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1. 08:24 AM - landings---straight axle gear (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC])
2. 02:54 PM - Fw: FlyChallenger: Air Force Test (KMHeide)
3. 06:35 PM - 3 Piece Wing Plans (Glenn Thomas)
4. 06:50 PM - Re: 3 Piece Wing Plans (Dick Navratil)
5. 06:56 PM - Pietenpol news letter (Steve Singleton)
6. 06:59 PM - winter (Dick Navratil)
7. 07:07 PM - Re: Pietenpol news letter (Dick Navratil)
8. 07:21 PM - Re: Pietenpol news letter (Steve Singleton)
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| Subject: | landings---straight axle gear |
Roger-- I agree with all of the posts pretty much except for the fact
that if you use the straight axle landing gear with motorcycle
wheels you have no excuse to point at the gear for a lousy landing or
ground loop. (unless you have a tailwheel fail or tailwheel steering
spring pop off on one side) Those with Cub or split axle landing gears
have to insure that they have good alignment built into their landing
gear legs so they track true down the runway on takeoff and landing.
(not as easy to build them that perfect as it might seem) With the
straight axle gear you have zero toe-in, toe-out, camber, or
caster----your wheels are dead nuts straight and that makes landing a
joy and
tracking easy. Even in stiff crosswinds you just dig your wing in low
into the wind on final and wheel land if you like or full stall and the
straight gear will be honest with you every single time. Any landing
problems that I have experienced were my own doing, own fault and
had nothing to do with my straight axle landing gear.
Mike C.
PS-- the two main things that make the straight axle landing gear
difficult to land are: 1) bungee cords wrapped way too tight with no
'give' or
shock absorption and 2) motorcycle tires over inflated giving too much
bounce/rebound on landings. You have to play with each of these
variables
to get them like grandma's feather bed......juuuuust right.
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| Subject: | Fwd: FlyChallenger: Air Force Test |
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| Subject: | 3 Piece Wing Plans |
Distances between ribs are only shown on the 1 piece wing plans. Have 3 piece
wing builders just scooted the first rib from the root in changing position from
11" between the first 2 ribs to 9" keeping the other measurements of the 1
pc wing? ...or does that cause interference with the drag and anti-drag wires?
...or do you just move them to positions that are close to the measurements
for 1 pc wing and slide to a place to eliminate interference, record the spacing
and repeat symetrically on the other side? Not ready to do this yet, just
planning it out.
Thanks
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Glenn Thomas
N?????
http://www.flyingwood.com
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p-931#95931
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| Subject: | Re: 3 Piece Wing Plans |
Glenn
Do you have the 3 piece wing plan supplement? If not, it's worth getting.
There are a few extra details you will need to consider.
Dick N.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Thomas" <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:34 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: 3 Piece Wing Plans
> <glennthomas@flyingwood.com>
>
> Distances between ribs are only shown on the 1 piece wing plans. Have 3
> piece wing builders just scooted the first rib from the root in changing
> position from 11" between the first 2 ribs to 9" keeping the other
> measurements of the 1 pc wing? ...or does that cause interference with
> the drag and anti-drag wires? ...or do you just move them to positions
> that are close to the measurements for 1 pc wing and slide to a place to
> eliminate interference, record the spacing and repeat symetrically on the
> other side? Not ready to do this yet, just planning it out.
>
> Thanks
>
> --------
> Glenn Thomas
> N?????
> http://www.flyingwood.com
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p-931#95931
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Pietenpol news letter |
Would someone be kind enough to post the info on where and to whom to send
money to get the Pietenpol news letter. I used to get it but cant seem to
find an old one to get an address. Thanks. Steve Singleton
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Last night the wife was out with her sister so I had the house to myself
and did what a normal guy would do. I put on Mike Cuy's video and used
Geore Strait's live concert for sound. At the same time I traced out
aluminum sheets for my new fuel tanks.
This Minnesota winter is going by way too slowly.
Not much flying going on in the Cleveland area either, right Mike?
Dick N.
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| Subject: | Re: Pietenpol news letter |
Steve
Subscriptions are;
Brodhead Pietenpol Assn.
c/o Independent - Register
Box 255
Brodhead, WI. 53529-0255
1 yr $16.00
2 yr $30.00
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Singleton" <slsingleton@cvalley.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:56 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol news letter
> <slsingleton@cvalley.net>
>
> Would someone be kind enough to post the info on where and to whom to send
> money to get the Pietenpol news letter. I used to get it but cant seem to
> find an old one to get an address. Thanks. Steve Singleton
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Pietenpol news letter |
Thanks Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Navratil" <horzpool@goldengate.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol news letter
> <horzpool@goldengate.net>
>
> Steve
> Subscriptions are;
> Brodhead Pietenpol Assn.
> c/o Independent - Register
> Box 255
> Brodhead, WI. 53529-0255
> 1 yr $16.00
> 2 yr $30.00
>
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