Original Posted By: ADonJr(at)aol.com
>From: Fisherman Caye >--------------------------------------------------------> Was looking at inclinometers, turn and banks in the catalogues. They >run around $35 or so. Can't I just use a ball bearing and plastic tube >with wooden plugs in the end? Or a six inch carpenters level? For $3.>--------------------------------------------------------Funny you should ask. I saw this on the minimax builder's list a week or so ago.JoeSpring, TXJoin the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Inclinometers
Re: Pietenpol-List: Learn about the Flying Flea.
Original Posted By: Fisherman Caye
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Learn about the Flying Flea.Hey, folks' I think the Corvair is too much maligned! It was not a "bad" car, it was a car that American drivers were not used to because of the different weight distribution of a rear-engined car. In the hands of a competent driver, it was and remains, an excellent car. If it hadn't have been for that @#%%#@*% Mr. Nader and his open-mouth-insert-foot-never-mind-the-facts politicking, the Corvair might have been one of Detroit's success stories, instead of the butt of a lot of ill-informed misinformation. By his logic, we should condemn all aircraft whose nose-wheel is mounted on the tail-post, because they are less stable on the ground than those with the nose-wheel in front. Think it over! Don Cooley________________________________________________________________________________Date: 29 Jan 2002 15:52:29 -0800
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Learn about the Flying Flea.Hey, folks' I think the Corvair is too much maligned! It was not a "bad" car, it was a car that American drivers were not used to because of the different weight distribution of a rear-engined car. In the hands of a competent driver, it was and remains, an excellent car. If it hadn't have been for that @#%%#@*% Mr. Nader and his open-mouth-insert-foot-never-mind-the-facts politicking, the Corvair might have been one of Detroit's success stories, instead of the butt of a lot of ill-informed misinformation. By his logic, we should condemn all aircraft whose nose-wheel is mounted on the tail-post, because they are less stable on the ground than those with the nose-wheel in front. Think it over! Don Cooley________________________________________________________________________________Date: 29 Jan 2002 15:52:29 -0800
Re: Pietenpol-List: Inclinometers
Original Posted By: Larry Neal
Re: Pietenpol-List: Learn about the Flying Flea.
Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner
Re: Pietenpol-List: Learn about the Flying Flea.
Original Posted By: Gary Gower
Skip, Larry, et al,I too have been interested in how to cover the 'vair and have not seen a good example.I live about 1 1/2 hrs. north of W. Wynne. Maybe I should go down andlook at his. I would prefer to go the pressure cowl route, although I don't understandall I know about the air flow, pressure and cooling effects on a installationlike that. Matter of fact, I don't know anything about it. I just knowyou don't just throw a fiberglass cowl on and hope for the best. Is there agood place that explains the considerations to be taken?My brother is an expert at custom fiberglass making and molds. Maybe I can gethim interested.Larry Ragan Jacksonville, Fl. lragan(at)hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:46:51 -0800 (PST)
Skip, Larry, et al,I too have been interested in how to cover the 'vair and have not seen a good example.I live about 1 1/2 hrs. north of W. Wynne. Maybe I should go down andlook at his. I would prefer to go the pressure cowl route, although I don't understandall I know about the air flow, pressure and cooling effects on a installationlike that. Matter of fact, I don't know anything about it. I just knowyou don't just throw a fiberglass cowl on and hope for the best. Is there agood place that explains the considerations to be taken?My brother is an expert at custom fiberglass making and molds. Maybe I can gethim interested.Larry Ragan Jacksonville, Fl. lragan(at)hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:46:51 -0800 (PST)