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1. 04:30 AM - Chuck Gantzer's website (M&M Stanley)
2. 11:02 AM - Smoke system (Sayre, William G)
3. 12:51 PM - Re: Red Betsy (Barry Davis)
4. 01:45 PM - Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (Glenn Thomas)
5. 01:47 PM - aircraft jack stand (Oscar Zuniga)
6. 02:05 PM - Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (DJ Vegh)
7. 02:32 PM - Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (walt evans)
8. 02:32 PM - Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (Bill Church)
9. 02:35 PM - Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (walt evans)
10. 03:09 PM - Re: CC: From GN-1 List (Dale Johnson)
11. 03:17 PM - Need information on cleaning and storing disassembled engine (john e fay)
12. 03:57 PM - Re: CC: From GN-1 List (DJ Vegh)
13. 04:06 PM - Re: CC: From GN-1 List (Alan Lyscars)
14. 04:38 PM - Re: CC: From GN-1 List (Alan Lyscars)
15. 04:42 PM - Sun-N-Fun (Alan Lyscars)
16. 04:48 PM - Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" (Glenn Thomas)
17. 06:23 PM - Re: Need information on cleaning and storing disassembled engine (Ben Charvet)
18. 06:27 PM - Re: Sun-N-Fun (Ben Charvet)
19. 06:45 PM - Re: CC: From GN-1 List (DJ Vegh)
20. 07:17 PM - Sun-N-Fun (Dick Navratil)
21. 07:57 PM - Re: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 13 Msgs - 02/25/06 (Isablcorky@aol.com)
22. 08:46 PM - Re: TACOs head south of the border? (Isablcorky@aol.com)
23. 09:08 PM - Re: Sun-N-Fun (Jim Ash)
24. 10:56 PM - Re: TACOs head south of the border? (Gary Gower)
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Subject: | Chuck Gantzer's website |
Hi all,
Just had a look at Chuck G's website. Yep, I agree that simple is good. I
also like the Piet accident list that he has on his site.
It's not always a 'good' subject but I feel that it is a very important
addition to any Piet builders knowledge. Anything that can help to keep Piet
pilots and planes in one piece has to be good.
I'm a long way off doing any Piet flying but it is a sobering reminder that
although the Piet is a fantastic fun plane, we still need to keep out heads
screwed on the right way when flying them. (any flying machine for that
fact ). I just want to say thanks Chuck for taking the time to gather all of
this info into one easy to read/access list, great work !
Safe Flying to all.
Regs
Mark S
Japan
Hinged the fin/rudder..............my first 'moving part'... happyhappyhappy
!
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Sayre, William G" <william.g.sayre@boeing.com>
Tidbits that might be helpful:
J C Whitney has windshield washer kits (both vertical and horizontal
tanks) for $20.00 [jcwhitney.com (Order Number: 2337065 - vertical)]
This pump will take about 5-minutes to drain just over a quart of
baby-oil though two #60 holes in a copper pipe.
Tyco pump from auto parts store pumps WAY faster and drains one gallon
in about the same time. Whitney pump would wet the windshield whereas
the Tyco pump would pump it over the entire vehicle. Tyco also pulled
battery down quicker.
Will post more after learning more.
Bill
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I think those show dates are for 2003 and 2004. I haven't been able to find out
anything about this movie for a couple of years now. even contacting the studio
was no help.
Please post if anyone has any information about how to buy this movie or how to
see it. I don't know anyone that has seen it. I think they only had 175 screens
in the US, and that is a very limited showing.
Barry
----- Original Message -----
From: walt evans
To: piet list
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Red Betsy
Got wondering about "Red Betsy" Guess it's still making it's way around the
country. Out on the west coast right now.
For you newer guys, This movie has a Pietenpol in it. Not alot of scenes,
but good shots.
Here's the site where you can download the Trailer. Also follow show times
http://www.redbetsy.com/start.html
walt evans
NX140DL
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Subject: | Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Glenn Thomas" <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
Last night we had our monthly meeting at a hangar where one of the members is building
a Waco. Beautiful plane. The uncovered wings were on display with ribs
made with what appeared to be 1/4" x 1/4" capstrip. I was talking with a gentleman
who has done Pietenpol maiden flights before (and will fly mine if I
play my cards, or build my plane, right) and he urged me to build as light as
possible. As we talked he looked at the Waco wing and said that building the
wing this way is one of the ways I could save on weight. Another member building
a Pober Jr. Ace says that he is helping up at Oshkosh to build a wing for
a Pietenpol and that it's only 1/4" x 1/4". I heard once that Paul Poberezny
built one this way. Is this mainstream thinking or were a couple made this way
for other reasons (testing/experimentation)?
