---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/03/16: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:00 AM - Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 (jarheadpilot82) 2. 12:53 PM - Re: Fuel tanks (infow) 3. 01:05 PM - Re: Fuel tanks (infow) 4. 01:08 PM - Re: Fuel tanks (infow) 5. 03:19 PM - Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 (taildrags) 6. 06:00 PM - Fw: Rib stitch (goffelectric@comcast.net) 7. 08:40 PM - Re: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 (Ray Krause) 8. 09:30 PM - Re: Fw: Rib stitch (tools) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:00:38 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 From: "jarheadpilot82" Gary Boothe is in Lincoln, CA. You might try contacting him. -------- Semper Fi, Terry Hand Athens, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=454494#454494 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:53:37 PM PST US From: infow Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks You apply the sealer to the to the tank surface and also rivets tips before inserting into the hole! Then once the rivet is set... apply a dab to the outer rivet to ensure a good seal. A good light cleaning with mek after can be used to clean most of the rivets once sealer has set! Usually you will not see any sealer when done Ron | Ron nice looking work. In the last picture I see sealer on top of | the pop rivets. Are they covered completely on the inside | (backside)? | | | From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner- | pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of infow | Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 4:40 PM | To: Jack Philips | Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | | I built my 701 tanks using 5052-032 aluminum and rivets. Used the | | | Flamemaster Dyna-Seal sealant from Van's worked great... messy but | great! All of the mounting flanges came from Van's. The ISS Fuel | level senders come from Van's. The Fuel Level gauges came from | ACS(ISS's). Van's gauges no good here... calibrated for their | tanks! | | | Ron | | | View of left tank.... | | | Left tank covered... | | | Baffles in tank.... | | | Tank venting... | | | Tank vent line.... | | | ISS Fuel level arm sensor bent and installed... | | | ACS fuel cap in place... best method!!!! | | || | || | | || Acceptable but very heavy. The original tanks were made of || | || terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin || | || and 80% lead. It soldered very well. Soldering galvanized steel, || | || which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires || | || special solder alloys and special flux. One method is shown here: || | || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Imxj2_nXw | | || I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it || | || TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet. During leak || | || testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder. || | || After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks. Third || | || time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since. | | || However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together || | || and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when || building || | || the tanks for my RV-10. This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all || | || their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are || | || literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method. It is || | || easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this || | || method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded || | || tanks do (mine included). | | || 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 John Franklin || | || Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM || | || To: Piet_List || | || Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | || | || | | || Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been || | || made of aluminum. Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it || | || by soldering the seams? || | || Would this method be acceptable? | | || Thanks, || | || John Franklin || | || Prairie Aire 4TA0 || | || Needville, TX | | || (And Get Some the || | || Contribution || || Terrific Free || || List || || your || | || generous || || || - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum - || | || many List || || Search & || || much much more: --> || || || - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - || | || --> http://forums.matronics.com || || || you for your || | || generous support! || | | -- | | ||| http://www.matronics.com/contribution
You apply the sealer to the to the tank surface and also rivets tips before inserting into the hole! Then once the rivet is set... apply a dab to the outer rivet to ensure a good seal.    A good light cleaning with mek after can be used to clean most of the rivets once sealer has set!  Usually you will not see any sealer when done
 
Ron

| Ron nice looking work.  In the last picture I see sealer on top of
| the pop rivets.  Are they covered completely on the inside
| (backside)?
|
|
| From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-
| pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of infow
| Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 4:40 PM
| To: Jack Philips <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
| Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
|
| I built my 701 tanks using 5052-032 aluminum and rivets.  Used the
|
|
| Flamemaster Dyna-Seal sealant from Van's worked great... messy but
| great! All of the mounting flanges came from Van's.   The ISS Fuel
| level senders come from Van's.  The Fuel Level gauges came from
| ACS(ISS's).  Van's gauges no good here... calibrated for their
| tanks!
|
|
| Ron
|
|
| View of left tank....
|
|
| Left tank covered...
|
|
| Baffles in tank....
|
|
| Tank venting...
|
|
| Tank vent line....
|
|
| ISS Fuel level arm sensor bent and installed...
|
|
| ACS fuel cap in place... best method!!!!
