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1. 12:00 AM - Merry Christmas (Javier Cruz)
2. 06:01 AM - Re: Fiberglass Construction (gbowen@ptialaska.net)
3. 06:28 AM - Re: Merry Christmas (BARNSTMR@aol.com)
4. 09:49 AM - Corvair Piet in "To Fly" (Oscar Zuniga)
5. 05:35 PM - Re: Corvair Piet in "To Fly" (N321TX@wmconnect.com)
6. 10:29 PM - Christmas (Clif Dawson)
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My best whishes for all on the list on this Christmas...
Javier Cruz
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Subject: | Re: Fiberglass Construction |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "gbowen@ptialaska.net" <gbowen@ptialaska.net>
Chuck,
Glad you've had good luck with sloshing rubber in the tank, it seems to
work in some cases, but didn't for the Osprey tanks I had to rebuild, the
gas got under the area around the drain sump and ate it's way thru the
polyester eventually. The Osprey has been around since early 70's and
someone decided to start selling wing tanks as an after thought, the
original designer didn't specify what type of resin to use for in-fuselage
tanks. Lots of rebuilds were done and lots of slosh sold.
Derakane is the brand name from Dow for their epoxy based vinyl ester resin
system. It's in the Spruce catalog. It's main commerical usage is for
chemical storage tanks including all the gasoline in-ground fiberglass
tanks at gas stations. The commerical folks like it because it's sprayable
with a chopper gun just like polyesters. For most builders it's a little
too tricky to work with, so they stick with any good epoxy resin system
like West or System 3.
Gordon
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From: Rcaprd@aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fiberglass Construction
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Rcaprd@aol.com
Gordon,
I wish I would have seen this post about all this epoxy stuff. I built my
wing tank in December of '98, and used a sloshing solution called '5000L'.
At
the time, this is the method that several local builders used. Maybe the
sloshing solution saved the polyester resin. I've done quite a few
inspections
inside the tank, and it still seems all right. I didn't use the sloshing
solution in the cowl tank, that I built in January '03. I've never found
any goo, or
fibers, in the gascolator, and I inspect it regularly. I'll have a very
close look inside both tanks, with my bore scope, as regular inspections.
I'm
very careful not to use fuel with alcohol, and the fuel I use at my home
airport
is 100LL. Ya never know, though.
The next two tanks I build, will be for my Wittman Tailwind W10. I'll
use West System Epoxy resin, and I plan on using Carbon Fiber for the 35
gallon
tank behind the firewall, and an auxiliary tank in the baggage compartment.
The West System dosen't mention weather it is epoxy based vinyl ester.
Gordon, is the West System epoxy based vinyl ester ?
Chuck G.
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Subject: | Re: Merry Christmas |
Amen! Jesus is the reason. May God bless you all.
Terry
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Subject: | Corvair Piet in "To Fly" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Just got my copy of the SAA publication "To Fly" and one of the articles
features a Corvair-powered Pietenpol built by P.F. Beck of South Carolina.
Very nice Piet, he says it cruises 70-75 MPH (which is about 5-10 MPH faster
cruise than the A-65 powered examples like mine). He has a real nice setup
on the sides of his cowling that allows each entire side to swing away for
access.
The Corvair is a "William Wynne manual" conversion with rear starter and
what looks like a rear alternator. He also has stock exhaust logs joining
to a single outlet with a muffler under the airplane.
Mr. Beck states that his Corvair Pietenpol cost him $6,800 complete. Can
you beat that for fun, dependable, two-place flying?
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | Re: Corvair Piet in "To Fly" |
Hey, I met P.F. at Brodhead this summer and he was kind enough to allow me to
interview him for my alleged video I hope to produce someday about this Air
Camper experience. P.F. is a true southern gentleman and when he showed me his
pictures of his Corvair powered Piet, I nearly fell over. Nice looking
airplane and I hope to see it at Brodhead someday.
S.B.
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Merry Christmas to all of you in Piet Land.
Clif
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