I searched the archives and found this but I'm not sure where the information was
quoted from and if it was refering to a Piet but I don't know how you could
talk about materials out of the context of particular application...
Walt, if you have more info I'd love to know if I could save weight on my wing.
The person I was talking to said that Mr. Pietenpol designed it at 1/2" wide
because he was most likely using pine.
>>Ed,
>> The lumber list that I ordered spruce from stated "under 65 hp use
>>1/4"X1/4" cap strips,,,over 65hp use 1/4"X1/2" capstrip".
>>I used 1/4"X1/2".
>>walt evans
>>NX140DL
Thanks
--------
Glenn Thomas
N?????
http://www.flyingwood.com
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=18136#18136
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Subject: | aircraft jack stand |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga" <taildrags@hotmail.com>
Chuck wrote-
>The top of the stand needs to be tied back to the bottom of the lift
>struts,
>too, or the stand slides forward on the bottom of the plane.
Gotcha. No lift struts on my airplane at this time, but the mounting lugs
are there.
And with regard to the brass inserts for the nylon brake line tubing, I knew
about that already since it's clearly shown in the Wicks catalog and of
course Tony Bingelis' book points that out as well. I was just a little
leery of overtightening the fittings onto the tubing but also didn't want
the tubing to pop out under hard braking. The Nylo-seal fittings say to
stab the tubing into the fitting and tighten 2 to 2-1/2 turns but the brass
fittings say no such thing. I'll just use my best judgement.
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Subject: | Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "DJ Vegh" <djv@imagedv.com>
my dad's Fisher Celebrity has them as being 1/4x1/4 with an option to use
1/4x1/2.
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Subject: | Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "walt evans" <waltdak@verizon.net>
Glen,
The quote there was on my lumber list that I worked from.
My last project was a Fisher 404, and all ribs were 1/4x1/4 . the
experimental version had a Rotax 503 and flew around 90mph.
It's amazing , but the 404 had a rating of something like +6G's -4G's (just
from memory)
walt evans
NX140DL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Thomas" <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Glenn Thomas"
> <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
>
> Last night we had our monthly meeting at a hangar where one of the members
> is building a Waco. Beautiful plane. The uncovered wings were on display
> with ribs made with what appeared to be 1/4" x 1/4" capstrip. I was
> talking with a gentleman who has done Pietenpol maiden flights before (and
> will fly mine if I play my cards, or build my plane, right) and he urged
> me to build as light as possible. As we talked he looked at the Waco wing
> and said that building the wing this way is one of the ways I could save
> on weight. Another member building a Pober Jr. Ace says that he is
> helping up at Oshkosh to build a wing for a Pietenpol and that it's only
> 1/4" x 1/4". I heard once that Paul Poberezny built one this way. Is
> this mainstream thinking or were a couple made this way for other reasons
> (testing/experimentation)?
>
> I searched the archives and found this but I'm not sure where the
> information was quoted from and if it was refering to a Piet but I don't
> know how you could talk about materials out of the context of particular
> application...
>
> Walt, if you have more info I'd love to know if I could save weight on my
> wing. The person I was talking to said that Mr. Pietenpol designed it at
> 1/2" wide because he was most likely using pine.
>
>
>>>Ed,
>>> The lumber list that I ordered spruce from stated "under 65 hp use
>>>1/4"X1/4" cap strips,,,over 65hp use 1/4"X1/2" capstrip".
>>>I used 1/4"X1/2".
>
>>>walt evans
>>>NX140DL
>
> Thanks
>
> --------
> Glenn Thomas
> N?????
> http://www.flyingwood.com
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=18136#18136
>
>
>
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Subject: | Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Bill Church" <eng@canadianrogers.com>
There were a couple of Piet wings under construction in the "Pietenpol"
hangar at Brodhead last year that appeared to have 1/4" x 1/4" capstrips
(I didn't actually measure), but as I remember, they were Sky Scout
wings, not Air Camper wings.
