---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/13/14: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:21:38 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: windscreen height From: "nightmare" 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 -------- Paul Donahue Started 8-3-12 do not archive Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421949#421949 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:47:03 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: 3 Pierre's From: "Don Emch" THE Jim Kinsella!? Douwe, did you talk him into flying his beautiful Piet back to Brodhead this year? Don Emch NX899DE Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421950#421950 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:12:50 AM PST US From: "Douwe Blumberg" Subject: Pietenpol-List: seat height 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 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:41:12 AM PST US From: "Douwe Blumberg" Subject: Pietenpol-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:56:04 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: aluminum cabanes From: "aerocarjake" Beautiful cycle...! Love the airplane wheels - ha! -------- 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=421953#421953 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:23:28 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler hinges From: "William Wynne" 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 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421954#421954 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:24:34 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: A great Piet-Venture From: "Don Emch" Piet-Ventures are he best! Very cool Douwe! Don Emch NX899DE Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421955#421955 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 01:21:21 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler hinges From: "taildrags" 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. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421956#421956 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.