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1. 12:21 AM - Re: windscreen height (nightmare)
2. 05:47 AM - Re: 3 Pierre's (Don Emch)
3. 06:12 AM - seat height (Douwe Blumberg)
4. 06:41 AM - A great Piet-Venture (Douwe Blumberg)
5. 06:56 AM - Re: aluminum cabanes (aerocarjake)
6. 07:23 AM - Re: Vi Kapler hinges (William Wynne)
7. 08:24 AM - Re: A great Piet-Venture (Don Emch)
8. 01:21 PM - Re: Vi Kapler hinges (taildrags)
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| Subject: | Re: windscreen height |
Douwe; could you tell me the name of those fasteners you have to fasten that rear
hatch? or better yet, where i could find them. thanks: Paul
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Paul Donahue
Started 8-3-12
do not archive
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THE Jim Kinsella!? Douwe, did you talk him into flying his beautiful Piet back
to Brodhead this year?
Don Emch
NX899DE
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Hey jeff,
I'm 5"9' and pretty "standard" (1930's American standard) build.
I actually did drop the seat down a bit by making an oval cutout and forming
a shallow fiberglass "bowl" to glue into it. Can't see it with the cushions
on, but probably drops me down two inches and doesn't interfere with the
controls.
Douwe
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| Subject: | A great Piet-Venture |
Had a great "Piet-venture" this weekend!!
Some friends invited me down to "Thunder over Louisville", one of the
largest fireworks displays in the country, preceded by a day full of air
show acts.
I'm about an hour north and the weather looked nice so I invited a friend to
fly RE-PIET down with me. Jim Kinsella got permission for me to fly into
the strip where he keeps his beautiful Pietenpol. So we took off early,
buzzed my friends barn to let 'em know we had arrived and headed to the
airstrip where Jim (and his 1943 Indian motorcycle) and Jeff Faith were
there to welcome us. The strip was trickier than I had remembered. 1700',
sloping, power lines on one end and trees on the other and the old quandary;
"do I land into the wind, over the wires downhill?? Or use the better
approach over the trees uphill but with a bit of a tailwind??". Add one
maxed out Pietenpol and a not super-high time pilot and you get the picture.
Third time's a charm and I got her down pretty well much to my relief. I
had never met Jeff before and it was great to see Jim again. Jim built his
Piet in the nineties and flew it to Brodhead a few times. It's a very pure,
Continental powered lightweight plane. We all know Jeff's beautiful Ford
powered plane which he built in some record number of months. Sounds like
he has the kinks worked out of the engine and will start flying now that the
weather is turning. We're all hoping to arrange some flying together. Tied
RE-PIET down in the lee of the hangar and spent the day by the river
watching the Blue Angels, the F22 Raptor, and a dozen other acts until the
most impressive fireworks show I have ever seen. Winds were predicted to
REALLY pickup at my home (asphalt) field as the day went on so we lifted off
at 7:30. I was nervous about clearing the trees with my big load and the
downhill slope seemed to mess with my angle of attack and delay rotation,
BUT I cleared them okay (just okay) and we headed east with a howling
tailwind. Averaged 54kts groundspeed on the way down, averaged 109 on the
way back. Landed fine and headed off to church!!
It was really fun to see the guys, stretch RE-PIET's horizon a bit and push
my experience level as well.
Douwe
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| Subject: | Re: aluminum cabanes |
Beautiful cycle...! Love the airplane wheels - ha!
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Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)
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| Subject: | Re: Vi Kapler hinges |
Oscar,
I understand the purist calling for a cast hinge, but an engineer like yourself
with CAD skills may want to consider a different angle:
In the last 18 months I have gotten an education in affordable small aircraft part
manufacturing by watching Dan Weseman build the "Panther" single seat steel
tube/Al. aerobatic aircraft. They have now sold about 30 kits, and are heavily
into the manufacturing phase. The kit has dozens of small aluminum parts inside
that all come pre machined, drilled and piloted for rivets on several axises.
They are all very affordably made by selecting available 6061-T6 extrusions
and having CNC routers go after them. The parts are actually less expensive
than castings, have a perfect surface finish, and are vastly stronger than castings.
Vi's work certainly served countless builders, but you could also offer the design
produced differently, a little more updated and completed.
for a look at the Panther and how the detail parts are made, click on this link: http://flywithspa.com/panther.html
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| Subject: | Re: A great Piet-Venture |
Piet-Ventures are he best! Very cool Douwe!
Don Emch
NX899DE
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| Subject: | Re: Vi Kapler hinges |
William;
Thank you for the comment. A personal note is coming to you off-list, but suffice
it to say that even though the next generation of tail hinges is already in
development, I wanted to make sure that the cast ones were available in the
meantime.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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