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1. 08:53 AM - Re: Piet at Stinson Field (BARNSTMR@aol.com)
2. 05:51 PM - fabric covering (Oscar Zuniga)
3. 05:56 PM - young girls building a Piet (Oscar Zuniga)
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| Subject: | Re: Piet at Stinson Field |
Hey Oscar,
I saw this airplane about 15 yrs ago. It was sitting in a hangar in Clifton
TX. It has taylorcraft wings adapted. It has German markings. Search the
archives and you should see some discussion. According to someone's post, it
supposedly was flown in dogfight performances a few times while at the Hondo
museum. If they need any engine parts, let me know. I have a friend here in
Waco that knows how to scrounge that stuff. He had a complete LeBlond radial and
some Lambert parts a while back.
Terry
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;
Thanks primarily to the urging of my friend and "online Tech Counselor/A&P"
Jeff Scott in Los Alamos, I finally dived into the fabric covering of my
vertical stabilizer after doing the needed repairs on the wood. I've never
done any fabric work prior to this, and had wanted to hold it to a simple
patch repair, but it made more sense to strip the old fabric and recover.
What fun! Almost as much fun as woodwork! It went exactly as per the book
(Poly-Fiber). Got the fabric measured, cut, and glued to the stabilizer,
then heat smoothed, then tautened the fabric (absolute magic!) and applied
the first coat of Poly-Brush. It's drying now, to be followed by trying my
hand at the modified seine knot (lacing the ribs), applying pinked finishing
tapes, then the Poly-Brush, Poly-Spray (silver), and finally the "Federal
Yellow" Poly-Tone.
To those who haven't yet done fabric work: you can do it! It's fun and
rewarding, the system is very forgiving of beginner's roughness, and
besides... the Pietenpol was conceived as a "barnyard job" and wouldn't know
what to do with an ultra-fancy covering or paint job anyway!
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | young girls building a Piet |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Here's one I had missed. A story about twin 13-year-old girls who are
building a Piet! Story is at
http://www.airventure.org/2005/satjuly30/around_field.html
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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