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1. 12:45 AM - slightly off topic (DJ Vegh)
2. 06:00 AM - Re: slightly off topic (Mike Volckmann)
3. 06:33 AM - Brodhead '99 and some sad news (Oscar Zuniga)
4. 07:06 AM - Re: slightly off topic (ALAN LYSCARS)
5. 07:17 AM - Re: slightly off topic (Rick Holland)
6. 07:51 AM - Re: slightly off topic (bike.mike)
7. 08:27 AM - Re: slightly off topic (Brian Kraut)
8. 08:35 AM - Re: great EAA video on Piets!!!!!!! (Bill Church)
9. 08:46 AM - EAA Video (AMsafetyC@aol.com)
10. 09:05 AM - Re: slightly off topic (DJ Vegh)
11. 09:16 AM - EAA Piet video (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC])
12. 09:20 AM - Re: EAA Piet video (RAMPEYBOY@aol.com)
13. 09:35 AM - Mike Cuy and the eternal fountain of youth (Oscar Zuniga)
14. 09:47 AM - Re: EAA Piet video (AMsafetyC@aol.com)
15. 10:12 AM - Re: EAA Piet video (Bryan Lowe)
16. 10:35 AM - Re: EAA Piet video (Ben Ramler)
17. 10:36 AM - testimonial (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC])
18. 10:46 AM - Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news (Michael Silvius)
19. 12:01 PM - Piet DVD (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC])
20. 12:50 PM - Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news (Graham Hansen)
21. 03:03 PM - Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news (Don Emch)
22. 04:53 PM - Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news (Dick Navratil)
23. 10:47 PM - Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news (Darrel Jones)
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| Subject: | slightly off topic |
But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around this
forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys anymore...
just busy with new work.
This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360=B0 spherical
panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
DJ Vegh
AZ ChopperCam
Mesa, AZ
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| Subject: | Re: slightly off topic |
DJ,=0A=0AVery cool.=0A=0AMike=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: D
J Vegh <dj@veghdesign.com>=0ATo: pietenpol-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Frida
y, January 11, 2008 1:44:55 AM=0ASubject: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topi
c=0A=0A=0ABut hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around
this forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys anymore...
just busy with new work.=0A =0AThis is what I am doing these days. Shootin
g 360=B0 spherical panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
=0A =0Ahttp://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm=0A =0Ahttp://azchoppe
rcam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm=0A =0Ahttp://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_mon
roe.shtm=0A =0Ahttp://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm=0A =0A =0AD
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| Subject: | Brodhead '99 and some sad news |
Steve;
To me, there would be no question... rebuild the airplane and get it back i
n the air! You can't build another one quicker than you can rebuild one th
at you already have, and once you've built one, repairing and rebuilding is
far easier than trying to figure out a new one from scratch.
Or sell it to somebody here who is looking for a way to get into the game.
I've always liked the paint job on your airplane, too...Oscar ZunigaSan Ant
onio, TXmailto: taildrags@hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: slightly off topic |
Nice work DJ!
Al Lyscars
Manchester, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: DJ Vegh
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:44 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topic
But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around this
forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys anymore...
just busy with new work.
This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360=B0 spherical
panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
DJ Vegh
AZ ChopperCam
Mesa, AZ
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| Subject: | Re: slightly off topic |
Neat stuff DJ, one question, how come you can't do a vertical 360? Just in
the horizontal direction? I quess the question would only occur to aviation
types.
Rick
On Jan 11, 2008 1:44 AM, DJ Vegh <dj@veghdesign.com> wrote:
> But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around this
> forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys anymore... jus
t
> busy with new work.
>
> This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360=B0 spherical panoramas.
> Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
>
> http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
>
> http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
>
> http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
>
> http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
>
>
> DJ Vegh
> AZ ChopperCam
> Mesa, AZ
>
> *
>
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Rick Holland
ObjectAge Ltd.
