Today's Message Index:
----------------------
1. 07:50 AM - tail wheel adjustment (Robert S. Edson)
2. 09:58 AM - Re: Jeep Engine (Michael Weston)
3. 10:12 AM - Re: Jeep Engine (Kip and Beth Gardner)
4. 05:37 PM - Re: tail wheel adjustment (GNflyer)
5. 06:43 PM - Re: Jeep Engine (Ryan Mueller)
6. 08:18 PM - Thinking about selling... (Steve Ruse)
Message 1
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | tail wheel adjustment |
Rick I stated it wrong, it wasn't the tail wheels fault it
was my fault. I didn't have it adjusted properly. I have rudder pedals
and I had the tail wheel turning the same as the rudder so the rudder
goes 30 degree and the tail wheel breaks loose at 15 degree so I had no
control. I moved the wheel cable location down closer to the bottom of
the pedal so now when the rudder is 30 degree the tail wheel is about 13
degree and will not break loose during taxi and I have good control. To
turn I use the brake and the tail wheel breaks loose. The FAA inspector
said this should work fine and it does. I have a leaf spring tail
wheel. Bob Edson (Branson Mo)
--
Robert S. Edson
Message 2
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
apparently the path to the future isn't paved with enthusiasm. I'm out.
Message 3
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
Mike,
I think this is just an option that hasn't been considered before.
I'm not sure why, there were certainly plenty of these engines around
at one time (I drove a surplus 1947 Willys jeep that had the engine
you are interested in back in the 80's when I worked for the USGS).
Kip Gardner
On Oct 19, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Michael Weston wrote:
> >
>
> apparently the path to the future isn't paved with enthusiasm. I'm
> out.
>
>
Message 4
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Re: tail wheel adjustment |
Goo looking airplane. but looks like you sit pretty high in there-just wondering
if you get an excessive amount of wind to the face.-looks like the windshield
quits about halfway up the height of your forehead.Raymond
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=410886#410886
Message 5
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
No, it is not. As the saying goes: "If wishes were horses, beggars would
ride"
do not archive
On 10/19/2013 11:57 AM, Michael Weston wrote:
>
> apparently the path to the future isn't paved with enthusiasm. I'm out.
>
>
Message 6
| INDEX | Back to Main INDEX |
| PREVIOUS | Skip to PREVIOUS Message |
| NEXT | Skip to NEXT Message |
| LIST | Reply to LIST Regarding this Message |
| SENDER | Reply to SENDER Regarding this Message |
|
| Subject: | Thinking about selling... |
I really hate to do it, but I'm thinking about selling my GN-1. I
bought it in '05, and have flown it more than 400 trouble-free hours
since then, including going from Indiana to TX and OK to Oshkosh and
back. It is an incredibly fun airplane...I'd rather fly it than the
Cardinal, 172, Pacer, or other airplanes I fly, though those serve their
own purposes well. I even took it to 10,500' once (it was cold). I
don't have to explain to most of you guys how great these planes
are...most of you already know. The issue is that I have two little
girls now, 2-1/2 and 6 months old, and since the first was born I very
rarely fly the Piet, because I always take the older one with me when I
fly somewhere. So, it has only flown a few hours a year for the last
two years, and I don't see how that will change in the next 5 to 10
years. I see no point in letting the plane sit unused, while paying for
the hangar and to keep it airworthy. It would always be in the back of
my mind to own a Piet again one day. My plan would be to buy a fun
taildragger (with partners) that the kids could ride in with me for
pancake runs, hamburger runs, and exploring the area (my 2-1/2 year old
has about 70 hours with me in various planes...at three months old the
new one flew 700NM with me from OK to MN and back).
A picture of the plane about two years ago:
http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/salt/DSC_0622.JPG
My trip home in it, as a green pilot with about 70 hours total time:
http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2005AprilPietTrip/
Continental A-75, Cloudcars Prop
Approx 1,000hrs SMOH
Two cylinders with less than 100hrs
Slick impulse mags
Engine runs great
18.3 gallon nose tank (extended nose)
Around 700 hours TTAF
Built in 1983, new paint in the late 90s.
Ceconite
Narrowed cub gear. Cub firewall forward
Battery on firewall for GPS, intercom and handheld
External antenna on bottom of nose (I kept it at Meacham, under DFW's
class Bravo for a while)
When doing work on the plane, I try to do absolutely top notch work
using the best parts, or I don't do it. I striped and painted the
eyebrows, made new ceramic coated exaust, stripped/painted the valve
covers, just finished "overhauling" the tailwheel, have new bungees
ready to go on it, tires are in good shape, refinished the wood cap
strips on both sides of the fuselage as they were showing wear, built
aluminum skidplates for the pilots feet, etc., i.e., I've tried to keep
it from getting run-down.
$11,000
Will deliver anywhere for expenses.
I sure would miss the helpfulness, mechanical know-how, and general
tomfoolery of this group. Somebody talk me out of it...
Why I'm considering selling:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/882731_3875851994027_490128259_o.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/857973_3838437818696_403070781_o.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1048782_4321221967998_2121877435_o.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/885131_3938321515726_190557642_o.jpg
https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/944778_4589598277238_988261282_n.jpg
https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1173752_4589746760950_1590818820_n.jpg
Steve Ruse
Norman, OK
405-209-9010
Other Matronics Email List Services
These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.
-- Please support this service by making your Contribution today! --
|