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1. 05:25 AM - Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? (Kip & Beth Gardner)
2. 06:07 AM - Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? (John Ford)
3. 06:36 AM - toilet paper drop (Robert Haines)
4. 08:14 AM - Re: toilet paper drop (John Ford)
5. 09:11 AM - Re: toilet paper drop (Jim Vydra)
6. 10:24 AM - Re: retirement site (Gadd, Skip)
7. 10:40 AM - Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? (w b evans)
8. 10:47 AM - Re: toilet paper drop (Al Latham)
9. 01:05 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture (DJ Vegh)
10. 01:09 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture2 (DJ Vegh)
11. 04:46 PM - Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? (Dave and Connie)
12. 04:55 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture (dave rowe)
13. 05:01 PM - Re: Magneto direction (Christian Bobka)
14. 05:19 PM - Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? (dave rowe)
15. 05:40 PM - Re: Re: PAL nuts (Christian Bobka)
16. 06:44 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture (Jack Phillips)
17. 09:00 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture (dave rowe)
18. 09:40 PM - Re: toilet paper drop - picture (Jim Ash)
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Subject: | Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Kip & Beth Gardner <kipandbeth@earthlink.net>
At 1:38 AM -0500 10/27/03, Clif Dawson wrote:
>--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Clif Dawson <cdawson5854@shaw.ca>
>
>Marine term. All boats and ships were first drawn out full size on the floor
>of
>the attic, or loft, of the building shed. Any discrepancies in the plans
>would be
>corrected and the full size parts would then be accurate. Just like when you
>lay
>out the full size drawings for fuse. sides, rudder, stab, etc on your
>building table.
>
>Between the devil and the deep blue sea, four sheets to the wind, road,
>knots,
>son of a gun, hard up, fly by night, aloof, spic and span, etc., etc. All
>from sailing
>and wooden boats. Hundreds more!
>
>Clif
>
>> >I'll bite. What specifically do you mean by lofting?
>> >
>> >Jim Ash
You beat me to it Clif; good explanation. The process of correcting
mistakes in the lofted patterns is known as 'fairing', i.e. to make the
lines of the boat look 'fair' (as in fair maiden - in distress of course) .
ARRRRGH!
Kip Gardner
(who traded a Navy town & a seafare-in' career for the wilds of inland Ohio)
North Canton, OH
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Subject: | Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Ford" <Jford@indstate.edu>
Would that be a patch-over-one-eye, golden earring wearing *pirate*
ARRRRGH? We are talking more and more about, Arrrrr, ship building,
arrrrr shiver me spars, er, timbers... Wasn't national "Talk Like a
Pirate" day a month or so ago?
John *Arrrrrgh!* Greybeard
do not archive
John Ford
john@indstate.edu
812-237-8542
>>> kipandbeth@earthlink.net Monday, October 27, 2003 8:22:24 AM >>>
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Kip & Beth Gardner
<kipandbeth@earthlink.net>
You beat me to it Clif; good explanation. The process of correcting
mistakes in the lofted patterns is known as 'fairing', i.e. to make
the
lines of the boat look 'fair' (as in fair maiden - in distress of
course) .
ARRRRGH!
Kip Gardner
(who traded a Navy town & a seafare-in' career for the wilds of inland
Ohio)
North Canton, OH
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Subject: | toilet paper drop |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that I'm
trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where the
parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
Robert Haines
Du Quoin, Illinois
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Ford" <Jford@indstate.edu>
Is this where the phrase, "The s**t hits the fan" originated? Or do you
use a fresh roll... ;-)
John Ford
john@indstate.edu
812-237-8542
>>> robertsjunk@hotmail.com Monday, October 27, 2003 9:33:30 AM >>>
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
<robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not
that I'm
trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
the
parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of
the
tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does
get
caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it
getting
into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a
nag.)
Robert Haines
Du Quoin, Illinois
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Jim Vydra <jvydra@sbcglobal.net>
hmmmm....I thought toilet paper is always aimed at the tail
Robert Haines <robertsjunk@hotmail.com> wrote:--> Pietenpol-List message posted
by: "Robert Haines"
Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that I'm
trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where the
parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
Robert Haines
Du Quoin, Illinois
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Gadd, Skip" <Skip.Gadd@ssa.gov>
Thanks Gary,
I am looking forward to building the hanger than the house, more time off
Piet building, but will be real different than working this desk.
I think the winter climate is about the same as Dayton OH, that means it is
about one notch milder than the description Kip gave for northern Ohio. This
is about the only flat place in West Virginia, and so does not get the same
snow as the mountains.
Skip
>Congratulations for your new home.
>Just curious, how is winter climate there? Lots of Snow?
>Saludos
>Gary Gower.
>Do not archive.
