Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Hello Dan,
SE Nebraska is pretty big. We have a Piet in work by Auburn, NE. A friend also has one at York.
Interest in building one is the first step. We could certainly show what we have thus far.

Harold Bickford

Again, you can configure what fits. I was referring to the original BPH Corvair setup where he placed a fuel tank in the area used by the magneto/drive on the Ford 'A'. As an example our 1941 Chief uses a 17 gallon fuse tank. The drawings for our side by side Piet project include a 16 gallon fuel ...

Just follow what BHP drew up. The long fuse seems to taxi better. The fuse tank is typically 5 gallons so 30 lbs.plus weight of tank. With a normal wing tank that is 17 gallons total. Then you can figure about 2 hours at 5gph and be good on fuel.

On our project the deeper Riblett airfoil should ...

Corvair engine weight is about 220lbs. The "A" is about 242lbs plus cooling system of 23lbs and weight of coolant 22lbs for a total of 287lbs. An aluminum head for the 'A' cuts about 15 lbs from the weight. Remember those are typical weights and individual installations can vary.

More to the point ...

Sounds like an interesting forum item. Looking forward to it.
Harold

Very interesting Tom. I'd be interested in copies.

Harold

Douwe,

How far back from the L.E. did you position the VGs for the initial testing? As I recall you use the standard Piet airfoil..........

thanks,
Harold

Hi all,
The latest newsletter indicated changes so a visit to the site ensued.

We're in the se corner of Nebraska by Auburn. We have a Piet in progress along with a Zenith. One of these days.... ;)
We have been attending the reunion since 2012 followed by OSH and plan to keep at it whether by ...