Many flying Air Campers have ribs built with Red Cedar, which is
slightly less strong than Sitka, so it seems logical to make the
conclusion that 1/4" x 1/2" Sitka is more than sufficient,
strength-wise, and perhaps over-designed. Before I ripped my spruce, I
thought about going halfway between, and using 1/4" x 3/8", but
chickened out and built mine as per plans (1/4" x 1/2"). Of course,
that's all I have completed so far, so what do I know?
Bill
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Subject: | Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "walt evans" <waltdak@verizon.net>
Friend of mine is on the fisher group. He built a BEAUTIFUL Celebrity, and
is a glider instructor. I'll ask him and get back.
walt evans
NX140DL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Thomas" <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Glenn Thomas"
> <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
>
> Last night we had our monthly meeting at a hangar where one of the members
> is building a Waco. Beautiful plane. The uncovered wings were on display
> with ribs made with what appeared to be 1/4" x 1/4" capstrip. I was
> talking with a gentleman who has done Pietenpol maiden flights before (and
> will fly mine if I play my cards, or build my plane, right) and he urged
> me to build as light as possible. As we talked he looked at the Waco wing
> and said that building the wing this way is one of the ways I could save
> on weight. Another member building a Pober Jr. Ace says that he is
> helping up at Oshkosh to build a wing for a Pietenpol and that it's only
> 1/4" x 1/4". I heard once that Paul Poberezny built one this way. Is
> this mainstream thinking or were a couple made this way for other reasons
> (testing/experimentation)?
>
> I searched the archives and found this but I'm not sure where the
> information was quoted from and if it was refering to a Piet but I don't
> know how you could talk about materials out of the context of particular
> application...
>
> Walt, if you have more info I'd love to know if I could save weight on my
> wing. The person I was talking to said that Mr. Pietenpol designed it at
> 1/2" wide because he was most likely using pine.
>
>
>>>Ed,
>>> The lumber list that I ordered spruce from stated "under 65 hp use
>>>1/4"X1/4" cap strips,,,over 65hp use 1/4"X1/2" capstrip".
>>>I used 1/4"X1/2".
>
>>>walt evans
>>>NX140DL
>
> Thanks
>
> --------
> Glenn Thomas
> N?????
> http://www.flyingwood.com
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=18136#18136
>
>
>
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Subject: | CC: From GN-1 List |
Alan
My GN 1 plans showes 21" for the front struts & 21 3/4" for the rear struts.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
Sent: 2/26/2006 7:48:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Greetings Fellows,
I'm going to copy my question from the GN-1 list to you; I hope that, in the spirit
of scratch building, you all won't take offense at having a GN-1 question
posted to this list. Thanks, to all as ever, for your help.
Alan
Gents:
I've been following a thread on the Piet list concerning the length of cabane struts
on the Pietenpol. In a sample response from builders, all front struts
were taller than the rear-averaging 23" front and 22" rear. Our GN-1 plans call
for 23 1/4" fronts, and 23 1/2" rears. Are you fellows using these plans dimensions
(are they accurate?) or have you altered the lengths of the cabanes?
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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Subject: | Need information on cleaning and storing disassembled |
engine
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: john e fay <jefay@juno.com>
Hans,
I was looking at your website the other night. Is there any chance
you'll be able to bring your new Piet to Brodhead this summer. I would
love to see it up close, especially with the William Wynne corvair
engine.
I need some advice from you and any others that have experience along
this line. I have a corvair engine. I have just received William
Wynne's new video about how to disassemble it. I have a little class of
5 high school boys who are going to work with me the next two weeks to
take it apart to prepare it for an eventual rebuild. But I do not expect
to rebuild it for a year or two.
How do you recommend we clean the various parts, and what is the best way
to store the parts for a year or more?
Any good advice would be appreciated. I am a total novice on motors. I
have never taken apart an engine before, or even opened one up.
John Fay
in Peoria
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Subject: | Re: CC: From GN-1 List |
don't do the GN-1 to the plans lest you will fly tail low. Set your wing so that
you have a 1.8=B0 AOI. The plans put the wing at an angle quite a bit less
than that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Johnson
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com ; Piet List
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Alan
My GN 1 plans showes 21" for the front struts & 21 3/4" for the rear struts.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
To: Piet List
Sent: 2/26/2006 7:48:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Greetings Fellows,
I'm going to copy my question from the GN-1 list to you; I hope that, in the
spirit of scratch building, you all won't take offense at having a GN-1 question
posted to this list. Thanks, to all as ever, for your help.
