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0. 11:09 AM - Make Sure You're Listed! (Matt Dralle)
1. 06:11 AM - Re: throttle setup (Semih Oksay)
2. 07:36 AM - Performance (Bruce Kirk)
3. 11:14 AM - Re: throttle setup (tsts4)
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| Subject: | Re: throttle setup |
Hi Oscar
I made my throttle levers as in the picture. Front and rear are identical,
connected with solid rod. A bowden cable, actually marine throttle or
gearshift linkage, runs from the rear lever to the carb, inside wall of the
cockpits. The size of the bowden is the same as the piper's, but since it
is marine, it is all in stainless steel.
Cheers
Semih Oksay, Istanbul, Turkey (Now in Orlando,Fl)
On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 2:42 PM taildrags <taildrags@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> G'day, Pietenpolers;
>
> In an effort to get a Piet thread bumped to the top of the topics list
> instead of the annual list support threads (I already made my annual
> contribution to Matronics, thank you Matt), I'm throwing out a general
> question about throttle setups. I don't like the setup on my airplane and
> am going to start from scratch. To describe what I have, it's a Bowden
> cable running from the rear cockpit to the carb. In the front cockpit, a
> wooden sewing thread bobbin with the edges rounded off has been slipped
> over the center wire with bug nuts clamping each side of it to the center
> wire to let the front cockpit occupant slide it back and forth to work the
> throttle. The setup looks pretty cheesy, but since it's tucked in pretty
> tight under the top edge of the cockpit, I've never had a passenger snag it
> or bump it while getting in or out. Other than that, not much else good
> about it.
>
> In the rear cockpit, a simple flat aluminum lever with the pivot point at
> the bottom and a round knob up near the top coaming works the throttle.
> It's pretty cheesy too, but what I like is that I can rest my left hand on
> the coaming and use my fingertips to work the throttle. It's very stable
> and easy to make small changes in engine power that way, especially on a
> bumpy afternoon. Since the knob is up near the coaming rather than down
> further, I can also reach in and work the throttle very easily from outside
> the cockpit while prop-starting. It also has enough friction and drag in
> the cables and lever where I can set throttle in cruise and rarely have it
> back off or creep off of the RPM that I want.
>
> So what I'm looking for are pix or ideas on how you set up your
> throttle(s). I've looked through some of the setups in Westcoastpiet.
> I've already decided to link the front and rear throttles with a rod rather
> than with the Bowden cable, but other than that, I'm open to ideas. The
> builder routed the throttle cable inside the cockpit, not outside between
> the plywood and fabric, so I can get to all of it if I choose to. Thanks.
>
> Oscar Zuniga
> Medford, OR
>
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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=493401#493401
>
>
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Semih Oksay
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Hi everyone I have a question about the performance of a pietenpol operating at
airports at airports at an elevation of 3000 plus feet with an A65 engine.
Sent from my iPhone
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| Subject: | Re: throttle setup |
Semih, was there a particular reason you ran your Bowden cable from the rear throttle
lever instead of the front lever?
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Todd Stovall
aka "Auburntsts" on EAA and VAF
RV-10 N728TT -- Flying
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