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1. 04:09 AM - Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind ()
2. 05:58 AM - Sky Skout Plans wanted (Pastor Mike Townsley)
3. 06:16 AM - Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind (Owen Davies)
4. 06:48 AM - Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind (bike.mike)
5. 07:25 AM - Drum Brakes (Bill Church)
6. 08:57 AM - landing a Piet with a strong headwind (Oscar Zuniga)
7. 02:46 PM - Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind (Don Emch)
8. 03:57 PM - Re: Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind (Owen Davies)
9. 06:13 PM - Re: Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind (Richard Baker)
10. 06:50 PM - spreader bar gear question (Gene Rambo)
11. 08:32 PM - Re: spreader bar gear question (gcardinal)
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| Subject: | landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
You ought to try flying a Lazair into a strong head wind.You actually
land moving backwards.Role out is in reverse.Scary stuff!
Do not archive
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rick
Holland
Sent: March 25, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: landing a Piet with a strong headwind
You know those dreams where your feet feel like they have been
dipped
in big gobs of cold honey and you're trying to run out of a
jealous husband's house ? That's how slow it
feels to land a Piet into a strong headwind.
Mike C. in Ohio
How would you know about that particular feeling Mike?
Rick
do not archive
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Rick Holland
Castle Rock, Colorado
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| Subject: | Sky Skout Plans wanted |
I would like to buy a set of sky scout plans, full size version, I
already have the flying and glider manual ones.
Email me at miket@southslope.net with your price.
Thanks
Mike
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| Subject: | Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
harvey.rule@bell.ca wrote:
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> You ought to try flying a Lazair into a strong head wind.You actually
> land moving backwards.Role out is in reverse.Scary stuff!
>
Years ago, a guy I knew did that at Teterboro--in a Skyhawk! Said later
that he was sure he was going to die, probably by backing into a smokestack.
Owen
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| Subject: | Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
My "air taxi" experience was in a Champ leaving Mojave (Burt Rutan country)
in a surprisingly steady 40 knot breeze. I started and did my run-up with
the wing tie-downs still on. When I was ready, the line boy untied me. I
hovered out of the tie down spot, rolling probably 20 feet, air taxied like
a helicopter to the runway and climbed backwards (very disconcerting). As
soon as I turned downwind, the airport disappeared.
Mike Hardaway
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen Davies" <owen5819@comcast.net>
>
> harvey.rule@bell.ca wrote:
> >
> > You ought to try flying a Lazair into a strong head wind.You actually
> > land moving backwards.Role out is in reverse.Scary stuff!
> >
> Years ago, a guy I knew did that at Teterboro--in a Skyhawk! Said later
> that he was sure he was going to die, probably by backing into a
smokestack.
>
> Owen
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Looks like I forgot to give the link to the website of the drum brakes made
for the Flitzer. Here it is:
http://www.waseyaeroplanes.com/index.html/brakes.htm
Looks like good quality work, even if a bit pricey.
Bill C.
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| Subject: | landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
Bike.mike wrote-
>My "air taxi" experience was in a Champ leaving Mojave
>I hovered out of the tie down spot, rolling probably 20 feet,
>air taxied like a helicopter to the runway and climbed backwards
And you thought Texans told tall tales!
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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| Subject: | Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
I guess my story isn't as exciting as the last one, but I was flying back to my
home strip one day and the wind was mostly down the runway and was reported at
16 gusting to 22. It wasn't too bad but I know exactly what you mean Mike C.
I came down the runway and into the flair and felt like I was jogging along
up and down until it settled on to the strip. The rollout was ridiculously short
and as I rolled to a stop only a couple hundred feet from the threshold all
I could do was laugh. It feels so strange all you can do is sit there and
laugh and think 'That was F-U-U-U-N!'
Don Emch
NX899DE
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=172859#172859
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| Subject: | Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
Don Emch wrote:
> It feels so strange all you can do is sit there and laugh and think 'That was
F-U-U-U-N!'
Years ago, as a student pilot, I went out for a solo cross-country in
the Colt we owned back then. The weather people were calling 10 kt with
minor gusts. I got the Colt off the ground, and the moment it was over
the trees started fighting to keep the wings facing up. Over the next 45
minutes or so, my left shoulder felt bruised, and my head hit the liner
two or three times despite a well-cinched belt. I pretty much forgot
about where I was going until what should have been two-thirds of the
way through the flight. (This did not worry me much, as I was heading
north out of Keene, NH, and there wasn't any controlled airspace to
worry about until much farther than I intended to go.) Then I recognized
the airport below, about 40 degrees off course. I thought for a minute
or so about aiming for my original destination and decided just to head
home. I later learned that gusts had tipped my instructor's Warrior into
a 90-degree bank twice in a 20-mile flight. It seemed exciting at the time.
The point being that I've never been more relieved to get back on the
ground in an airplane that was still working. (Not that I have all that
much air time, alas!) But no sooner had I tied it down and begun walking
to the car than I was looking up at the sky, which suddenly was bright
blue instead of dark overcast, wishing that it were a nicer day to fly
and I could get back into the air.
Owen
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| Subject: | Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind |
We had consistent winds of 20 - 30 just south at Worcester, MA (KORH)which
many times required 2100 RPM on final to 33 so that you could get in a
reasonable number of touch and go's in your allotted hour of instruction.
Dick Baker
www.aerovisiontech.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Owen Davies
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: landing a Piet with a strong headwind
Don Emch wrote:
> It feels so strange all you can do is sit there and laugh and think 'That
was F-U-U-U-N!'
Years ago, as a student pilot, I went out for a solo cross-country in
the Colt we owned back then. The weather people were calling 10 kt with
minor gusts. I got the Colt off the ground, and the moment it was over
the trees started fighting to keep the wings facing up. Over the next 45
minutes or so, my left shoulder felt bruised, and my head hit the liner
two or three times despite a well-cinched belt. I pretty much forgot
about where I was going until what should have been two-thirds of the
way through the flight. (This did not worry me much, as I was heading
north out of Keene, NH, and there wasn't any controlled airspace to
worry about until much farther than I intended to go.) Then I recognized
the airport below, about 40 degrees off course. I thought for a minute
or so about aiming for my original destination and decided just to head
home. I later learned that gusts had tipped my instructor's Warrior into
a 90-degree bank twice in a 20-mile flight. It seemed exciting at the time.
The point being that I've never been more relieved to get back on the
ground in an airplane that was still working. (Not that I have all that
much air time, alas!) But no sooner had I tied it down and begun walking
to the car than I was looking up at the sky, which suddenly was bright
blue instead of dark overcast, wishing that it were a nicer day to fly
and I could get back into the air.
Owen
Checked by AVG.
8:52 AM
Checked by AVG.
8:52 AM
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| Subject: | spreader bar gear question |
OK, you guys with spreader bar gear . . . how much space did you leave
between the ash block and the inner wheel retainer? I assume we need to
leave some space for the shock cord, but how much?
I have the gear finished and bolted on, and I am ready to cut my axle to
length. I just want to make sure I leave enough excess.
Gene
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| Subject: | Re: spreader bar gear question |
Hi Gene,
Two inches is about right for 3 wraps of 5/8" cord.
See attached.
Greg Cardinal
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Rambo
OK, you guys with spreader bar gear . . . how much space did you leave
between the ash block and the inner wheel retainer? I assume we need to
leave some space for the shock cord, but how much?
I have the gear finished and bolted on, and I am ready to cut my axle
to length. I just want to make sure I leave enough excess.
Gene
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