|
|
|| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Philips"
||
|
|| <jack@bedfordlandings.com>
|
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|| Acceptable but very heavy.  The original tanks were made of
||
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|| terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin
||
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|| and 80% lead.  It soldered very well.  Soldering galvanized steel,
||
|
|| which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires
||
|
|| special solder alloys and special flux.  One method is shown here:
||
|
|
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|| I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it
||
|
|| TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet.  During leak
||
|
|| testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder.
||
|
|| After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks.  Third
||
|
|| time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since.
|
|
|| However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together
||
|
|| and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when
|| building
||
|
|| the tanks for my RV-10.  This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all
||
|
|| their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are
||
|
|| literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method.  It is
||
|
|| easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this
||
|
|| method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded
||
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|| tanks do (mine included).
|
|
|| 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 John Franklin
||
|
|| Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM
||
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|| To: Piet_List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
||
|
|| Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
|
|| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: John Franklin
||
|
|| <jbfjr@peoplepc.com>
|
|
|| Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been
||
|
|| made of aluminum.  Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it
||
|
|| by soldering the seams?
||
|
|| Would this method be acceptable?
|
|
|| Thanks,
||
|
|| John Franklin
||
|
|| Prairie Aire 4TA0
||
|
|| Needville, TX
|
|
|| (And Get Some the
||
|
|| Contribution
||
|| Terrific Free
||
|| List
||
|| your
||
|
|| generous                    
||
||
||       - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum -
||
|
|| many List
||
|| Search &
||
|| much much more: -->
||
||
||            - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS -
||
|
|| --> http://forums.matronics.com
||
||
||   you for your
||
|
|| generous support!
||
|
|                   --
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________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:05:53 PM PST US From: infow Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks Sorry for the large photos... should be smaller! Ron | Ron nice looking work. In the last picture I see sealer on top of | the pop rivets. Are they covered completely on the inside | (backside)? | | | From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner- | pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of infow | Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 4:40 PM | To: Jack Philips | Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | | I built my 701 tanks using 5052-032 aluminum and rivets. Used the | | | Flamemaster Dyna-Seal sealant from Van's worked great... messy but | great! All of the mounting flanges came from Van's. The ISS Fuel | level senders come from Van's. The Fuel Level gauges came from | ACS(ISS's). Van's gauges no good here... calibrated for their | tanks! | | | Ron | | | View of left tank.... | | | Left tank covered... | | | Baffles in tank.... | | | Tank venting... | | | Tank vent line.... | | | ISS Fuel level arm sensor bent and installed... | | | ACS fuel cap in place... best method!!!! | | || | || | | || Acceptable but very heavy. The original tanks were made of || | || terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin || | || and 80% lead. It soldered very well. Soldering galvanized steel, || | || which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires || | || special solder alloys and special flux. One method is shown here: || | || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Imxj2_nXw | | || I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it || | || TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet. During leak || | || testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder. || | || After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks. Third || | || time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since. | | || However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together || | || and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when || building || | || the tanks for my RV-10. This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all || | || their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are || | || literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method. It is || | || easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this || | || method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded || | || tanks do (mine included). | | || 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 John Franklin || | || Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM || | || To: Piet_List || | || Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | || | || | | || Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been || | || made of aluminum. Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it || | || by soldering the seams? || | || Would this method be acceptable? | | || Thanks, || | || John Franklin || | || Prairie Aire 4TA0 || | || Needville, TX | | || (And Get Some the || | || Contribution || || Terrific Free || || List || || your || | || generous || || || - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum - || | || many List || || Search & || || much much more: --> || || || - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - || | || --> http://forums.matronics.com || || || you for your || | || generous support! || | | -- | | ||| http://www.matronics.com/contribution
Sorry for the large photos... should be smaller!