Alan
Gents:
I've been following a thread on the Piet list concerning the length of cabane
struts on the Pietenpol. In a sample response from builders, all front struts
were taller than the rear-averaging 23" front and 22" rear. Our GN-1 plans
call for 23 1/4" fronts, and 23 1/2" rears. Are you fellows using these plans
dimensions (are they accurate?) or have you altered the lengths of the cabanes?
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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Subject: | Re: CC: From GN-1 List |
Thanks, Dale, for your response. I'm purdy sure, however, that those dimensions
are the cabane spacing, center-to-center, of the cabanes as attached to the
fuselage.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Johnson
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com ; Piet List
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Alan
My GN 1 plans showes 21" for the front struts & 21 3/4" for the rear struts.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
To: Piet List
Sent: 2/26/2006 7:48:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Greetings Fellows,
I'm going to copy my question from the GN-1 list to you; I hope that, in the
spirit of scratch building, you all won't take offense at having a GN-1 question
posted to this list. Thanks, to all as ever, for your help.
Alan
Gents:
I've been following a thread on the Piet list concerning the length of cabane
struts on the Pietenpol. In a sample response from builders, all front struts
were taller than the rear-averaging 23" front and 22" rear. Our GN-1 plans
call for 23 1/4" fronts, and 23 1/2" rears. Are you fellows using these plans
dimensions (are they accurate?) or have you altered the lengths of the cabanes?
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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Subject: | Re: CC: From GN-1 List |
Thank you DJ. What do you reccommend for cabane dimensions?
Sincerely,
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: DJ Vegh
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
don't do the GN-1 to the plans lest you will fly tail low. Set your wing so
that you have a 1.8=B0 AOI. The plans put the wing at an angle quite a bit less
than that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Johnson
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com ; Piet List
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Alan
My GN 1 plans showes 21" for the front struts & 21 3/4" for the rear struts.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
To: Piet List
Sent: 2/26/2006 7:48:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: CC: >From GN-1 List
Greetings Fellows,
I'm going to copy my question from the GN-1 list to you; I hope that, in
the spirit of scratch building, you all won't take offense at having a GN-1 question
posted to this list. Thanks, to all as ever, for your help.
Alan
Gents:
I've been following a thread on the Piet list concerning the length of cabane
struts on the Pietenpol. In a sample response from builders, all front struts
were taller than the rear-averaging 23" front and 22" rear. Our GN-1 plans
call for 23 1/4" fronts, and 23 1/2" rears. Are you fellows using these plans
dimensions (are they accurate?) or have you altered the lengths of the cabanes?
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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By-The-Way,
Will any of you all be attending SNF this April? My wife is tossing me out of
the house (hope not PERMANENTLY!!!) that week. I'll be there Tues. thru Fri.
Would surely like to meet my fellow Listers.
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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Subject: | Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2" |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Glenn Thomas" <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
I don't know if any of the group are involved with the Pietenpol project they're
building out in Minnesota but the gentleman I spoke with last night said he
made quite a few of the ribs. His name is Ken Terrio and he's going to start
the ribs next week for the Pober Jr. Ace that he's building. I'll find out which
one he's building at OshKosh since he's invited me over to participate. From
what he says it's something they work on every year for about a month and
then reconvene each year. It's reportedly near completion. The airworthiness
inspector seemed to be encouraging me to go that way but I, like the last post,
thought about a comprimise at 3/8" and also chickened out.
--------
Glenn Thomas
N?????
http://www.flyingwood.com
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=18221#18221
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Subject: | Re: Need information on cleaning and storing disassembled |
engine
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Ben Charvet <bcharvet@bellsouth.net>
Hi John,
I've taken 3 Corvair motors apart and each one was a little different.
Some stuff comes apart easy, and some can be a real chore. In William's
book he describes which parts you dont need to bother cleaning, like the
cylinder heads which will hopefully go to a machine shop for a valve job
and get cleaned while there. He recommends taking the crankcase to a
transmission shop to have it cleaned. I've been to William's shop a few
times, since its only 30 minutes from my house. When they assemble
engines at his Corvair Colleges all of the parts are so clean they look
brand new.
