Today's Message Index:
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1. 01:00 AM - Piet Caps in Japan (M&M Stanley)
2. 06:05 AM - FlyCorvair website update (Oscar Zuniga)
3. 01:12 PM - Re: Washout & Rigging (Michael D Cuy)
4. 08:52 PM - I just want to fit in... (Michael Nadeau)
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| Subject: | Piet Caps in Japan |
Hi Pieters,
Just a note to say that if you are humming and haring about whether or not
to buy a Piet cap from Steve Eldredge or not, I say go ahead and 'just do
it' !
Mine arrived here in Japan today. Great caps for a great plane !
Attached is a shot of the caps on my R/C Piet with Japanese shoji doors in
the background.
Yep, just do it! $20 bucks is all you need !
Mark S
Japan
Rainy days, hinging the fin/rudder
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| Subject: | FlyCorvair website update |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
William Wynne has posted an update on his website, at
http://www.flycorvair.com/hangar.html . Included are photos of one of the
5th bearing prototype crankshafts and information on registering a
second-hand conversion manual.
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: Washout & Rigging |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy <Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
I have about 2.5 degrees of dihedral, 3/8" washout at a point 3 ribs in
from the wingtip, and ailerons in neutral are rigged 1/4" down on both
sides.
Reason for 3/8" washout is that is what 150 years of aviation experience
(my two 75 year old IA buddies who work on nothing but old airplanes)
told me that most Cubs, Champs, and such have in them,
and the 1/4" droop because that is the way they used to rig old airplanes
(including the DC-3's) because air pressures in flight on will make
the ailerons sit pretty then, exactly neutral. If they are rigged neutral
I'm told they'll ride up a bit causing drag.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | I just want to fit in... |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael Nadeau <nadeau@caldsl.com>
Hi Guys,
Don't mind me. I'm just a lurker who's going to get started on my
piet this year. I have the plans. I have the motor (corvair). I
have the carb I got on ebay. I even went up to Van Arsdale-Harris in
San Francisco to buy some spruce enough for the tail and ribs. BTW.
Thats a heck of a place for raw lumber. One warehouse for spruce and
two for fur! Nice 20' 3"x12"s if you really want the big spars. I
picked through the small stuff and filled up my civic. But, before I
get started there's one thing I'd like to know. How does one
actually get into a piet? Specifically, the front cockpit. I mean,
I've seen pictures of people sitting in the front and I've heard of
people saying they've sat in one, but I've haven't actually seen
anyone get in one. I assume the wing comes off. Or it folds up or
something. Maybe they wear black leather and slide in in a Matrix
sort of way. I don't know, which is why I bring it up.
Anyhow, for something that ranks just under taking out the garbage on
my wife's priority list it'll, I hope to be prop flipping in about a
decade or so.
On technical terms I want to trim the bird for a max pilot weight of
250. (with clothes) Too much?
Thanks,
Mike Nadeau
EAA # 0448121
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