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1. 09:13 AM - Re: EAA Chapter 25 Pietenpol (taildrags)
2. 09:21 AM - virtual tour of an Air Camper (taildrags)
3. 01:01 PM - Re: Re: EAA Chapter 25 Pietenpol (Greg Cardinal)
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Chapter 25 Pietenpol |
Nice-!! It always seems such a shame to cover up all that work, and an uncovered
Air Camper is just about the absolute best teaching tool available for other
builders to study. Take plenty of photos, especially close-ups of the fittings,
attachments, and control cabling. Questions are always coming up about those
things.
If Chris Tracy hasn't yet set up a photo page for this airplane on his Westcoastpiet
website, I'm sure he'll do it because this is the kind of imagery that can
help explain a lot about how the airplane goes together. Along those lines,
and because my airplane was already covered when I got it so I didn't know what
and how, can you tell us which cables, tubes, and wires were routed along
the side stringers on the airplane? I realize that this will vary from airplane
to airplane depending on how the instruments and controls are arranged in the
cockpit and where they lead to ahead of the firewall, but it's good to think
about those things before covering and in fact, I sometimes wish there had been
a conduit or channel installed there on my airplane so that the cable, tube,
or wire might be accessed later.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=483214#483214
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| Subject: | virtual tour of an Air Camper |
Here's a thought that just occurred to me. There are now video tools that realtors
are using so potential buyers can take a virtual tour through a house or
property. I have no idea how those videos are created, but I've seen some where
you can pause, zoom in, zoom out, pan up or down. Wouldn't it be great if
someone had the tools and skills to do this with an uncovered Air Camper? A builder
(or dreamer) could open the panoramic viewing tool and examine details
to their heart's content without wishing, "gee, if only they had taken a photo
of the backside of that", or "I wonder if that's screwed, bolted, or glued?"
Just thinking out loud here... the possibilities for using this are many... even
EAA chapter presentations and builder's forums could use such a tool with a
big-screen TV. Oh, and along those same lines, another panoramic image *after*
the fabric is complete but before the painting process begins would also be
valuable. How tapes were run, what size tapes, and little details of the covering
could be zoomed in on to get those "aha!" answers on how to deal with covering
odd spots here and there.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=483215#483215
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| Subject: | Re: EAA Chapter 25 Pietenpol |
On the right side we routed magneto P-leads, tachometer, oil pressure and
oil temperature. Fuel primer lines and the fuel supply line are routed on
the left side.
The airplane has multiple owners of various weights and heights. The
fuselage is an inch or two deeper than plans and there was a slight stretch
to the fuselage here and there.
Cabanes are angled back 5.75" allowing for pilots weighing anywhere between
130# - 285#. These are approximate weights and final numbers won't be known
until after covering.
Moving the wing back that far complicated the routing of the aileron cables.
Rear cockpit is fitted with toe brakes. Front cockpit has heel brakes
mechanically linked to the toe brake actuating levers. The heel brake
linkages are installed with quick disconnects so they can be easily disabled
when giving rides to non-pilot types.
Rear seatback is angled back and curved for comfort. It is by far the
roomiest Pietenpol cockpit I have ever seen.
Brodhead 2019? We shall see...
Greg Cardinal
Minneapolis
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Nice-!! It always seems such a shame to cover up all that work, and an
uncovered Air Camper is just about the absolute best teaching tool available
for other builders to study. Take plenty of photos, especially close-ups of
the fittings, attachments, and control cabling. Questions are always coming
up about those things.
If Chris Tracy hasn't yet set up a photo page for this airplane on his
Westcoastpiet website, I'm sure he'll do it because this is the kind of
imagery that can help explain a lot about how the airplane goes together.
Along those lines, and because my airplane was already covered when I got it
so I didn't know what and how, can you tell us which cables, tubes, and
wires were routed along the side stringers on the airplane? I realize that
this will vary from airplane to airplane depending on how the instruments
and controls are arranged in the cockpit and where they lead to ahead of the
firewall, but it's good to think about those things before covering and in
fact, I sometimes wish there had been a conduit or channel installed there
on my airplane so that the cable, tube, or wire might be accessed later.
--------
Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=483214#483214
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