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1. 06:34 AM - For Sale (Jonathan Scholl)
2. 06:54 AM - tailwheel steering arm question (Douwe Blumberg)
3. 09:33 AM - tailwheel steering arm question (Oscar Zuniga)
4. 12:48 PM - Tail wheel steering arm (lshutks@webtv.net (Leon Stefan))
5. 08:38 PM - Re: Tail wheel steering arm (Roman Bukolt)
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A year ago, I bought Sam Marinucci's piet project. Unfortuantely, I will not be
able to finish it either, and offer it for sale.
it's located in Texas. You may have seen it on Barnstormers, too.
give me an email if you are interested, and I will send pics.
Here's is the description:
Complete with the exception of covering and majoring the engine. A reconditioned
Sensenich wooden prop ( 72x42) is also included.A few modifications on the
plane such as a right side passenger door, a cutout in the wingcenter section
(a la Mike Cuy) and a retracting step for easier access to the rear cockpit.
A J3 fuel tank is mounted in the nose section and two additional J3 tanks that
need some repair but are also included.The engine mount has been extended three
inches for better weight and balance and the wing angled back two and a half
inches for the same reason. The engine controls are all connected, as are all
the instruments on the panel. The landing gear is similar to a J3 with C172
wheels tires and brakes. The spars are built up with Douglas Fir beams and 1/4
inch web between them.
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| Subject: | tailwheel steering arm question |
Guys (and gals?)
Just finished building a tailwheel, and am scratching my head about what
length to make the steering arms. How long are yours?
Douwe
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| Subject: | tailwheel steering arm question |
Douwe; you're going to get a different answer from each Piet builder and
pilot as to how long the steering arms are on their tailwheels. On 41CC,
Corky made the arms plenty long and made several holes in each so the
connection point could be changed. A couple of pictures for you:
http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/tailwh01.jpg shows the arms on Ernie
Moreno's Piet, about as short as any you'll see.
http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/P6090001.JPG shows the ones on 41CC and you
can see that I'm using the center holes on each arm. The outer holes are
way too far out so actually these arms could be cut down. Maybe this gives
you something to go by...
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Tail wheel steering arm |
I made my steering arms looong. About 12 inches between holes. The
reason is that there was some discussion several years ago that if you
hooked the tw. cables to the rudder cables, the tailwheel steering was
going to be way too sensitive. (note how much longer the rudder bar is
compared to the tail wheel "bar") (leverage over the tail wheel)
Hopefully this will slow the steering down some. In a perfect Piet world
the tail wheel cables ought to be placed on the rudder bar at he same
distance out from the center pivot as they are on the tail wheel, but
this is a routing night mare. I used these split bolts to attach the
tail wheel cables to the rudder cables-2 each side for safety and they
are in the cockpit for easy pre flight check. All this said, I haven't
flown yet and it may all probe unsuccessful and it will be back to the
drawing board. Leon S. in Wind swept Ks.
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| Subject: | Re: Tail wheel steering arm |
On my Piet the rudder horn and the tail wheel arms are the same length.
Also the cables to the tail wheel are attached to the rudder cables aft of
where they exit the fuselage about 18" ahead of the rudder horn. But then
my rudder horn is down near the bottom of my rudder..
Steering is not sensitive and actually very comfortable in controlling the
turns.
Roman Bukolt NX20795
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Stefan" <lshutks@webtv.net>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:47 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tail wheel steering arm
>
> I made my steering arms looong. About 12 inches between holes. The
> reason is that there was some discussion several years ago that if you
> hooked the tw. cables to the rudder cables, the tailwheel steering was
> going to be way too sensitive. (note how much longer the rudder bar is
> compared to the tail wheel "bar") (leverage over the tail wheel)
> Hopefully this will slow the steering down some. In a perfect Piet world
> the tail wheel cables ought to be placed on the rudder bar at he same
> distance out from the center pivot as they are on the tail wheel, but
> this is a routing night mare. I used these split bolts to attach the
> tail wheel cables to the rudder cables-2 each side for safety and they
> are in the cockpit for easy pre flight check. All this said, I haven't
> flown yet and it may all probe unsuccessful and it will be back to the
> drawing board. Leon S. in Wind swept Ks.
>
>
>
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