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1. 02:49 PM - Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol (Dennis Engelkenjohn)
2. 03:16 PM - Re: Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol (larharris2 Harris)
3. 03:20 PM - Re: Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol (Gary Boothe)
4. 08:12 PM - Re: progress on Scout (taildrags)
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| Subject: | Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol |
IT STARTED!
The Scrounge Dawg Aviation, subgroup of EAA Chapter 64 (St.Louis, Mo
area) Pietenpol project has now been recovered, painted and started and
the engine run for a while. At about 1 pm today, saturday, May 10 we
propped the engine and it fired up. This is a real milestone for us.
Next we will take it to Parks Airport to the aviation museum and put the
wings and tail on it and finish the rigging and it will be about ready
for our illustrious test pilot '=9Dironbutt=9D Brian
Kissinger to test fly it. I am so excited I could just wet myself.
Hopefully we (Brian) can fly it to Mecca (Brodhead) this year.
Dennis
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| Subject: | Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol |
Thumbs up!
Lorenzo
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propped the engine and it fired up. This is a real milestone for us. Next w
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will take it to Parks Airport to the aviation museum and put the wings and
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on it and finish the rigging and it will be about ready for our illustrious
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pilot '=94ironbutt=94 Brian Kissinger to test fly it. I am so excited I cou
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wet myself. Hopefully we (Brian) can fly it to Mecca (Brodhead) this year.
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| Subject: | Re: Scrounge Dawg Aviation Pietenpol |
What? No pictures?
Gary
NX308MB
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 10, 2014, at 2:55 PM, "Dennis Engelkenjohn" <mushface1@gmail.com> w
rote:
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> IT STARTED!
> The Scrounge Dawg Aviation, subgroup of EAA Chapter 64 (St.Louis, Mo a
rea) Pietenpol project has now been recovered, painted and started and the e
ngine run for a while. At about 1 pm today, saturday, May 10 we propped the e
ngine and it fired up. This is a real milestone for us. Next we will take it
to Parks Airport to the aviation museum and put the wings and tail on it an
d finish the rigging and it will be about ready for our illustrious test pil
ot '=9Dironbutt=9D Brian Kissinger to test fly it. I am so excit
ed I could just wet myself. Hopefully we (Brian) can fly it to Mecca (Brodhe
ad) this year.
> Dennis
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Had a nice hangar visit from Mark Baxter this afternoon. Mark is up in Corvallis
and is building a GN-1 but was down in southern Oregon visiting a friend so
we discussed differences in the Piet and the Grega and Mark got a pretty good
look at Scout.
I was pretty inspired after the visit and I had just topped off the brake masters
before Mark got there, so I tied down the airplane on the ramp and warmed up
the engine real good (started on the third pull). With the oil warm and the
cylinders lubed, I ran a cylinder leakdown test (aka, 'compression test') and
was pleased with the results. It was actually the first time I've ever used
my new differential compression tester so who knows if I did it right or not,
but I'm learning. I don't think I have the knack for nudging the prop back and
forth to get the rings to seat in evenly, but it was better than my first attempt,
when all I heard was 'whoosh!!!' since I didn't have the piston at TDC
and a valve was obviously still off its seat. The tests showed about 72/80 on
three cylinders and 78/80 on the fourth.
With that all done and no oil whatsoever showing from the new front seal, I replaced
the engine cowlings, walked around the plane again, and declared it fit
for flight testing tomorrow. Strictly in the pattern, and I'm going to hold myself
to three circuits or at maximum, four. Then everything will get the Ace
Mark I eyeball all over to make sure nothing's amiss. Next week promises to bring
bright sunshine and temps in the 80s, so I may just have to go flying before
work one day or head to the hangar after lunch to take the airplane up again.
Meanwhile, I still need to get the radio and cables out and make sure Tower
and Ground can hear me or else I ain't goin' nowhere.
--------
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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