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Help,
OK, guys. As expected, my SkyScout is a little tail heavy with the wood prop. I
may be able to fix that if I go with a metal prop on the A-65. What size have
you folks with the A-65 been using? My A-65 is newly overhauled and should be
pretty strong running. The empty weight is now 646 lbs, with the wood prop....maybe
15-20 lbs more with the metal prop. Remember, it is just a one-holer!
The engine has the tapered shaft, if that makes any difference?
Anyone with a good metal prop of the right size for sale?
I would appreciate any help!
Thanks,
Ray Krause
Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:30 PM, (null) raykrause <raykrause@frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> Mike,
>
> I got two of the jury struts on today, but lost a couple fittings for the other
two? Maybe my wife hid them? It's amazing what I can lose over a three year
build time! It pays to build faster, or be more organized.
>
> I hope to have some CG numbers within a week, or so. Now that my "friend" , Scott,
threw it on my shoulders! Maybe he will have to confirm my numbers before
I publish them? Scott is the EAA Councilor for the Pietenpols. He has inspected
mine once and gave me a few pointers that I followed. He is a real source
of great information on all things Pietenpol. When he speaks, we should all
listen. He has test flown several Pietenpols for builders, if I remember correctly.
>
> Stay tuned,
>
> Ray Krause
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Nov 29, 2016, at 12:20 PM, AircamperN11MS <Scott.liefeld@lacity.org> wrote:
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>> Mike,
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>> Ray is correct. I have flown both the "T" and "A" powered Scouts. I probably
weighed about 190 lbs when I did fly them. The "A" flew very nicely and was
like a sports car. The "T" was very under-powered and I didn't get more than
about 20' AGL since I took off from about 2850' MSL. The "T" flew like it was
tail heavy. The "A" was balanced perfectly.
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>> It was 20 years ago. I weighed as much as 232 lbs flying my Cont. powered Aircamper.
This is not a problem. I have since lost 40 lbs and back down to the
190 lb range again. My plane is much happier now.
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>> Ray could probably give you the best pilot weight range since he has completed
the most recent SkyScout. Yes Ray, I just threw you under the same bus. We
may as well stick together.
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>> Conclusion here is that you should pay very close attention and build a light
airplane. Forrest Lovely mentioned the other day that the "A" powered Piet
weighed 593 lbs after he rebuilt it. This is the one I flew. You can probably
build a Scout to work with your pilot weight. Just compute the CG multiple times
during the build process.
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>> Scott Liefeld
>> Flying N11MS since March 1972
>> Steel Tube
>> C-85-12
>> Wire Wheels
>> Brodhead in 1996
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=463508#463508
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