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1. 03:12 AM - Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? (rameses32)
2. 04:43 AM - Re: Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? (helspersew@aol.com)
3. 05:48 AM - Re: Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? (rameses32)
4. 11:04 AM - Flight to Dixon? (Patrick Panzera)
5. 11:21 AM - Oldsmobile engine Piet (Will42)
6. 11:22 AM - Re: Pfeifer Sport plans (Darrel Jones)
7. 12:40 PM - Canvas seat sling (Will42)
8. 05:12 PM - Re: Flying an Idea (Jack Phillips)
9. 05:12 PM - Re: Flying an Idea (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation])
10. 05:22 PM - Re: Flying an Idea (Gary Boothe)
11. 06:55 PM - Re: Front fuselage covering (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation])
12. 08:12 PM - Re: Flying an Idea (Ryan Mueller)
13. 08:12 PM - Air Camper and Sky Scout specs? ()
14. 08:27 PM - Re: First trip to Brodhead (Ryan Mueller)
15. 08:37 PM - Re: Air Camper and Sky Scout specs? (Ryan Mueller)
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Subject: | Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? |
Hey, ya don't know if ya don't ask. I was thinking about using layers of maranti
and Oak to make my propeller.
Charley
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Subject: | Re: Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? |
Charley,
I don't think you would have any problems with maranti and oak. I have no idea
what maranti is, but even if it's a little soft I would suspect the oak would
make up the strength. When I observed Jerry Thornhill carve his prop (for the
EAA replica Bleriot) at Oshkosh '07 he told me you can use just about anything
within reason. I used ash for mine. He used mahogony for the Bleriot, and Hickory
for the Camel replica he built.
Dan Helsper
Poplar Grove, IL
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From: rameses32 <rameses32@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 5:11 am
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol?
Hey, ya don't know if ya don't ask. I was thinking about using layers of maranti
and Oak to make my propeller.
Charley
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Subject: | Re: Has anyone ever used Maranti timber in their Pietenpol? |
Meranti is a semi hard wood from Malaysia , also called Lauan, or Malaysain Mohogony.
Class 4 strength, what ever that means. The grain in usually interlocking
and straight. Just wondering if it has ever been used in Aircraft construction.
Every lumber yard here in Austrralia has this timber and the availability
of clear, straight grained lumber is in abundance. I am confident in it's ability
to be used in a propeller, but I am wondering if it has been used in any
structral applications.
Charley
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Subject: | Flight to Dixon? |
Hey gang,
My airline reservations have been made to again this year include Brodhead
before OSH. I REALLY enjoyed myself last year.
http://www.contactmagazine.com/Images/Brodhead-2008-b.jpg
Be sure and view the image at full size.
As coincidence would have it, I've found a project that I'm very interested
in reporting on in a future issue of CONTACT! Magazine and it's located in
Dixon, about 60 miles directly south of the Brodhead Airport. The plan thus
far is to spend all day Saturday at the Pietenpol gathering, and very early
on Sunday, drive to Dixon, conduct the interview and get the photos, then
drive to OSH and set up my booth in time to be ready for Monday's opening of
AirVenture.
So... I'm wondering if anyone who might be flying in, would be willing to
ferry me both ways, from Brodhead to Dixon and back, early on Sunday
morning, and save me about two hours of driving.
I'm absolutely willing to pay expenses, give a receipt for the donation of
your time and plane- CONTACT! Magazine is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation- and
of course you'll get to see, in person, the 1/3 scale B-17 replica in
question.
I'm in the process of putting together a brief "What our members are
building" article on this plane, for the next issue of EAA's EXPERIMENTER,
but the article in CONTACT! will be rather exhaustive as our articles
usually tend to be.
Additionally, I'm planning to cover the Pietenpol event for both
publications as well, CONTACT! and EXPERIMENTER, so I'm really looking
forward to the event even if I can't score the ride I need. :)
Thanks!!!
Pat
Editor@ContactMagazine.com
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Subject: | Oldsmobile engine Piet |
I seem to remember a Pietenpol with an aluminum Olds V6 engine; direct drive as
I recall. Anybody else seen such?