Ron

| Ron nice looking work.  In the last picture I see sealer on top of
| the pop rivets.  Are they covered completely on the inside
| (backside)?
|
|
| From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-
| pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of infow
| Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 4:40 PM
| To: Jack Philips <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
| Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
|
| I built my 701 tanks using 5052-032 aluminum and rivets.  Used the
|
|
| Flamemaster Dyna-Seal sealant from Van's worked great... messy but
| great! All of the mounting flanges came from Van's.   The ISS Fuel
| level senders come from Van's.  The Fuel Level gauges came from
| ACS(ISS's).  Van's gauges no good here... calibrated for their
| tanks!
|
|
| Ron
|
|
| View of left tank....
|
|
| Left tank covered...
|
|
| Baffles in tank....
|
|
| Tank venting...
|
|
| Tank vent line....
|
|
| ISS Fuel level arm sensor bent and installed...
|
|
| ACS fuel cap in place... best method!!!!
|
|
|| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Philips"
||
|
|| <jack@bedfordlandings.com>
|
|
|| Acceptable but very heavy.  The original tanks were made of
||
|
|| terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin
||
|
|| and 80% lead.  It soldered very well.  Soldering galvanized steel,
||
|
|| which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires
||
|
|| special solder alloys and special flux.  One method is shown here:
||
|
|
|
|| I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it
||
|
|| TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet.  During leak
||
|
|| testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder.
||
|
|| After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks.  Third
||
|
|| time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since.
|
|
|| However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together
||
|
|| and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when
|| building
||
|
|| the tanks for my RV-10.  This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all
||
|
|| their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are
||
|
|| literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method.  It is
||
|
|| easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this
||
|
|| method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded
||
|
|| tanks do (mine included).
|
|
|| 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 John Franklin
||
|
|| Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM
||
|
|| To: Piet_List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
||
|
|| Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
|
|| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: John Franklin
||
|
|| <jbfjr@peoplepc.com>
|
|
|| Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been
||
|
|| made of aluminum.  Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it
||
|
|| by soldering the seams?
||
|
|| Would this method be acceptable?
|
|
|| Thanks,
||
|
|| John Franklin
||
|
|| Prairie Aire 4TA0
||
|
|| Needville, TX
|
|
|| (And Get Some the
||
|
|| Contribution
||
|| Terrific Free
||
|| List
||
|| your
||
|
|| generous                    
||
||
||       - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum -
||
|
|| many List
||
|| Search &
||
|| much much more: -->
||
||
||            - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS -
||
|
|| --> http://forums.matronics.com
||
||
||   you for your
||
|
|| generous support!
||
|
|                   --
|
|
________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:08:35 PM PST US From: infow Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks Should find some here ... http://search.skygeek.com/?vwcatalog=stylespilotshop&keywords=flamemaster+cs+3 204&x=0&y=0 Ron | | | Good morning Jack, | | Your method of riveting the 5052 aluminum and sealing it sounds | interesting. I checked on the Flamemaster web site and entered | dyna-seal and came up empty. By any chance would you have the | product number stowed away somewhere? They have many different | products and I wanted to find the proper sealant. | | Thanks, Mike. | | -----Original Message----- | From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner- | pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jack Philips | Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:18 AM | To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com | Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | | | Acceptable but very heavy. The original tanks were made of | terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin | and 80% lead. It soldered very well. Soldering galvanized steel, | which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires | special solder alloys and special flux. One method is shown here: | https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http- | 3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Du7Imxj2- | 5FnXw&d=CwIDaQ&c=epcZb5jdh1ysHc2TC_uZEMpi5Xp3bPQPSZatc6SDw3A&r=hRt1T_6 | xXLTFw- | Pi77z3ka1Hyoflt0RLKFhpWJWpHdk&m=BvruWqxPvEdKv231NBgax6irNcRiKLg65IFRcw | X8Agc&s=CSlxupiocGrEqE-_kfDsU1JkXn3xMpEeeyVXVXTZZ0k&e | | I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it | TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet. During leak | testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder. | After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks. Third | time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since. | | However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together | and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when building | the tanks for my RV-10. This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all | their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are | literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method. It is | easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this | method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded | tanks do (mine included). | | 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 John Franklin | Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM | To: Piet_List | Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks | | | | Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been | made of aluminum. Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it | by soldering the seams? | Would this method be acceptable? | | Thanks, | John Franklin | Prairie Aire 4TA0 | Needville, TX | | | - The Pietenpol-List Email Forum - | - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - | generous support! | > http://www.matronics.com/contribution
Ron

| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Fairfield, Mike"
| <MFairfield@hewitt.ca>
|
| Good morning Jack,
|
| Your method of riveting the 5052 aluminum and sealing it sounds
| interesting.  I checked on the Flamemaster web site and entered
| dyna-seal and came up empty.  By any chance would you have the
| product number stowed away somewhere?  They have many different
| products and I wanted to find the proper sealant.