Things like camshafts and cylinders will be sent off as cores, so don't
need to be cleaned up much. The original pistons aren't reused, just
the connecting rods, and those need to be rebuilt. Label everything
carefully and put the nuts and bolts in labeled baggies.
In the total time frame I'm looking at my engine parts will end up being
stored for several years before reassembly, but if you keep them dry and
indoors, and a little oily/greasy until you need them they won't rust.
I'll clean them all up before reassembly.
For lots of Corvair info you should subscribe to the CorvAircraft list
at corvaircraft.com.
Oh, one word of caution. I took 3 motors apart to find 2 heads that
were usable, and one of the three crankshafts is unusable.
Ben Charvet
Mims, Fl
>
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Ben Charvet <bcharvet@bellsouth.net>
Hi Alan,
I hope to be at Sun-n-Fun Tuesday through Thursday. Last year they were
building a Piet in the woodworking tent and I got to meet a few fellow
listers there. I'll be wearing a Pietenpol T-shirt, and I got a name
badge made there last year. If you've never been, you are in for a treat.
Ben Charvet
Mims, Fl
Alan Lyscars wrote:
> By-The-Way,
>
> Will any of you all be attending SNF this April? My wife is tossing
> me out of the house (hope not PERMANENTLY!!!) that week. I'll be
> there Tues. thru Fri. Would surely like to meet my fellow Listers.
>
> Alan Lyscars
> Portland, Maine
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Subject: | Re: CC: From GN-1 List |
my dimensions will not be accurate for your application. I have modified my wing
center section spar plates due to me lengthening and widening my fuselage.
just strike a line from the center of the radius on the leading edge to the center
of the trailing edge point and set that line to 1.8=B0 or so and that will
be your AOI (angle of incidence)
DJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Thank you DJ. What do you reccommend for cabane dimensions?
Sincerely,
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: DJ Vegh
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
don't do the GN-1 to the plans lest you will fly tail low. Set your wing so
that you have a 1.8=B0 AOI. The plans put the wing at an angle quite a bit
less than that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Johnson
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com ; Piet List
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: CC: From GN-1 List
Alan
My GN 1 plans showes 21" for the front struts & 21 3/4" for the rear struts.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lyscars
To: Piet List
Sent: 2/26/2006 7:48:32 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: CC: >From GN-1 List
Greetings Fellows,
I'm going to copy my question from the GN-1 list to you; I hope that,
in the spirit of scratch building, you all won't take offense at having a GN-1
question posted to this list. Thanks, to all as ever, for your help.
Alan
Gents:
I've been following a thread on the Piet list concerning the length of
cabane struts on the Pietenpol. In a sample response from builders, all front
struts were taller than the rear-averaging 23" front and 22" rear. Our GN-1
plans call for 23 1/4" fronts, and 23 1/2" rears. Are you fellows using these
plans dimensions (are they accurate?) or have you altered the lengths of the
cabanes?
Alan Lyscars
Portland, Maine
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I'm planning on going again this year, but not sure of exact dates yet. I am committed
to going to a wedding in Calif on April 1, so I won't be able to bring
my project back there this year.
If anyone wants to make some fast progress on your project, you could bring it
and home with completed tail feathers or fuselage or whatever.
Dick N.
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Subject: | Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 13 Msgs - 02/25/06 |
Craig,
For all members of the Pietenpol Sweinblutten Attack and Bomber Squadron,
PSbABS, they have the privelege and duty to wear our attack emblem on either
side of the fuse between the aft pit and the hor stab.
The Kernal
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Subject: | Re: TACOs head south of the border? |
Oscar,
With all this P and vinegar your exhibiting I'd better get off my Mike Cuy
and finish 311CC as it appears you will need a wing man to keep you out of
trouble on the ground as well as thru those little Mexi hills.
About that plastic tubing for brake linings, on 311 I'm using the same
tubing with those plastic barb fittings and they work great. No clamps needed.
I've tested them with all the pressure I can generate and everything remains dry
with tight brakes. I'm using the same master cyls as on 41.
My test pilot is a regular at Reklaw, Walker spelled backwards, and says
it's great. Fly in, fly over here, you are always welcome.