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Subject: | Re: Pfeifer Sport plans |
Tom Winter wrote:
>
> Been away for a while, and have obviously missed something. Pfeifer
> Sport plans? What is the Pfeifer sport? Google doesn't know, so I
> have to ask.
>
>
Tom,
The Pfeifer Sport is a steel tube variant of the Pietenpol. I had my
plans scanned to .pdfs and offered them to the list for $5 to cover the
cost of mailing.
Reply with your mailing address if you would like a copy.
Darrel Jones
Sonoma, CA
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Subject: | Canvas seat sling |
In the mid 80's I built a Heath Super Parasol and fabricated a canvas seat sling.
At the time, I got the material from AC Spruce but they don't have it listed
now. It's the same canvas used in the J3 and Taylorcraft seat slings. This makes
a very comfortable seat and super light too. Does anyone know of a source?
Will
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I'll take a couple, John. Seems like I've seen that picture somewhere
before.
Any chance of getting T-Shirts with pockets for us old folks that need a
place to carryour reading glasses?
Jack Phillips
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Hofmann
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:52 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Flying an Idea
Fellow Pietephiles:
As Brodhead, that other flyin in Wisconsin and the 80th Celebration fast
approach, I have started to design my T-Shirts which the "Bratmen of
Brodhead" will be sporting this year. I thought I would take a stab at
another design or two for the masses. Let me know if there is any interest
and I will put them up on CafePress and you can order as many as you want to
wear. Also I can customize the photo in the middle pretty easily if you
don't like Mike Cuy. I actually think he is okay considering he is one of my
greatest friends. Let me know what you think or contact me off list at
johnnyskyrocket@me.com
-john-
John Hofmann
Vice-President, Information Technology
The Rees Group, Inc.
2810 Crossroads Drive, Ste 3800
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608.443.2468 ext 150
Fax: 608.443.2474
Email: jhofmann@reesgroupinc.com
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That's a great logo for a t-shirt John Hofmann and in all fairness I must tell
the group that the photo was taken by Jack Phillips from his beautiful
Pietenpol Air Camper while we were in loose formation over western Ohio in 2005
enroute to Brathead.
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".Any chance of getting T-Shirts with pockets for us old folks that need a
place to carry our reading glasses?..."
Hear! Hear!
Gary Boothe
Cool, Ca.
Pietenpol
WW Corvair Conversion
Tail done, Fuselage on gear
(13 ribs down.)
Do not archive
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jack
Phillips
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Flying an Idea
I'll take a couple, John. Seems like I've seen that picture somewhere
before.
Any chance of getting T-Shirts with pockets for us old folks that need a
place to carryour reading glasses?
Jack Phillips
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From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John Hofmann
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:52 PM
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Flying an Idea
Fellow Pietephiles:
As Brodhead, that other flyin in Wisconsin and the 80th Celebration fast
approach, I have started to design my T-Shirts which the "Bratmen of
Brodhead" will be sporting this year. I thought I would take a stab at
another design or two for the masses. Let me know if there is any interest
and I will put them up on CafePress and you can order as many as you want to
wear. Also I can customize the photo in the middle pretty easily if you
don't like Mike Cuy. I actually think he is okay considering he is one of my
greatest friends. Let me know what you think or contact me off list at
johnnyskyrocket@me.com
-john-
John Hofmann
Vice-President, Information Technology
The Rees Group, Inc.
2810 Crossroads Drive, Ste 3800
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608.443.2468 ext 150
Fax: 608.443.2474
Email: jhofmann@reesgroupinc.com
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Subject: | Front fuselage covering |
Rick-- nice looking work ! I chose to cover my fuselage and then affix the stainless
firewall (with several small phillips-head wood screws) Worked out well.
Mike C.
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Subject: | Re: Flying an Idea |
We will definitely buy a couple. We've been gazing at that picture for at
least a year as the desktop on my home computer. We were without it for a
short time recently when I upgraded to a big honkin' widescreen LCD;
stretching the image to the 16:9 aspect ratio make it look a bit off.