-
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Subject: | Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "w b evans" <wbeevans@verizon.net>
Cliff,
Very interesting! Can you explain each?
walt evans
NX140DL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clif Dawson" <cdawson5854@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Rib Full Size Pattern ????
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Clif Dawson <cdawson5854@shaw.ca>
>
> Marine term. All boats and ships were first drawn out full size on the
floor
> of
> the attic, or loft, of the building shed. Any discrepancies in the plans
> would be
> corrected and the full size parts would then be accurate. Just like when
you
> lay
> out the full size drawings for fuse. sides, rudder, stab, etc on your
> building table.
>
> Between the devil and the deep blue sea, four sheets to the wind, road,
> knots,
> son of a gun, hard up, fly by night, aloof, spic and span, etc., etc. All
> from sailing
> and wooden boats. Hundreds more!
>
> Clif
>
> > >I'll bite. What specifically do you mean by lofting?
> > >
> > >Jim Ash
> > >
>
>
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
Robert,
While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
problem. If
memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
certainly is
not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
not the
GND.
Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
Do not archive
Al Latham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
<robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
>
> Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
I'm
> trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
the
> parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
>
>
> Robert Haines
> Du Quoin, Illinois
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop - picture |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
I did the TP drop in a 152 last year. A friend and I got bored one morning and
thought we'd bring up some stuff to drop..... brought along a few rolls of
TP, a gallon jug of water and a few sugar bags.
Climbed up to about 8,000 and dropped the TP roll..... did a steep descending
bank and lined up for the kill...... whack! direct hit with the right wing.
here's a pic just seconds before impact
http://imagedv.com/aircamper/tp.drop.jpg
after the TP we dropped the other goods..... the sugar bags exploded on impact
in a cloud of sugar. The water jug was a dud... the cap opened on the way down
and the water spilled out.
BTW, we out over the open desert when we did this.
DJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Latham
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
Robert,
While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
problem. If
memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
certainly is
not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
not the
GND.
Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
Do not archive
Al Latham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
<robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
>
> Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
I'm
> trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
the
> parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
>
>
> Robert Haines
> Du Quoin, Illinois
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop - picture2 |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
found another shot we took that morning..... this taken just a few seconds before
"launch"
we were prepping the roll for an easy "tear-free" release.
www.imagedv.com/aircamper/ready-tp.jpg
DJ
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Subject: | Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Dave and Connie <dmatthe1@rochester.rr.com>
John,
Have you ever met Kip? I could see the gold earring and the eye patch
without a problem.
Dave
N36078 '41 BC-12-65
At 09:02 AM 10/27/2003, John Ford wrote:
>--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Ford" <Jford@indstate.edu>
>
>Would that be a patch-over-one-eye, golden earring wearing *pirate*
>ARRRRGH? We are talking more and more about, Arrrrr, ship building,
>arrrrr shiver me spars, er, timbers... Wasn't national "Talk Like a
>Pirate" day a month or so ago?
>John *Arrrrrgh!* Greybeard
>do not archive
>
>John Ford
>john@indstate.edu
>812-237-8542
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop - picture |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: dave rowe <rowed044@shaw.ca>
Very cool. We got into a war with two American ships in the Persian
Gulf in 2000, started with drive-by fruitings via surgical tube
slingshots, and quickly escalated to our helos dropping TP down the
other ships' funnels. Ended when one Seahawk tried a sack of flour,
whent straight down a funnel and exploded. We then chose a much safer
way to have fun, we started hoisting down to unmanned oil rigs and
plastering them with Canadian insignia. Last one I went down to however
wasn't unmanned. Those Iranians have no sense of ha-ha.
DJ Vegh wrote:
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
>
> I did the TP drop in a 152 last year. A friend and I got bored one morning
and thought we'd bring up some stuff to drop..... brought along a few rolls of
TP, a gallon jug of water and a few sugar bags.
>
> Climbed up to about 8,000 and dropped the TP roll..... did a steep descending
bank and lined up for the kill...... whack! direct hit with the right wing.
>
> here's a pic just seconds before impact
>
> http://imagedv.com/aircamper/tp.drop.jpg
>
> after the TP we dropped the other goods..... the sugar bags exploded on impact
in a cloud of sugar. The water jug was a dud... the cap opened on the way
down and the water spilled out.
>
> BTW, we out over the open desert when we did this.
>
> DJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Al Latham
> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
>
> Robert,
>
> While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
> problem. If
> memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
> certainly is
> not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
> not the
> GND.
> Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
> Do not archive
> Al Latham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
> To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
> > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
> <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
> >
> > Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> > something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
> I'm
> > trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
> the
> > parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> > tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> > caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> > into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
> >
> >
> > Robert Haines
> > Du Quoin, Illinois
>
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Subject: | Re: Magneto direction |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Christian Bobka" <bobka@compuserve.com>
I assume you have a mag off of a -12. If the mag has an impulse coupling,
then the impulse coupling will need to be changed for one with right hand
rotation for a -8 . The -12 uses left hand rotation. Otherwise, most, if
not all mags can be changed internally to rotate the other way.
Chris Bobka
----- Original Message -----
From: <Wizzard187@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Magneto direction
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Wizzard187@aol.com
>
> Pieteres, I know that cont. A engines drive the magneto off the
crankshaft
> gear and cont 85-12s drive off the camshaft gear in the other direction.
My
> question is: can a magneto be changed to fit what I need?
> Ken Conrad In Long Grove Iowa with my beans in the bin and the best
> corn I've ever had.
>
>
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Subject: | Re: Rib Full Size Pattern ???? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: dave rowe <rowed044@shaw.ca>
Also aircraft, my dad was the chief loftsman for AVRO, did the full size
patterns etc for the ARROW, CF-100, Avrocar, and Jetliner! I never did
understand why he taught me all that stuff, until we built a sailboat
together. I sometimes think he knew what skills I would need once I was
older, all that model airplane building, etc sure helps. Ease up on the
Navy lingo will ya? I'm an Airforce dude that has to live with the
Fisheads and fly helos off their boats. I mean ships. Glad you didn't
metion words like dobie dust and duff! Fair winds and following seas. .
.
Clif Dawson wrote:
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Clif Dawson <cdawson5854@shaw.ca>
>
> Marine term. All boats and ships were first drawn out full size on the floor
> of
> the attic, or loft, of the building shed. Any discrepancies in the plans
> would be
> corrected and the full size parts would then be accurate. Just like when you
> lay
> out the full size drawings for fuse. sides, rudder, stab, etc on your
> building table.
>
> Between the devil and the deep blue sea, four sheets to the wind, road,
> knots,
> son of a gun, hard up, fly by night, aloof, spic and span, etc., etc. All
> from sailing
> and wooden boats. Hundreds more!
>
> Clif
>
> > >I'll bite. What specifically do you mean by lofting?
> > >
> > >Jim Ash
> > >
>
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Christian Bobka" <bobka@compuserve.com>
A friend of mine had a cylinder on his C-85 loosen up in flight. By the
time he got on the ground the cylinder was mangled and so was the case. NO
PAL Nuts.
Go figure. You safety EVERYTHING on an airplane EXCEPT the bolts that hold
the engine together. Does this make any sense?
When my buddy that trashed his engine has a visitor at his strip, he will
poke his head into the cowl to see if it has pal nuts. If the visitor does
not, he gives the visitor a small bag with the requesite pal nuts to take
with him and install at his leisure.
Use the Pal Nuts, despite what the experts say.... They are in the business
of selling engines...
chris bobka
A&P IA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Lawler" <clawler@ptd.net>
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: PAL nuts
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Craig Lawler <clawler@ptd.net>
>
> Bert,
>
> A friend of mine that just finished up his A&P at Penn Tech in
> Williamsport said the PAL nuts are not required. I have a bunch of them
> so I put them on. Got a whole coffee can full. If you want some let me
> know and I'll mail them to you.
>
> Craig
>
>
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Subject: | toilet paper drop - picture |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Phillips" <pietflyr@bellsouth.net>
I used to drop watermelons in my J-3 Cub when I was a kid. A twenty pound
watermelon makes a pretty impressive hit from 500 feet - throws a plume of
mud and spray about 30' in the air and digs a crater 6' in diameter and
about a foot deep and fills it with mud. Nothing left of the melon. I got
to be a pretty good shot and could generally hit a car sized target from
500'.
Useless skill, but a lot of fun.
Jack Phillips
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of DJ Vegh
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop - picture
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
I did the TP drop in a 152 last year. A friend and I got bored one morning
and thought we'd bring up some stuff to drop..... brought along a few rolls
of TP, a gallon jug of water and a few sugar bags.
Climbed up to about 8,000 and dropped the TP roll..... did a steep
descending bank and lined up for the kill...... whack! direct hit with the
right wing.
here's a pic just seconds before impact
http://imagedv.com/aircamper/tp.drop.jpg
after the TP we dropped the other goods..... the sugar bags exploded on
impact in a cloud of sugar. The water jug was a dud... the cap opened on
the way down and the water spilled out.
BTW, we out over the open desert when we did this.
DJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Al Latham
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
Robert,
While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
problem. If
memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
certainly is
not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
not the
GND.
Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
Do not archive
Al Latham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
<robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
>
> Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
I'm
> trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
the
> parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
>
>
> Robert Haines
> Du Quoin, Illinois
=
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Subject: | Re: toilet paper drop - picture |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: dave rowe <rowed044@shaw.ca>
Exactly why you don't piss off Pietenpol flyers!!!!!
Jack Phillips wrote:
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Phillips" <pietflyr@bellsouth.net>
>
> I used to drop watermelons in my J-3 Cub when I was a kid. A twenty pound
> watermelon makes a pretty impressive hit from 500 feet - throws a plume of
> mud and spray about 30' in the air and digs a crater 6' in diameter and
> about a foot deep and fills it with mud. Nothing left of the melon. I got
> to be a pretty good shot and could generally hit a car sized target from
> 500'.
>
> Useless skill, but a lot of fun.
>
> Jack Phillips
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of DJ Vegh
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop - picture
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
>
> I did the TP drop in a 152 last year. A friend and I got bored one morning
> and thought we'd bring up some stuff to drop..... brought along a few rolls
> of TP, a gallon jug of water and a few sugar bags.
>
> Climbed up to about 8,000 and dropped the TP roll..... did a steep
> descending bank and lined up for the kill...... whack! direct hit with the
> right wing.
>
> here's a pic just seconds before impact
>
> http://imagedv.com/aircamper/tp.drop.jpg
>
> after the TP we dropped the other goods..... the sugar bags exploded on
> impact in a cloud of sugar. The water jug was a dud... the cap opened on
> the way down and the water spilled out.
>
> BTW, we out over the open desert when we did this.
>
> DJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Al Latham
> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
>
> Robert,
>
> While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
> problem. If
> memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
> certainly is
> not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
> not the
> GND.
> Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
> Do not archive
> Al Latham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
> To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
> > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
> <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
> >
> > Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> > something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
> I'm
> > trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
> the
> > parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> > tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> > caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> > into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
> >
> >
> > Robert Haines
> > Du Quoin, Illinois
>
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Jim Ash <ashcan@earthlink.net>
It's useless only if you have no imagination or sense of adventure.
Jim Ash
At 10/27/2003 09:39 PM -0500, you wrote:
>--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Phillips" <pietflyr@bellsouth.net>
>
>I used to drop watermelons in my J-3 Cub when I was a kid. A twenty pound
>watermelon makes a pretty impressive hit from 500 feet - throws a plume of
>mud and spray about 30' in the air and digs a crater 6' in diameter and
>about a foot deep and fills it with mud. Nothing left of the melon. I got
>to be a pretty good shot and could generally hit a car sized target from
>500'.
>
>Useless skill, but a lot of fun.
>
>Jack Phillips
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
>[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of DJ Vegh
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:01 PM
>To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop - picture
>
>--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <aircamper@imagedv.com>
>
>I did the TP drop in a 152 last year. A friend and I got bored one morning
>and thought we'd bring up some stuff to drop..... brought along a few rolls
>of TP, a gallon jug of water and a few sugar bags.
>
>Climbed up to about 8,000 and dropped the TP roll..... did a steep
>descending bank and lined up for the kill...... whack! direct hit with the
>right wing.
>
>here's a pic just seconds before impact
>
>http://imagedv.com/aircamper/tp.drop.jpg
>
>after the TP we dropped the other goods..... the sugar bags exploded on
>impact in a cloud of sugar. The water jug was a dud... the cap opened on
>the way down and the water spilled out.
>
>BTW, we out over the open desert when we did this.
>
>DJ
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Al Latham
>To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
>
>--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Al Latham" <geebeed@grm.net>
>
>Robert,
>
>While watching this being done many times I have never seen it cause a
>problem. If
>memory serves me correctly I do recall one person hitting the roll, but this
>certainly is
>not the desired result. My biggest concern is someone watching the TP and
>not the
>GND.
>Just remember to use single ply if your worried...
>Do not archive
>Al Latham
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Haines" <robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
>To: <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper drop
>
>
> > --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Robert Haines"
><robertsjunk@hotmail.com>
> >
> > Call me chicken but isn't there a risk of the toilet paper mucking up
> > something on the plane when thrown out or when flown through? (Not that
>I'm
> > trying to be a little nag, I've just seen too many old war movies where
>the
> > parachute gets caught in the tail.) Do you have to throw it clear of the
> > tail... or to heck with it 'cause it's to week to hang on if it does get
> > caught. Also, when you hit it with a prop, what's the odds of it getting
> > into the cowling and causing other problems? (OK, now I am being a nag.)
> >
> >
> > Robert Haines
> > Du Quoin, Illinois
>
>
>>This email has been scanned for known viruses and made safe for viewing by
>Half Price Hosting, a leading email and web hosting provider. For more
>information on an anti-virus email solution, visit
><http://www.halfpricehosting.com/av.asp>.
>
>
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