---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/22/14: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:02 AM - Re: Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? (Barry Davis) 2. 11:26 AM - Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? (Riegerb) 3. 12:17 PM - those pilots you go to church with....... (Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:02:55 AM PST US From: "Barry Davis" Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? This front seat thread makes me think about something that happened to me in my J3 Cub. Several years ago I was giving a woman from our church a ride. You have to know that she was one of those pear shaped ladies and was a little wide across the beam. I struggled to get her in and belted down. Of course her hung over the seat a lot. I cranked the engine and slid in the back as the Cub was just starting to move. I got my seatbelt on and started to turn onto the runway when she tried to twist around in the front seat and was swinging both her arms wildly in my direction. From all I could tell, she was trying to hit me!. I stopped and hollered at her to see what was wrong. She screamed back so all my buddies could hear over the 85 that she was NOT that kind of girl and for me to quit rubbing her bottom. Well, the ride was over at that point. I didn't want to have her repeat that flailing once we got into the air and I needed to use the rudder with my toes do their thing. Twelve years later, I still wink at her at church sometimes just to watch her face turn a funny shade of red. Barry Davis NX973BP PS: the guys still remind me of this from time to time -----Original Message----- From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jack Phillips Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 11:54 AM Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? --> While the majority of flights are short, if you ever plan to fly it to Brodhead and you don't live in the midwest, you can plan on some miserably long flights. I've flown mine to Brodhead 5 times, and each time requires about 13 hours flying time, each way. One year I did it all in one day (never again!). I took off from Raleigh NC just before dawn and landed at Brodhead about 20 minutes after sunset. I've done a number of cross-countries in mine (other than going to and from Brodhead), ranging from an hour and a half to five hours or more, so don't think you'll never fly more than 30 minutes. Jack Phillips NX899JP Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia -----Original Message----- From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of taildrags Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 12:09 AM Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? --> I'm with 'tools' as far as duration of flights. Many of mine, 0.5 or so in the logbook, are just to get the airplane out, warm up the oil, and make a couple of circuits of the field to stay current and to challenge my skills. For this type of flight you won't be up long enough to feel the seat padding, the cold or heat, or much of anything else... the thrill of flight will be the dominant sensation. The next most popular type of flight that I make, anywhere from 0.5 to 1.0 in the logbook, is when I go out to survey the landscape, observe enemy movements, and sometimes to run through stalls and airmanship maneuvers. I'll make a strafing run on a freight train or suspected enemy encampment as needed to confirm Vne in a maximum dive and pull-up after dropping my bombs on the train, but mostly I'll be at 1500-2000 MSL looking at the scenery, the change of seasons, and just enjoying the airplane. For these flights, I might notice my headset 'clamping' towards the end of a flight, or I might feel a chill up my pants legs if the air is cool, or I might notice having to hold aft stick if the nose tank was full when I started- but not much else. This is Pietenpoling at its finest. The least frequent type of flight that I make is in excess of 1.0 in the logbook and can be a hop over to a nearby field for an event, or a short x-c, or in a rare instance, a "long" (for me) x-c of several fuel stops and a day or so of travel each way. On those flights, I definitely notice the seat padding, the suitability of my clothing for the weather, the CG shift as fuel burns, the tightness of the headset, and a lot of other things as the flight progresses. After about 2.0, I want to get on the ground, stretch, fuel up, check oil, and inspect the airplane. I have never flown Scout for more than about 4.0 at a time, so you iron-butt guys will have to chime in here. I can say that the angle of the seat bottom really begins to play a big part in cockpit comfort after 2.0 in the seat, or maybe it's just us slimmer pilots, because my tailbones really begin to feel the plywood seat bottom after about 90-120 minutes in the seat. There is no way for me to shift my weight onto my thighs because of the geometric relationship of the rudder bar to the pilot's seat, so I settle into the "lift and shift" weight transfer mode and tough it out after that. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=432063#432063 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:26:44 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Making airplane noises... lower the seat? From: "Riegerb" bed(at)mindspring.com wrote: > This front seat thread makes me think about something that happened to me in > my J3 Cub. Several years ago I was giving a woman from our church a ride. > You have to know that she was one of those pear shaped ladies and was a > little wide across the beam. I struggled to get her in and belted down. Of > course her hung over the seat a lot. I cranked the engine and slid in the > back as the Cub was just starting to move. I got my seatbelt on and started > to turn onto the runway when she tried to twist around in the front seat and > was swinging both her arms wildly in my direction. From all I could tell, > she was trying to hit me!. I stopped and hollered at her to see what was > wrong. She screamed back so all my buddies could hear over the 85 that she > was NOT that kind of girl and for me to quit rubbing her bottom. Well, the > ride was over at that point. I didn't want to have her repeat that flailing > once we got into the air and I needed to use the rudder with my toes do > their thing. Twelve years later, I still wink at her at church sometimes > just to watch her face turn a funny shade of red. > Barry Davis > NX973BP > PS: the guys still remind me of this from time to time > > -- Hahaha! -------- riegerpietenpol.tumblr.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=432159#432159 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:17:33 PM PST US From: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-LME0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]" Subject: Pietenpol-List: those pilots you go to church with....... Oh my gosh Barry, what a GREAT story! Too bad that lady from church never got to experience what fun it would have been to experience a ride in your J3 Piper Cub! Her loss. Shame she'll never get an offer of a ride in your Piet from you! Has she lost any weight? (sorry....I should talk!) Mike C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.