Thankfully I remembered where I found the original (WestCoastPiet...thanks
Chris!), and now I get to look at in super hi-res. I can almost make out
Mike's grin. :) Thanks John.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:51 PM, John Hofmann <jhofmann@reesgroupinc.com>wrote:
> Fellow Pietephiles:
> As Brodhead, that other flyin in Wisconsin and the 80th Celebration fast
> approach, I have started to design my T-Shirts which the "Bratmen of
> Brodhead" will be sporting this year. I thought I would take a stab at
> another design or two for the masses. Let me know if there is any interest
> and I will put them up on CafePress and you can order as many as you want to
> wear. Also I can customize the photo in the middle pretty easily if you
> don't like Mike Cuy. I actually think he is okay considering he is one of my
> greatest friends. Let me know what you think or contact me off list at
> johnnyskyrocket@me.com
>
> -john-
>
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Subject: | Air Camper and Sky Scout specs? |
I am new to this list and about to begin building my first airplane. Right now
I have a VW type 4 engine being converted for flywheel drive. It should put out
between 60 and 70hp when complete.
Two of the designs I have been looking at are the Air Camper and Sky Scout. One
problem I have with the design is I am a bit "stout" and 6" tall so I am worried
about fitting in the cockpit and airplane performance with 60-70hp and around
400lbs onboard. Anyone have any experience with widening the fuselage 6-10
inches and performance with that kind of horsepower and load?
Thanks
Rodney Hall
Really like the T-shirt design for Brodhead.
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Subject: | Re: First trip to Brodhead |
Mike,
She most definitely is still supportive of my passion for aviation. She eve
n
appears to have acquired a bit of her own. She'll hear and call out
overflying aircraft before I do, every so often. I'll blame that on hearing
loss to mortars and IED's. Yeah, that's it. ;)
We will be at Brodhead this year. I think our time-off starts on Wednesday,
so I think we should make it up there by Thursday morning. We'll be
attending through Saturday, and then Sunday we will be going up to
Fitchburg, WI for the Corvair College at Falcon Machine, and then most
likely make our way up to Oshkosh Sunday evening. We very much look forward
to seeing you there (and everyone else as well)!
Have a good night all,
Ryan
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace
Corporation] <michael.d.cuy@nasa.gov> wrote:
> Brian=97We had a good experience one year early on staying in Monroe at
the
> Americ-Inn or some such similar name.
>
>
> You should look up Ryan and Jess Mueller. He found a lady who is very
> supportive of his passion for aviation and she even
>
> seems to be that way AFTER they got married. Hopefully if you take th
e
> plunge your girlfriend will support your passion for
>
> aviation post marriage. Don=92t discount the value of a prenupJ
>
>
> Mike C.
>
>
> do not archive
>
>
> PS=97I have no issues with my flying and being married at all. My wife w
ill
> encourage me to go to the airport or to go
>
> flying or to fly-in=92s. I=92m very blessed in that regard.
>
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Subject: | Re: Air Camper and Sky Scout specs? |
Rodney,
Well, people have widened the fuse. Usually it's an inch or 2. 6 to 10
inches would be a bit excessive.
You say you are 6 foot tall. That's not too bad to fit into a Piet. But
about the "stout"....you question the performance with 400lbs on board. Are
you referring to just yourself there, yourself and a pax, the total
payload....?
Ryan
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:50 PM, <r.r.hall@cox.net> wrote:
>
> I am new to this list and about to begin building my first airplane. Right
> now I have a VW type 4 engine being converted for flywheel drive. It should
> put out between 60 and 70hp when complete.
>
> Two of the designs I have been looking at are the Air Camper and Sky Scout.
> One problem I have with the design is I am a bit "stout" and 6" tall so I am
> worried about fitting in the cockpit and airplane performance with 60-70hp
> and around 400lbs onboard. Anyone have any experience with widening the
> fuselage 6-10 inches and performance with that kind of horsepower and load?
>
> Thanks
> Rodney Hall
>
> Really like the T-shirt design for Brodhead.
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