|
| Thanks, Mike.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-
| pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jack Philips
| Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:18 AM
| To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
| Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Jack Philips" -->
| <jack@bedfordlandings.com>
|
| Acceptable but very heavy.  The original tanks were made of
| terneplate, which is steel sheet coated with an alloy of 20% tin
| and 80% lead.  It soldered very well.  Soldering galvanized steel,
| which is coated with zinc is much more difficult and requires
| special solder alloys and special flux.  One method is shown here:
| 3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Du7Imxj2-
| 5FnXw&d=CwIDaQ&c=epcZb5jdh1ysHc2TC_uZEMpi5Xp3bPQPSZatc6SDw3A&r= hRt1T_6
| xXLTFw-
| Pi77z3ka1Hyoflt0RLKFhpWJWpHdk&m=BvruWqxPvEdKv231NBgax6irNcRiKLg65IFRcw< /SPAN>
| X8Agc&s=CSlxupiocGrEqE-_kfDsU1JkXn3xMpEeeyVXVXTZZ0k&e=
|
| I riveted my tank together out of 5052 aluminum alloy, then had it
| TIG welded around all the edges and over each rivet.  During leak
| testing I found 39 pinhole leaks and took it back to the welder.
| After re-welding over those 39 leaks I only found 9 leaks.  Third
| time was the charm and it has been leak free ever since.
|
| However, if I were to do it again I would just rivet it together
| and use the Flamemaster Dyna-Seal product that I used when building
| the tanks for my RV-10.  This is what Van's Aircraft uses for all
| their fuel tanks and it must be pretty successful since there are
| literally thousands of airplanes flying using this method.  It is
| easy (if somewhat messy) to build a good fuel tank with this
| method, and the tank doesn't warp during welding like most welded
| tanks do (mine included).
|
| 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 John Franklin
| Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:23 AM
| To: Piet_List <pietenpol-list@matronics.com>
| Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fuel tanks
|
| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: John Franklin
| <jbfjr@peoplepc.com>
|
| Most of the fuel tanks I've seen mentioned on this forum have been
| made of aluminum.  Has anyone used galvanized steel and sealed it
| by soldering the seams?
| Would this method be acceptable?
|
| Thanks,
| John Franklin
| Prairie Aire 4TA0
| Needville, TX
|
|
|
| (And Get Some AWESOME FREE
| Contribution link below to
| Terrific Free Incentive
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| --> http://forums.matronics.com
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| ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:19:30 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 From: "taildrags" Bruce; There are several Piet builders/pilots in the SAC area. Gary Boothe is one (Lincoln), Chris Tracy is another, the Groah father-son, and there are others. In eight weeks is the West Coast Piet fly-in, down at Frazier Lake Airpark near Hollister/Gilroy. Only a couple of hours drive from you. The first Saturday in June. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=454514#454514 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:00:44 PM PST US From: goffelectric@comcast.net Subject: Pietenpol-List: Fwd: Rib stitch Five ribs stitched, 4.5 hours, and I pretty sure I'm gonna lose a finger. M y 14 year old is off the couch though! =C2- Thanks, Keith Goff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goff Electric" Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 8:53:07 PM Subject: Rib stitch [image/jpeg:IMG_5608.JPG] Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 08:40:41 PM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 8 Msgs - 03/31/16 Bruce, My Sky Scout is in its final stages. You are MORE than welcome to come see it, anytime. I'm in Colusa, CA, 530-458-7097. Hope to see you, Ray Krause Sent from my iPad > On Apr 3, 2016, at 3:19 PM, taildrags wrote: > > > Bruce; > > There are several Piet builders/pilots in the SAC area. Gary Boothe is one (Lincoln), Chris Tracy is another, the Groah father-son, and there are others. In eight weeks is the West Coast Piet fly-in, down at Frazier Lake Airpark near Hollister/Gilroy. Only a couple of hours drive from you. The first Saturday in June. > > -------- > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" > A75 power > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=454514#454514 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 09:30:15 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Fwd: Rib stitch From: "tools" The good news is that it's easy to fly a Piet with nine fingers! Bravo! Oh, and ya, it gets a lot easier.... About the time you have it mastered, you'll be done.... Tools Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=454519#454519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.