---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 09/13/13: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:20 AM - Re: End of an era... (Jack) 2. 05:28 AM - Re: Prop for C-90? (AircamperN11MS) 3. 05:55 AM - C-90 prop (Douwe Blumberg) 4. 10:28 AM - Re: Routing the tail pieces - table saw modified to router table (aerocarjake) 5. 12:47 PM - Re: Re: Wood relaxation (Chuck Campbell) 6. 02:09 PM - Re: End of an era... (Bill Church) 7. 03:54 PM - Re: End of an era... (Don Emch) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:20:32 AM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: End of an era... From: Jack Well said Sir, thank you! Sent from my iPad Jack Textor On Sep 12, 2013, at 7:15 PM, "G Hansen" wrote: > Hello Group, > > This is to inform Pietenpol people everywhere that I have decided to retir e my Pietenpol CF-AUN after nearly 43 years of fun flying. It is being donat ed to the Reynolds Alberta Museum at Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. It will be preserved and perhaps some day will be on display. > > It has only 862 hours total time which is not very much when spread over s uch a long period. Basically, at this latitude we have perhaps 5 months per y ear that are reasonably comfortable for open cockpit airplanes; the other 7 m onths range from uncomfortable to downright miserable. This, plus the fact t hat I have always had other closed-cabin airplanes to fly, has resulted in t he limited air time of my Pietenpol. Nevertheless, it has been in the family for a long time and I have many fond memories of my kids riding in it when t hey were quite small. My dad was always keen to climb into the front pit and go for a =9Cfly=9D=94even when he was over 80 years old! M y son (now 51 years old) remembers going to a breakfast fly-in when he was a bout 12 and figuring that we had really arrived in high society when we land ed on a paved runway! We have lots of good memories and lots of photos to ac tivate them. > > I have always said that I would never sell my Pietenpol because it is an o ld friend and it is one of the most satisfying things I have done during a l ong life (I=99m in my 85th year). I still have a =9CWag-A-Bond =9D to fly and, while it doesn=99t have much of a cabin heater, it i s still more comfortable than the Pietenpol when the weather turns cool. > > I flew it for the last time on Friday September 6, 2013 for 35 minutes. It was a beautiful autumn evening, the air was smooth and we (the Pietenpol an d I) had a lovely flight. Another great memory... > > Hopefully all you Pietenpol owners and builders out there will enjoy your a irplanes as much and for as long as I have enjoyed mine. > > Graham Hansen Camrose, Alberta, Canada > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:28:34 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Prop for C-90? From: "AircamperN11MS" Call Cloudcar Props. He is very good at what he does. Others on the list fly his prop and have nothing but good to say about them.. He is good at matching up the Plane, engine and prop for best performance. Someone on the list should have his number. -------- Scott Liefeld Flying N11MS since March 1972 Steel Tube C-85-12 Wire Wheels Brodhead in 1996 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=408552#408552 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:55:04 AM PST US From: "Douwe Blumberg" Subject: Pietenpol-List: C-90 prop Hey Tom, I've been flying RE-PIET with a C-90 for about a year now. Mine is a modified 0-200 and is nice and fresh, so probably comparable to yours. The C-90 makes a fantastic engine for Piet because it produces it's torque at relatively low speeds allowing one to swing the long props that draggy airframes like best. It is the most popular engine in the UK where their planes weigh a bit more and they predominantly use all variants of the Continental. Do NOT use an 0-200 prop. I wanted to my prop to be "as long as possible, as long as possible" and therefore started with the dimensions a Ford swings, which is 76X42 or 44(ish) I got a list of all the engine/prop combos in the UK and found very little commonality (plus some very odd measurements). I then spent some time on the phone with Jay at Cloud Car Props and we decided he'd make me up a 76" long prop which he THOUGHT the engine would spin up. He said if it didn't, to simply return it and he'd shorten it until it was just right. No need to return it, it spins up just great and performs well. It is a Cloud Car 76" diameter, but I can't remember the pitch (maybe 42??). I'm sure he has it in his records if you'd care to contact him at cloudcards@verizon.net I'd suggest you get a prop from him, as he's done this before. Tell him you want to know what he made for Douwe Blumberg's Pietenpol. The prop he made keeps the engine exactly within it's factory recommended rpm range and being nice and long really does a good job flying the plane (at least I like it). Douwe Feel free to contact me offline or call if you want any more info. 805 573 3564 (KY) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:28:09 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Routing the tail pieces - table saw modified to router table From: "aerocarjake" Thanks Jack - appreciate the comments............... Do not archive -------- 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=408557#408557 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:47:07 PM PST US From: Chuck Campbell Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wood relaxation If I esblished that criterior=2C I would rarely get to fly -- there are a f ew days every year when the temp gets that high -- but not very many. Chuc k > Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wood relaxation > From: Scott.liefeld@lacity.org > Date: Thu=2C 12 Sep 2013 14:02:44 -0700 > To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com > ity.org> > > My wife and I once made a one hour flight in 21 degree temp. When we lan ded she couldn't speak. Her jaw was frozen. We poured hot tea down her an d when she could speak again her first words were. I'm flying home in Bobs plane. He has windows and a heater. We were pretty young back then. My new rule is=2C I don't go flying unless the temperature is at least as high as I am old. That would be 52 degrees this year. > > -------- > Scott Liefeld > Flying N11MS since March 1972 > Steel Tube > C-85-12 > Wire Wheels > Brodhead in 1996 > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=408523#408523 > > > > > > > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 02:09:44 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: End of an era... From: "Bill Church" Whenever I see that a post on this forum is from Graham Hansen, I know that it will be something worth reading. This post is no exception. Graham, I hope that you will continue to contribute to the discussions after you let your old friend go to stay at the museum. Bill C. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=408561#408561 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 03:54:49 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: End of an era... From: "Don Emch" Thank you Graham for contributing so much to the Pietenpol lore for all those years! 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