Castle Rock, Colorado
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| Subject: | Re: slightly off topic |
I didn't try the other shots, but the downtown Phoenix shot is very
nearly 360 in all directions.
Mike Hardaway
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Holland
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topic
Neat stuff DJ, one question, how come you can't do a vertical 360?
Just in the horizontal direction? I quess the question would only occur
to aviation types.
Rick
On Jan 11, 2008 1:44 AM, DJ Vegh < dj@veghdesign.com> wrote:
But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around
this forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys
anymore... just busy with new work.
This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360=B0 spherical
panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
DJ Vegh
AZ ChopperCam
Mesa, AZ
" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
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ObjectAge Ltd.
Castle Rock, Colorado
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| Subject: | slightly off topic |
Does not say it on the site, but holding the shift key will zoom in and ctrl
will zoom out.
Brian Kraut
Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
www.engalt.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of bike.mike
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:00 AM
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topic
I didn't try the other shots, but the downtown Phoenix shot is very nearly
360 in all directions.
Mike Hardaway
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Holland
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topic
Neat stuff DJ, one question, how come you can't do a vertical 360? Just
in the horizontal direction? I quess the question would only occur to
aviation types.
Rick
On Jan 11, 2008 1:44 AM, DJ Vegh < dj@veghdesign.com> wrote:
But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around this
forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys anymore... just
busy with new work.
This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360 spherical
panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
DJ Vegh
AZ ChopperCam
Mesa, AZ
" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
tp://forums.matronics.com
_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution
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ObjectAge Ltd.
Castle Rock, Colorado
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List">http://www.matronic
s.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List
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| Subject: | great EAA video on Piets!!!!!!! |
How is it that Mike Cuy looks so young in the video, but his plane looks
the same as it does now?
By the way, that was a good video. Lots of nice footage.
Bill C.
do not archive
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I checked out the video, pretty neat stuff, I can vaguely remember a show
years ago that feature the Pietenpol on TV I think it was an hour show by one of
the discovery channels. That's the thing that captivated me and made me want
to know more and ultimately build one.
I would love to purchase a copy of the show, however have no idea where one
would find it, I don't believe it was a speed channel show, but it may have
been when they featured the Wings segments.
Any remember the show? or know where I can get some info about it or a DVD
copy?
It was a great show and interviewed a bunch of people while introducing the
poor uneducated populous about the designer, the process and the bird.
John
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| Subject: | Re: slightly off topic |
Rick,
not quite sure what you mean but on most of the panoramas you can view
any angle you desire. Straight up or straight down included.
There's quite a trick to not having the helicopter and camera mount in
the shot. Primarily the tailboom and landing gear skids and the vertical
view. Trade secret!
DJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Holland
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: slightly off topic
Neat stuff DJ, one question, how come you can't do a vertical 360?
Just in the horizontal direction? I quess the question would only occur
to aviation types.
Rick
On Jan 11, 2008 1:44 AM, DJ Vegh < dj@veghdesign.com> wrote:
But hoping some of you find it interesting. I don't hang around
this forum much lately. It's not because I don't like you guys
anymore... just busy with new work.
This is what I am doing these days. Shooting 360=B0 spherical
panoramas. Both from a helicopter and on the ground.
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cabin.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_N560KT_cockpit.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_44_monroe.shtm
http://azchoppercam.com/pano_downtown_phx_3.shtm
DJ Vegh
AZ ChopperCam
Mesa, AZ
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tp://forums.matronics.com
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ObjectAge Ltd.
Castle Rock, Colorado
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To Bill Church.......you are 100% right about me aging but the plane
looking the same ! I keep telling my wife that it took me '48 years
to look this good honey'
and she just rolls her eyes.
John...the original production of that EAA video segment was shot by
Speedvision and aired sometime in the late fall of 1999 or early winter
of 2000 on Speedvision and was an hour long special about EAA Oshkosh
1999.
I made that Cessna 210 pilot slow fly to take those air-to-air shots but
good. He was a cocky SOB on the radio too. Photo One my ass.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Piet video |
I can't get the link to work at all now. What happened to it?
