---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/27/14: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:33 AM - GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing (Peter Johnson) 2. 07:19 AM - Re: Sky Scout with Corvair (dgaldrich) 3. 07:50 AM - Re: Sky Scout with Corvair (ribill7) 4. 11:17 AM - Re: Sky Scout with Corvair (Dick N) 5. 11:20 AM - AOPA San Marcos (Steven Dortch) 6. 08:01 PM - Trick (Clif Dawson) 7. 08:42 PM - Re: Trick (taildrags) 8. 08:48 PM - Re: GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing (taildrags) 9. 08:58 PM - West Coast Piet Fly-In (taildrags) 10. 11:40 PM - Re: Re: GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing (Peter Johnson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:33:06 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing From: Peter Johnson Hi Guys, I am about ready to cover my GN-1 and was wondering if anybody had any ideas about the landing gear mount fairing. I have added some wood stringers under the fuse that stop either side of the gear mounts (see page two of the photos page on the website). Is this area faired or just left as is. Pics would be useful. Cheers Peter Wonthaggi Australia http://repiet.cpc-world.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:19:46 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Sky Scout with Corvair From: "dgaldrich" Dick Navrotil is building one to those specs as we speak. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422438#422438 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:50:41 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Sky Scout with Corvair From: "ribill7" Would you have Dick Navrotil's user name so I can get in touch with him? I am new to this forum and I don't see a way to search for someone by name. Thanks Much, BE Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422442#422442 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:17:31 AM PST US From: "Dick N" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Sky Scout with Corvair Hi Bill Yes, I am building one, although very slowly at this point. Dave Aldrich, Skip Gadd and I just put together a set of floats at SNF this year and I am going to Barnwell SC. this fall to continue work on my engine. I figure I need to have the Corvair for the power to get it off of the water. If you have any questions call me at 651-638-0793. I am north of St. Paul, MN. Dick N. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Emidy" Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:06 PM Subject: Pietenpol-List: Sky Scout with Corvair > > Has anyone ever heard or seen of anyone putting a corvair engine on a sky > sout. The model T engine and the corvair are about the same > weight,considering the radiator and coolant that goes with the Model T. BE > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:20:57 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: AOPA San Marcos From: Steven Dortch Flyin at San Marcos was very good. Lots of neat planes. Ron Machado's talk on stick and rudder was on point. Found a Pietenpol being built. Bonanza formation was competitive with T6 formation. -- Blue Skies, Steve D ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:01:51 PM PST US From: "Clif Dawson" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Trick Here's a little trick that cured a VERY frustrating little issue. Just sayin'. :-) Clif ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:42:57 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Trick From: "taildrags" Coulda used that trick several times in the past ;o) Got a trick for how to get small brass nuts on the brass screws that are used to mount instruments to the instrument panel? Those @#$%& things are so small and difficult to start on the screws back inside the panel while wrapping your arms around the top cowling to hold the screw head in place... and not able to see any of it (working by feel, dropping the nut and tiny lockwasher). Space is tight back in there around the instruments, too. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422490#422490 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 08:48:11 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing From: "taildrags" Peter; I don't think I realized that the GN-1 had mounts that ran under the cockpit floor like that. My guess is that the simple way would be to just run fabric over that area and make it taut like the rest. It is quite a wide-open area to cover without some battens to keep the fabric shape though. However, you could also wrap a piece of aluminum over the area and screw it down, which would give you access to the area in the future if it were ever needed to pull the gear back off. Which, knock on wood, none of us ever wants to think about (but I have, and so have you). I'm afraid I can't be of much help since I don't have a GN-1. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422491#422491 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 08:58:24 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: West Coast Piet Fly-In From: "taildrags" I've begun to have my doubts about making it to Frazier Lake. Work has been crazy since about October, with no free time to work on airplane stuff except on weekends. With the coming of spring, my weekends have been taken up with chores related to waking up the yard and garden, repairing damage from the winter, and all that goes with it. Then there was the April 15 tax deadline, the looming April 30 healthcare enrollment deadline, and a host of other time-wasters in between. My carb is going back together and is ready for me to set the float level and finish assembling it. New front main seal is ready to go into place. Engine is ready to start back up again, warm up, and run the differential compression test... then if everything checks out it's out onto the taxiway and runway for some test flights in the pattern if the engine runs up to full power smoothly after the carb overhaul. That's at least two weekends for me. Annual condition inspection has to be done, which is another weekend. With five weekends left between now and the fly-in, I'm going to be cutting it close to undertake a long x-c after all this. We'll see how it goes. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422492#422492 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 11:40:25 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: GN-1 Landing Gear mount fairing From: Peter Johnson Oscar, Thanks, I had thought of both of those. I even made an aluminium cover for it was not happy with the look. Perhaps Ill put it on and see how it looks when finished. Cheers Peter On 28/04/2014 1:47 pm, "taildrags" wrote: > >Peter; I don't think I realized that the GN-1 had mounts that ran under >the cockpit floor like that. My guess is that the simple way would be to >just run fabric over that area and make it taut like the rest. It is >quite a wide-open area to cover without some battens to keep the fabric >shape though. > >However, you could also wrap a piece of aluminum over the area and screw >it down, which would give you access to the area in the future if it were >ever needed to pull the gear back off. Which, knock on wood, none of us >ever wants to think about (but I have, and so have you). I'm afraid I >can't be of much help since I don't have a GN-1. > >-------- >Oscar Zuniga >Medford, OR >Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" >A75 power > > >Read this topic online here: > >http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=422491#422491 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.