I'd like to add something which I will Do not archive,
I've lived in La most of my 83 years, North La, South La and in New Orleans
in 48 and 49 until I was recalled into the Korean War. It had been a good life
and I enjoyed it to the outer limits.
Isabelle and I attended a funeral today in New Orleans, Metairie, for the
other grandpa of the marriage of one of my daughters. I thought I had seen the
worst on TV of Katrina. Where we were today was in the middle and upper class
white section and it was hard for us to even look at what is left of a once
beautiful city. Forget the slums, lower 9th ward. These are for TV shock
treatments. They have completely ignored showing the devastation of these
beautiful homes, blvds, parks etc. Isabelle and I both having lived there were
so
stunned with what we saw that we avoided speaking of it during the 330 mile
drive home. What I'm trying to say is, you can't believe it unless you see it or
just don't give a damn.
Corky in what's left of beautiful Louisiana
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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Subject: | Re: TACOs head south of the border? |
Oscar (and Tacos),
Just lets plan it with enough time and I will arrange to meet you (with several
local pilots) in Nuevo Laredo and fly with you all the way here, we can visit
a Club in Monterrey, another one in Sn Luis Potosi, etc.
We have our Yearly Flyin here in Chapala (Club's birthday) in a week end near
the 2 of November (will check the exact date) then we probably can go for
a few days to fly the Pacific Coast...
Probably several local pilots wil join (5 to 20?). No problem with planning,
we can help. Just get advise from the Baja Bush Pilots for paperwork, insurance
and what ever is needed to cross the border, they will gladly help.
Depend on how many days you have for vacations, what places we can visit...
Yes, lots of fun, We plan (dream?) each of our flight for months... Still
dreaming our group flight to S&F... Definitly not this year for me... Still
working on the XB number of my Zenith 701...
This Year my brother Larry and myself have the Events and Flyins Commission of
our Club.
Saludos
Gary Gower.
Oscar Zuniga <taildrags@hotmail.com> wrote:
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Oscar Zuniga"
I was looking at the map of Mexico again (dreaming). To my eye, it should
be entirely possible to fly a Pietenpol from a customs crossing at Laredo,
TX to Guadalajara, Mexico in one day. Mind you, I'm talking about long
summer days with good VFR weather. Now more realistically, what with the
usual issues of getting started in the morning and clearing customs, it
makes more sense to do it in two days and that's the more likely way to do
it. In my case, I would stay overnight in Zapata or Laredo for a thorough
briefing from my instructor Charlie Avaritt, since he's flown extensively in
Mexico and flies there regularly. He also is familiar with the Piet and
knows how best a TACO should fold its way through those mountains on the
way. It sure looks like it would be an interesting journey in a Piet or a
gaggle of Piets.
Anyway, I did get in a nice day of working on the airplane on Saturday.
Everything forward of the firewall is completely ready to roll and has been
for the past few weeks... still just waiting for one spark plug wire and I
will try to light the fire. Meanwhile, I fitted the fuel tank support
straps back into the (new) support framing and tried out the fuel tank. It
needs some tweaking because now the forward top cowling won't quite line up
correctly on the firewall bulkhead top without the tank neck rubbing. It
sure looks nice to get the top cowling back in place after more than a year,
and to sit in the front cockpit with its windscreen in place. I'll tell you
what... it is a VERY short distance from the passenger's face up to where
the propeller is! This is not a large, nor a long, airplane! Working the
rudders from the front cockpit, my shoes nudge the bottom of the fuel tank
occasionally when doing a rudder dance.
Other flights I'm planning/dreaming of (besides Brodhead, of course)- the
SWRFI fly-in in coming up in May at Hondo, TX. And folks tell me that there
is an excellent, grass-roots fly-in at Reklaw, TX at the end of the summer.
I may just try that one if the airplane is flying OK by then... and Reklaw
is only about 100 SM from Shreveport so it would be an easy hop to the land
of crawfish jambalaya and Corky's shop. Then there's Sterling's
always-windy "Knot-2-Shabby" field and we can sneak a few cold Negro Modelos
while we shoot .44s and .45s and make lots of noise. (Hey, Sterling- I
handload for a .45LC Taurus revolver that I have, shooting "flying ashcan"
hollowpoints. Get some overripe watermelons!) I also have a Contender with
a short .30-30 barrel and I'll bet I can pulverize an empty beer can at, oh,
at least 30 paces ;o)
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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