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| Subject: | Mike Cuy and the eternal fountain of youth |
Bill asked-
>How is it that Mike Cuy looks so young in the video, but his plane looks
>the same as it does now?
It's a program called "PhotoShop", Bill. By using it, the producers at EAA were
able to knock a good dozen years off of Mike's appearance, not to mention about
two full kegs worth of beer belly and an extra chin. They felt that publishing
the raw unedited footage might lead to credibility problems for non-aviation
types who saw his beautiful airplane but couldn't believe that somebody like
Mike could have built such a beauty, much less fit in it. The voice-over
was not really Mike speaking, either... they have Hollywood studio men with youthful
voices and good enunciation who did the sound track for the video.
I think Mike may have paid them off, too ;o)
The very best part of the video, for me, was hearing Steve's airplane spring to
life. I know that sound!!! Pocketa-pocketa-pop-pocketa goes the A65. Just
viewing the video made me once again pull out my stack of sectionals and keep
plugging away at possible routes and stops to Brodhead this summer.
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Piet video |
Mike,
I got your DVD along with Chucks now I want the official one, any idea how I
can get the entire show DVD its a definite need for my library.
I have a place already for it in my library it will go right next to your
DVD and between chuck and the Great Waldo Pepper
BTW they are not lying to ya, having met ya in Broadhead 07 I can attest to
the differences between the EAA 1999 show, the Mike DVD and the in person
meeting... Sorry The good news and the bad are the same, the good news is
you'll never look any better than you do today, the bad news is: you'll never
look
as good as you once did and I mean it in the nicest possible way!
That my friend is the painful truth
Mike thanks for the info, if you can get a line on how to order a copy of
the DVD from that show I would appreciate the info.
Thanks again
John
In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:17:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
michael.d.cuy@nasa.gov writes:
To Bill Church.......you are 100% right about me aging but the plane looking
the same ! I keep telling my wife that it took me '48 years to look this
good honey'
and she just rolls her eyes.
John...the original production of that EAA video segment was shot by
Speedvision and aired sometime in the late fall of 1999 or early winter of 2000
on
Speedvision and was an hour long special about EAA Oshkosh 1999.
I made that Cessna 210 pilot slow fly to take those air-to-air shots but
good. He was a cocky SOB on the radio too. Photo One my ass.
Mike C.
(http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List)
(http://www.matronics.com/contribution)
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Piet video |
I gotta say, this video was pretty inspirational to me!
Bryan
Seattle
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Piet video |
since we are talking about piet videos. A qiucky for MR. Cuy. Michael do you still
have that video you put together when you were building contraption?
thanks,
Ben Ramler
"here we go again"
----- Original Message ----
From: "AMsafetyC@aol.com" <AMsafetyC@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:47:08 AM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: EAA Piet video
Mike,
I got your DVD along with Chucks now I want the official one, any idea how I can
get the entire show DVD its a definite need for my library.
I have a place already for it in my library it will go right next to your DVD and
between chuck and the Great Waldo Pepper
BTW they are not lying to ya, having met ya in Broadhead 07 I can attest to the
differences between the EAA 1999 show, the Mike DVD and the in person meeting...
Sorry The good news and the bad are the same, the good news is you'll never
look any better than you do today, the bad news is: you'll never look as good
as you once did and I mean it in the nicest possible way!
That my friend is the painful truth
Mike thanks for the info, if you can get a line on how to order a copy of the DVD
from that show I would appreciate the info.
Thanks again
John
In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:17:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, michael.d.cuy@nasa.gov
writes:
To Bill Church.......you are 100% right about me aging but the plane looking the
same ! I keep telling my wife that it took me '48 years to look this good
honey'
and she just rolls her eyes.
John...the original production of that EAA video segment was shot by Speedvision
and aired sometime in the late fall of 1999 or early winter of 2000 on Speedvision
and was an hour long special about EAA Oshkosh 1999.
