---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 03/24/13: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:47 AM - Chris Tracy's Progress (Gary Boothe) 2. 02:45 PM - Re: Chris Tracy's Progress (taildrags) 3. 02:52 PM - Steve Dortch's Piet (taildrags) 4. 03:22 PM - Re: Chris Tracy's Progress (Jim Boyer) 5. 06:05 PM - Done covering!!! (Chris Rusch) 6. 06:58 PM - Saturday afternoon patrol (Douwe Blumberg) 7. 10:03 PM - Re: Chris Tracy's Progress (Ray Krause) 8. 10:20 PM - Re: Done covering!!! (Ray Krause) 9. 10:32 PM - Re: Saturday afternoon patrol (aerocarjake) 10. 10:35 PM - Re: Re: Saturday afternoon patrol (Out of Office) (TOM STINEMETZE) 11. 10:42 PM - Re: Chris Tracy's Progress (Michael Groah) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:47:03 AM PST US From: "Gary Boothe" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Chris Tracy's Progress While doing some maintenance at the hangar yesterday, with the assistance of Curt Merdan who was on a lay-over, Chris Tracy dropped by with his beautiful daughter, Rachel, to show us his progress on his wing tank. Looking great, Chris!!! Gary Boothe NX308MB ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:45:43 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Chris Tracy's Progress From: "taildrags" Nice fuel tank! What's the prize for the person who can correctly guess how many Ping-Pong balls will fit inside it? -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396923#396923 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:52:01 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Steve Dortch's Piet From: "taildrags" Anybody seen or heard from Steve since he bought John Kuhfahl's Piet? Last I heard, he had moved it to his hangar and was working up a list of tasks needed to finish it up and get it in the air. John is an A&P and can sign it off when the time comes to begin test flights, and he lives on the field where Steve keeps the airplane. I think that's the way it would work, since the airplane is registered and flew previously, and to my knowledge there were no major modifications made to it in the rebuild so it would be an annual condition inspection with an itemized list in the logbook of things that were done . I'm no expert on that kind of stuff though. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396924#396924 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:22:29 PM PST US From: Jim Boyer Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Chris Tracy's Progress Chris your tank looks good. I liked the picture of the center baffle. So now are you going to seal it or have it welded? if you need Gary's rivet puller send me a note and I will ship it to you. Cheers, Jim ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:05:29 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Done covering!!! From: "Chris Rusch" Finally finished the fuselage this weekend...I had maybe a shot glass full of Eco glue left from a gallon...came close. Prime it this week and paint the next. Then final assembly! I'm very anxious, as I can see the finish line. -------- NX321LR Fully Assembled Tail assembly and ailerons covered and painted. Wings covered and primed, one painted Mitsubishi Powered Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396934#396934 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/image_159.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/image_244.jpg ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:58:04 PM PST US From: "Douwe Blumberg" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Saturday afternoon patrol By way of inspiration... Snuck in another flight yesterday in a tiny break from all this nasty weather. Was 50 degrees when I took off, so only put on my flying jacket, but got cold after about 45 minutes. Didn't see any Huns so I basically spent the time buzzing my house and running the engine at full rpm to break it in. Wanted to visit some grass fields in the area, but they were probably too wet so didn't want to take any chances, so basically am flying off the 40 hrs. You can see the new cooling eyebrows, which work great, but ruin the aesthetic lines of the cowling from some angles, oh well... Busted 20 hours, so halfway there!! Cruise at 2300 SEEMS to be averaging around 70. Keep on building, it's worth it!! Douwe ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 10:03:58 PM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Chris Tracy's Progress Hi Gary, Nice to see you have made it to the airport, flying? Also nice to see Chris is making progress! I have been stalled for the last 7weeks. Gary, what weight fabric did you use on your plane? How about some of you ot her folks? Anyone using the light material, or all the medium? I just took the EEA Fabric class this weekend at Watsonville, excellent clas s. I learned a lot about the Poly Fiber System. Now I must start thinking a bout this. One fellow has 32 yards of the light weight available at a good p rice. Should I use it? I plan on using the Stewart System, but the fabric i s the same. Thanks, Ray Krause Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:44 AM, "Gary Boothe" wrote: > While doing some maintenance at the hangar yesterday, with the assistance o f Curt Merdan who was on a lay-over, Chris Tracy dropped by with his beautif ul daughter, Rachel, to show us his progress on his wing tank. > > Looking great, Chris!!! > > Gary Boothe > NX308MB > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 10:20:28 PM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Done covering!!! Absolutely beautiful! What weight fabric did you use? Thanks, Ray Krause Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2013, at 6:04 PM, "Chris Rusch" wrote: > > Finally finished the fuselage this weekend...I had maybe a shot glass full of Eco glue left from a gallon...came close. Prime it this week and paint the next. Then final assembly! I'm very anxious, as I can see the finish line. > > -------- > NX321LR > Fully Assembled > Tail assembly and ailerons covered and painted. > Wings covered and primed, one painted > Mitsubishi Powered > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396934#396934 > > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/image_159.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/image_244.jpg > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 10:32:29 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Saturday afternoon patrol From: "aerocarjake" While it may now be true that pigs really can fly, that ship of yours is no pig.... it's beautiful...!! -------- Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396949#396949 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 10:35:09 PM PST US From: "TOM STINEMETZE" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Saturday afternoon patrol (Out of Office) Tom Stinemetze will be unavailable for the remainder of the month of March. I will be back in my office on April 1, 2013. >>> "aerocarjake" 03/25/13 00:32 >>> While it may now be true that pigs really can fly, that ship of yours is no pig.... it's beautiful...!! -------- Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=396949#396949 ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 10:42:05 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Chris Tracy's Progress From: Michael Groah Ray. I used the light fabric throughout. It seems to work well. Mike Groah. 414MV Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2013, at 10:03 PM, Ray Krause wrote: > Hi Gary, > > Nice to see you have made it to the airport, flying? Also nice to see Chr is is making progress! I have been stalled for the last 7weeks. > > Gary, what weight fabric did you use on your plane? How about some of you o ther folks? Anyone using the light material, or all the medium? > > I just took the EEA Fabric class this weekend at Watsonville, excellent cl ass. I learned a lot about the Poly Fiber System. Now I must start thinkin g about this. One fellow has 32 yards of the light weight available at a goo d price. Should I use it? I plan on using the Stewart System, but the fabri c is the same. > > Thanks, > > > Ray Krause > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:44 AM, "Gary Boothe" wrote: > >> While doing some maintenance at the hangar yesterday, with the assistance of Curt Merdan who was on a lay-over, Chris Tracy dropped by with his beaut iful daughter, Rachel, to show us his progress on his wing tank. >> >> Looking great, Chris!!! >> >> Gary Boothe >> NX308MB >> >> > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.