---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/15/16: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:04 AM - Re: Please Read - This Is Safety Related And Is Very Important (womenfly2) 2. 08:51 AM - Re: Please Read - This Is Safety Related And Is Very Important (jarheadpilot82) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:04:36 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Please Read - This Is Safety Related And Is Very Important From: "womenfly2" I fully understood your reason for posting. What I read in the post was the fuel line [system] being the major factor in the fatalities, when the issue was the propeller. The fuel line was a contributing factor after the fact. I just wanted to point out that the Jenny is a safe aircraft and so is its fuel system for the time it was built. Could it have been better, sure, improved in the rebuilt, sure, but it was to be rebuilt as original ... a choice. Every Piet builder picks and choose the amount of risk they are comfortable with in building their plane, conscious or unconscious of the effect. So its a good recommendation to look at your fuel system setup, but also to look at all the items one uses in their build from the wood, glue, to and including the finish. One change could be the difference between you walking away or not. Now your proficiency as a pilot, another subject. Thanks for post it, makes one think. Keri-Ann -------- Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=463940#463940 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:51:06 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Please Read - This Is Safety Related And Is Very Important From: "jarheadpilot82" Keri Ann, Now I see YOUR point. The propeller appears to have been THE cause, and it does bring up a discussion of propeller choices - new, used, composite, solid wood, laminated wood, professionally made, DIY. Many choices, and we all need to think through those choices and what their possible outcomes could be. I think the thing that I took away, is this - the crack in the copper appears to have come from the inside of the prop out, not the other way around. Filing that in the memory bank in case I ever come on that situation in my own building and flying. -------- Semper Fi, Terry Hand Athens, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=463944#463944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.