---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 12/02/07: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:45 AM - Re: Vi Kaplers hinges (carson) 2. 05:03 AM - Re: Flight Instructors-a listing (jimd) 3. 08:30 AM - up and coming Pietenpol Air Campers (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]) 4. 12:22 PM - Re: Re: Flight Instructors-a listing (Rob Stapleton, Jr.) 5. 01:44 PM - Re: Project for sale (MikeD) 6. 01:54 PM - Re: prop for A-75 (MikeD) 7. 02:38 PM - starting the warm A65 (Oscar Zuniga) 8. 04:56 PM - Re: up and coming Pietenpol Air Campers (Rick Holland) 9. 05:16 PM - Assembly Milestone (HelsperSew@aol.com) 10. 05:25 PM - Re: Assembly Milestone (Rick Holland) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:45:07 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kaplers hinges From: "carson" Thanks for that Rick But I am still having some trouble with the diameter the catalog doesn't seem to give it,the holes in the hinge measure 5/32,I think I have worked out the nut size by matching up the thread size but the diameter has got me buggered. Thanks Carson Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=150000#150000 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:03:18 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flight Instructors-a listing From: "jimd" Found an instructor by word of mouth (with a plane) finally. Has a Texas tail dragger, a modified C-150, called at C-150-T. This month the new Sport Aviation came out, with a good relevant article on biplane design advice, with drag equations and useful info. Also had an article on transitioning to taildraggers. And links to CFI lists that include taildragger CFIs. My technical counselor finally scheduled a meeting to look at my plane, found he had been very busy with doing work on chapter members planes for inspections and annuals (he is an A&P). The community of builders (both online and EAA) is what makes working on homebuilts feasible. Can't imagine what a farmer with a barn and a field (BHP) ... without the internet, or other builders close bye must have faced in getting the first Air Camper going. Jim Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=150009#150009 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:30:20 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: up and coming Pietenpol Air Campers From: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]" Very nice photos and congratulations on putting your one-piece wing on your project Dan ! I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those Air Campers that everyone will delight in seeing on the grass at Brodhead in the next year or two. Fantastic to see more new Piets coming off the assembly line. (er.....workshops) Mike C. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:22 PM PST US From: "Rob Stapleton, Jr." Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flight Instructors-a listing I sent a message to the group with a website link that shows all of the CFIs state by state, but it never made it on the list, if anyone wants it send me a message. Rob Stapleton -----Original Message----- From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of jimd Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:03 AM Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flight Instructors-a listing Found an instructor by word of mouth (with a plane) finally. Has a Texas tail dragger, a modified C-150, called at C-150-T. This month the new Sport Aviation came out, with a good relevant article on biplane design advice, with drag equations and useful info. Also had an article on transitioning to taildraggers. And links to CFI lists that include taildragger CFIs. My technical counselor finally scheduled a meeting to look at my plane, found he had been very busy with doing work on chapter members planes for inspections and annuals (he is an A&P). The community of builders (both online and EAA) is what makes working on homebuilts feasible. Can't imagine what a farmer with a barn and a field (BHP) ... without the internet, or other builders close bye must have faced in getting the first Air Camper going. Jim Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=150009#150009 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:44:21 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Project for sale From: "MikeD" [quote="kmheidecpo(at)yahoo.com"]Members, In barnstromers under the search engine you can find in the project page a nice Pietenpol for sale at a very goods price.....if interested. Food for thought on this wintery blizzardy day! Kenneth M. Heide, BA, CPO, FAAOP Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > [b] If it's the blue and white one that needs the wings finished, it's sold already. -------- Piet-builder-who-hopes-to-be-flying-next-summer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=150078#150078 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 01:54:06 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: prop for A-75 From: "MikeD" Sensenich recently recommended to me to use a 70-42 for an A-75 on a Pietenpol, as opposed to the 72-42 (standard), 72-40 (climb) and 72-44 (cruise) recommended for 65's. In any case, you need to unload the 75 a bit relative to the 65 to allow it to climb higher in the rpm band. Otherwise as you suggest in your post, you end up with the performance of a 65. -------- Piet-builder-who-hopes-to-be-flying-next-summer Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=150081#150081 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 02:38:16 PM PST US From: Oscar Zuniga Subject: Pietenpol-List: starting the warm A65 Thanks to Ben, Walt, and others who provided the excellent suggestions on starting my A65 when after it's been running a while. Worked like a charm. I took the airplane up and flew for a few tenths, landed, shut it down according to the suggestion of opening the throttle just after killing the mags (sort of simultaneously, actually, to keep the engine from drawing fuel through the idle circuit of the Stromberg as it spins down), parked at the hangar and piddled around with some projects for 20-25 minutes then tried starting it. Fired on the second pull. Note to Corky: I performed surgery on the lower edge of the front cockpit instrument panel to improve the knee clearance and make it easier for passengers to get in and out (and fit once they get in). It really helps a lot. There was already a stiffener glued in behind the panel about 1-1/4" up from the bottom edge, so I cut off the part below that and it's much better now. I'll take a picture next time I'm out at the hangar and I recommend this modification to those who are building and can build this slight change right in. Also put the range markings on the airspeed indicator, oil temp, and tach (redline). I've seen various values for Vne for the Air Camper but some seemed too high and others too low (based on Pietenpol's published values). I forget what I redlined 41CC at but I'll check when I'm back at the hangar. While I was up flying, I did stalls both power on and power off as well as put the airplane in a controlled dive to Vne. No flutter, but the airplane sure howls at that speed and wants to go back to 70-75. Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 04:56:51 PM PST US From: "Rick Holland" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: up and coming Pietenpol Air Campers Think of all our garages and everywhere else we are building Piets as one big "Virtual" Pietenpol assembly line (as us computer geeks would call it). Rick do not archive On Dec 2, 2007 8:27 AM, Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC] < michael.d.cuy@nasa.gov> wrote: > > Very nice photos and congratulations on putting your one-piece wing on > your project Dan ! I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those > Air Campers that everyone will delight in seeing on the grass at Brodhead > in the next year or two. Fantastic to see more new Piets coming off > the assembly line. (er.....workshops) > > Mike C. > > > * > > * > > -- Rick Holland ObjectAge Ltd. Castle Rock, Colorado ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 05:16:38 PM PST US From: HelsperSew@aol.com Subject: Pietenpol-List: Assembly Milestone Group, Thanks to all who responded to my notice of progress. I really appreciate it, as it really means a lot to me. At this point I have a whole host of avenues to work on, not knowing which to take. There have been so many things that have hinged on this event. More FUN!!! Dan Helsper Poplar Grove, IL. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 05:25:41 PM PST US From: "Rick Holland" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Assembly Milestone That's the attitude Dan, not more work, just more fun. That's the way I think of it, flying is just something that you are obligated to do after the buildings done. (Just kidding, flying will be fun too, just very high adrenaline fun) ;) Rick do not archive On Dec 2, 2007 5:16 PM, wrote: > Group, > > Thanks to all who responded to my notice of progress. I really appreciate > it, as it really means a lot to me. At this point I have a whole host of > avenues to work on, not knowing which to take. There have been so many > things that have hinged on this event. More FUN!!! > Dan Helsper > Poplar Grove, IL. > > > ------------------------------ > hottest products and top money wastersof 2007. > > * > > * > > -- Rick Holland ObjectAge Ltd. 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