and spend an evening disassembling, rewiring, soldering, installing and reassembling. It's a relaxing evening project if you are comfortable soldering fine wires in tight courters. The cost, on top of an existing pair of headsets was just over $200 about 5 years ago. I liked them enough that after getting my private license, I wanted another pair. I was shopping for an inexpensive pair of conventional headsets that I could do another conversion on. I found the Flightcom's at a discounted price of $320 at American Avionics in Seattle about 4 years ago. I bought these because I couldn't buy the conventional headsets and conversion kit for that price. They also came with a padded soft case for the headset and battery box. They work as well as the DC's. The head clamping pressure is a bit less and overall the quality is good by a step down. I got the DRE's last year and have only recently begun to use them (had a 60 week long annual on the Cardinal). They work very well. The fit and feel very good. They quality is up to DC's. They come with a very delux case. Additionally they have a far superior battery box. It holds two nine volt batteries rather than the one the others do. It also has LED annuncinators for battery condition and external power. DRE supplies a cigrette plug adapter to power the headset from ships power. I wired a separate fused outlet for all four seats next to the headset jacks. Provisions for ships power is an extra cost option on the others. The frosting on the cake is that they are available from Marve Golden for $289!!! http://www.marvgolden.com/headsets/dre-main.htm Customer service at DRE has been absolutely outstanding. I had purchased a DRE portable intercom from Aircraft Spruce. I had chosen it over a PSE unit because AS advertised it as being convertable to a panel mounted unit. When I ordered it I confirmed that that was the case. A couple of years later when I contacted them about a conversion kit, I found out the it wasn't the case and I was SOL. There was nothing they were willing to do about it. They still list the unit as convertable in their catalog. I contacted DRE and they were very appoligetic and bent over backwards to help me. They had absolutly zero obligation to do anything. It was not their problem in any way. I'm also very pleased with their intercoms. Hope this is helpful, Andrew Sanders N2206Y From: Michael D Cuy Subject: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ? For those of you who fly more closed cabin and do more radio work, do you have any recommendation for buying a new active noise reduction headset? ... SNIP ... ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:01:39 PM PST US From: Michael D Cuy Subject: Pietenpol-List: many thanks ! --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy Group-- besides reading all the reviews and info on the web, I really appreciate all the good input on your experiences with ANR headsets ! Sorry to disrupt the flow of wood and metal talk. Mike C. do not archive ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 12:08:25 PM PST US From: "Ron Bell" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ? --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Ron Bell" Lightspeed 20-3G or 30-3G. Very comfortable and quiet. Fly Safely, Ron Bell, CP-ASEL-IA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael D Cuy" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ? | --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy | | | >Yea, forget the radio in an open cockpit. If you want to turn radios, get a | >closed cabin. | >The best advice I can give. | | Gene-- you missed the question-- I'm asking about ANR headsets that you | like for closed cabin flying. | | Mike C. | | do not archive | | | | | | | ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:51:03 PM PST US From: Rcaprd@aol.com Subject: Pietenpol-List: GPS / Handheld --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Rcaprd@aol.com OK, so I'll admit to using a GPS for backup, on cross country flights. The mount I made for it was in the center of the panel, along the lower edge, but it didn't work out...much too difficult to get in & out. The other big problem I have with all this eee lec tronic crap in my cockpit, is that the Magellan Skyblazer XL GPS causes lots of interference with my ICOM handheld, and has to be turned off, to use the com radio. Question: Does anyone else have an interference problem with the GPS ? Chuck Gantzer Wichita KS NX770CG weekend Kansas flying weather, is looookin' goood !!