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1. 04:57 AM - Recent Flying (Peter W Johnson)
2. 08:08 AM - step (Oscar Zuniga)
3. 05:01 PM - metal parts (CozyGirrrl@aol.com)
4. 10:37 PM - New $100 dollar breakfast location For Ohio Piets!! (shad bell)
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Hi Guys,
I have at last made my first out landing flight in the Pietenpol. I made
a
trip to another airport about an hour away from my home field. The Piet
and
Corvair performed very well although the weather was very cold (by
Aussie
standards, about 10C).
It was a beautiful sunny day, the Piet flies hands off (short distances)
with just a little nose up trim requiring a little more as the fuel in
the
top tank is burned off. The engine ran very well with the temps just
about
reaching the greens. Even my landings weren=92t too bad!
Cruise speed was around 70kts at 2800 rpm with fuel consumption 18litres
per
hour (around 4 imp galls).
One thing I am going to have to learn for the future is how to read a
map in
an open cockpit airplane. Just as well I knew were I was going because I
couldn=92t get at my map.
I had another flight a couple of days ago with one of my hangar mates
doing
some in-flight videoing. He is a pro photographer so the results look
good.
I=92ll post some to YouTube when I get a copy.
I am hoping that all the days of high oil temps, bent wheels and ugly
landings are getting behind me and I can start having some fun in the
Piet.
Role on the warm weather!!
Cheers
Peter
Wonthaggi Australia
HYPERLINK "http://www.cpc-world.com/"http://www.cpc-world.com
Checked by AVG.
24/05/2008
8:56 AM
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Michael wrote-
> Here is what I've decided to do with my step. It's simple to build
> http://www.mykitplane.com/Planes/photoDisplay.cfm?PhotoName=step1mykitplanes.jpg&PhotoID=3943
That will never work... it's too streamlined to work on a Pietenpol ;o) Seriously,
that is a very clever design and should work great!
You'd better patent it before the CozyGirrrlz decide to sell it as a premade, prefinished
metal accessory ;o) (Which wouldn't be a bad thing, like the front
seat shoulder harness attach fitting and other metal bits).
Oscar Zuniga
Air Camper NX41CC
San Antonio, TX
mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com
website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
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Was pointed out offlist to me by David (dpaule@frii.com):
"Chrissi, It would be worth clarifying the post on the Pietenpol list. I'm
concerned that people without your background might be led wrongly, and assume
that annealed 4130 is the same as normalized."
...and he provided this helpful; clarification:
"Here's a quote from MIL-HDBK-5 about it. MIL-HDBK-5 is the stress
analysists's guide to aircraft metal properties (it's not a process manual
for heat treatment):
"Annealing generally softens the material, producing the lowest mechanical
properties. The normalized condition is achieved by holding to a slightly
higher temperature than annealing, but for a shorter period of time. The
purpose of normalizing varies depending on the desired properties; it can be
used to increase or decrease mechanical properties."
I clearly misspoke at the time, David is correct, annealing is not the same
as normalizing. Typically to bend 4130 it is suggested that in "N" condition
you do not bend tighter than a radius of 3t (t=thickness) but if you anneal
first you can go down to 1t radius. That's a significant difference on a 90*
bend.
An important aside here is how this is reflected in costs of 4130 steel
parts which would have to be annealed for a sharp bend then normalized afterwards
-VS- the cold roll steel that can be bent at 1t off the shelf.
Thanks David for keeping me on the straight and narrow!
Regards, Chrissi
CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware
www.CozyGirrrl.com
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| Subject: | New $100 dollar breakfast location For Ohio Piets!! |
I flew my ass off yesterday, and in the process found a new "Destination" for a
meal. I flew up to Shenandoa Airpark (5 miles north of Mansfield) for a pankake
breakfast (too late for the goodies) and was told by a fellow aviator to stop
by Butler Ohio for lunch. I forget the official name of the airport (not
on the charts) but it is right on the north edge of Butler Ohio, about 15 statute
miles south of Mansfield Airport on about a 170 degree bearing from the airport,
south of Plesant Hill Resivour 4 miles. Open to aviators, about 2700
ft long or longer, and smoooooth, east west, an old farm, and barn is there.
Just walk to the paved bike path (old railroad bed) on the south side of the strip,
south of the barn and walk about a quarter to a third mile to the resturant
(east, or left as you walk out around the gate). Whiffle... something resturant,
good food for lunch and a hell of a neat strip, down in a valley in the
small rolling hills of north-eastern Ohio. Mike
C. it would be about 55 Statute miles for you, about 60-70 miles from Barber Field
for The Sky Gypsy, and any other Piets up there. If any of you guys want
to meet up there for breakfast some saturday let me know, I'm game. It sure
is neat to find new grass airports that you had no idea were even there, and aviator
friendly. By the way there unicom is 122.8.
Shad
NX92GB
115hrs and counting
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