I made that Cessna 210 pilot slow fly to take those air-to-air shots but good.
He was a cocky SOB on the radio too. Photo One my ass.
Mike C.
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Oscar, group,
I consider myself somewhat of a BS'er too Oscar but it is always nice to
hear from a professional:)
I believe the EAA video is more about the airplane than the owners or
builders in that the testimony we can take away from all of this is that
despite almost a decade of my continued 'growth' around the middle the
Pietenpol continues to levitate me summer after summer not giving
opinion one way or the other about how many more inches of seat belt it
might take to buckle me in. Though it's pilots may age, the Pietenpol
design does not.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news |
Steve:
I am sorry to hear that your baby is broken. A rebuild is definitely in
order.
There is a ready built fuselage on ebay right now I think quite
reasonably priced
It may just be the way to go.
see Item number: 320204694335
Michael in Maine
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Eldredge
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:30 AM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Brodhead 99' and some sad news
Those were the days! That trip by far was the most memorable I've
made in an airplane. It literally brought me to tears when I realized
I was on my first return leg home after Brodhead 99'.
Now for some more tear shedding.
I've put off writing about this for almost a month, but my Aircamper
NX7229R has been mortally damaged in a landing mishap. The poor thing
has had its back broken. I sent it to live with my brother in south of
Tucson for the winter and on Dec 20, he called to say that he was OK,
but the piet was badly damaged when he pancaked it onto the runway. A
non-pilot airpark resident had run a stop sign on the bisecting access
road, and stopped in the middle of the runway when he saw my brother
coming. Instead of simply rolling on through he jammed it in reverse
and backed up. This distraction caused my brother to let the plane
slow, stall and drop to the runway. The longerons and the crossbrace at
the front gear/front lift strut attach point was crushed and buckled.
The fittings were pushed together about 4-5 inches. The wings sagged
down as the gear splayed, but somehow the prop remained untouched except
for a small dent on the leading edge when it hit a mesquite tree when
the poor piet left the runway. The lower cowling was damaged and the
gascolator deformed. Gas spilled, but thank heavens there was no fire.
There were no injuries to the solo pilot. The crash was witness by an
off duty officer and pilot, but since it occurred on private property no
citation was issued. The driver has denied any responsibility and
offered nothing in reparations. Only thing left to do is file a
lawsuit, but that really isn't in either of our natures. We are trying
to decide if the 10 year love affair with Aircamper 29R is over, or
simply another chapter is to be written as we build up or repair the
damaged fuselage. My brother has said he will buy me out and rebuild.
I still have the Stinson to fly, but can hardly imagine being without a
low and slow open cockpit airplane. Something in my head is whispering
0-200 powered? Maybe a new Rotec? What about a 120% scale Piet with
the 140HP LOM?
Steve 'E'
Spanish Fork, UT.
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Oscar
Zuniga
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:37 PM
To: Pietenpol List
Subject: Pietenpol-List: great EAA video on Piets!!!!!!!
Ya gotta see it... Mike Cuy, Steve Eldredge, Lowell Frank, and a cast
of Pietenpols! 8:05 of video:
http://www.eaa.org/video/eaa.html?videoId=1373284259
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Ben,
Yes, I still have my 2.5 hour home production of building and flying my
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members
out of any room you happen to be watching from as well as an FDA
approved substitute for Ambien, Ambien CR, and Lunesta if taken
regularly and
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syndrome, erratic credit card purchases from Wicks, Aircraft Spruce, and
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priority mail US shipping.
More here: http://users.aol.com/bpabpabpa/cuyvideo.html
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| Subject: | Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news |
Steve,
Oscar is right. Rebuild it and continue to enjoy open cockpit flying!
Even if you have to build a complete fuselage structure, you won't have
to build all the other stuff that takes so much time. And you can
incorporate little modifications, based on the experience you have
gained, to make an even better Pietenpol.
Go for it!
