Original Posted By: Camera Man
Pietenpol-List: Great Piet mods
Pietenpol-List: Great Piet mods
Original Posted By: Lawrence V Williams
> > > Gene,> Right-o on the non-tailwheel trim wheel landing, although it has mostly> been in a 68 Cessna Cardinal, and it has a pretty nasty reputation in the> landing department, (for training wheel planes, anyway)! You know, this > whole adventure is progressing, and I haven't the first minute in a > tailwheel aircraft as PIC! I think I'll do some J-3 time and get my TW > signoff.> > I definitely agree with you on your last statement about the trimthing. > In my book, the simpler the better! I was wondering how the attachmentwould > be on a Piet for the Cub style trim, it would be too far from theoriginal > for me, and just too much extra engineering, cause I agree with most that> say that Mr. P's way is the right way!> > You know, I just thought, (it hurt!) as I was about to wrap this noteup, > that you could attach the vertical stab to the area where the turtle deck> comes to a point, put a hinge on the tail post for the horizontal stab,and > a jack-screw arrangement where the main front bolts hold down thehorizontal > stab. Or, easier still, just attach the vertical stab to the horizontalstab > and let it move with it, sort of a half Mooney - half J-3 thing.> > Not for me, but neat to think about! Joe Krzes and I were tradingemails > that for every oz you add to the tail, you need 3 - 4 oz to balance itin > the nose(eyeball rule-of-thumb, I'm sure I'll be challenged on that one).An > extra couple lbs back there, and you'll end up adding 8 - 10 lbs to the > airplane. I don't want anything that isn't absolutely necessary backthere!> > Gary Meadows> 14 Ribs and some tail group wood cut!> (had to break from the steady diet of ribs!)> > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:16:50 -0500Subject: Pietenpol-List: Great Piet mods
> > > Gene,> Right-o on the non-tailwheel trim wheel landing, although it has mostly> been in a 68 Cessna Cardinal, and it has a pretty nasty reputation in the> landing department, (for training wheel planes, anyway)! You know, this > whole adventure is progressing, and I haven't the first minute in a > tailwheel aircraft as PIC! I think I'll do some J-3 time and get my TW > signoff.> > I definitely agree with you on your last statement about the trimthing. > In my book, the simpler the better! I was wondering how the attachmentwould > be on a Piet for the Cub style trim, it would be too far from theoriginal > for me, and just too much extra engineering, cause I agree with most that> say that Mr. P's way is the right way!> > You know, I just thought, (it hurt!) as I was about to wrap this noteup, > that you could attach the vertical stab to the area where the turtle deck> comes to a point, put a hinge on the tail post for the horizontal stab,and > a jack-screw arrangement where the main front bolts hold down thehorizontal > stab. Or, easier still, just attach the vertical stab to the horizontalstab > and let it move with it, sort of a half Mooney - half J-3 thing.> > Not for me, but neat to think about! Joe Krzes and I were tradingemails > that for every oz you add to the tail, you need 3 - 4 oz to balance itin > the nose(eyeball rule-of-thumb, I'm sure I'll be challenged on that one).An > extra couple lbs back there, and you'll end up adding 8 - 10 lbs to the > airplane. I don't want anything that isn't absolutely necessary backthere!> > Gary Meadows> 14 Ribs and some tail group wood cut!> (had to break from the steady diet of ribs!)> > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:16:50 -0500Subject: Pietenpol-List: Great Piet mods