Good luck,
Graham Hansen (Pietenpol CF-AUN in chilly Alberta)
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| Subject: | Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news |
Steve,
I'll join the crying too. Once again the Piet structure pulled through to protect
the pilot. That's really great your brother was okay. Like Graham said building
a fuselage might not be a bad idea. The structure itself does go together
pretty quickly. The ambition can get kinda low after something like that
but I'll bet if you give it a little time the desire will really burn to get
it going again! You and your plane have created it's own legend over the last
several years!
I say go for it too!
Don Emch
NX899DE
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=157548#157548
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| Subject: | Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news |
Steve
Very sorry to hear of your loss. If you would seriously like to
consider re-building and take a vacation at the same time, we can build
you a new fuselage in the Wood shop at Sun n Fun. In one week you could
have a basic fuselage. All you would have to do is provide the basic
materials. We are always looking for projects
I will be out of town getting Sun next week so no return posts till
then.
Dick N.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Eldredge
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:30 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Brodhead 99' and some sad news
Those were the days! That trip by far was the most memorable I've
made in an airplane. It literally brought me to tears when I realized
I was on my first return leg home after Brodhead 99'.
Now for some more tear shedding.
I've put off writing about this for almost a month, but my Aircamper
NX7229R has been mortally damaged in a landing mishap. The poor thing
has had its back broken. I sent it to live with my brother in south of
Tucson for the winter and on Dec 20, he called to say that he was OK,
but the piet was badly damaged when he pancaked it onto the runway. A
non-pilot airpark resident had run a stop sign on the bisecting access
road, and stopped in the middle of the runway when he saw my brother
coming. Instead of simply rolling on through he jammed it in reverse
and backed up. This distraction caused my brother to let the plane
slow, stall and drop to the runway. The longerons and the crossbrace at
the front gear/front lift strut attach point was crushed and buckled.
The fittings were pushed together about 4-5 inches. The wings sagged
down as the gear splayed, but somehow the prop remained untouched except
for a small dent on the leading edge when it hit a mesquite tree when
the poor piet left the runway. The lower cowling was damaged and the
gascolator deformed. Gas spilled, but thank heavens there was no fire.
There were no injuries to the solo pilot. The crash was witness by an
off duty officer and pilot, but since it occurred on private property no
citation was issued. The driver has denied any responsibility and
offered nothing in reparations. Only thing left to do is file a
lawsuit, but that really isn't in either of our natures. We are trying
to decide if the 10 year love affair with Aircamper 29R is over, or
simply another chapter is to be written as we build up or repair the
damaged fuselage. My brother has said he will buy me out and rebuild.
I still have the Stinson to fly, but can hardly imagine being without a
low and slow open cockpit airplane. Something in my head is whispering
0-200 powered? Maybe a new Rotec? What about a 120% scale Piet with
the 140HP LOM?
Steve 'E'
Spanish Fork, UT.
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Oscar
Zuniga
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:37 PM
To: Pietenpol List
Subject: Pietenpol-List: great EAA video on Piets!!!!!!!
Ya gotta see it... Mike Cuy, Steve Eldredge, Lowell Frank, and a cast
of Pietenpols! 8:05 of video:
http://www.eaa.org/video/eaa.html?videoId=1373284259
Oscar Zuniga
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-Listhttp://forums.matronics.
comhttp://www.matronics.com/contribution
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| Subject: | Re: Brodhead 99' and some sad news |
Graham Hansen wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Oscar is right. Rebuild it and continue to enjoy open cockpit flying!
>
> Even if you have to build a complete fuselage structure, you won't
> have to build all the other stuff that takes so much time. And you can
> incorporate little modifications, based on the experience you have
> gained, to make an even better Pietenpol.
>
> Go for it!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Graham Hansen (Pietenpol CF-AUN in chilly Alberta)
Steve,
I have a couple of spare fuselage sides here in Sonoma, CA that you can
have as a start if you can find a way to get them up there. We're at
least on the same side of the Mississippi.
Darrel Jones
Pfeifer Sport version, N154JP
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