Re: Pietenpol-List: Magneto direction

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:49 pm

Original Posted By: dave rowe
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Magneto directionPieteres, I know that cont. A engines drive the magneto off the crankshaft gear and cont 85-12s drive off the camshaft gear in the other direction. My question is: can a magneto be changed to fit what I need? Ken Conrad In Long Grove Iowa with my beans in the bin and the best corn I've ever had.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:25:30 -0700

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:43 pm

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From what I remember of what my Mentor told me about Eismann's, assumingthere is no impulse, remove the nut and slide off the cam lobe and reverseit. If an impulse, the spring pin has to be moved to the other side,flip thespring, and get a new impulse coupling.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:27 pm

Original Posted By: "Jack Textor"

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:37 pm

Original Posted By: dave rowe

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:51 pm

Original Posted By:
I assume you have a mag off of a -12. If the mag has an impulse coupling,then the impulse coupling will need to be changed for one with right handrotation for a -8 . The -12 uses left hand rotation. Otherwise, most, ifnot all mags can be changed internally to rotate the other way.Chris Bobka----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:26 pm

Original Posted By: Wizzard187(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Magneto directionPieters, Thanks for the help with the magneto direction. I think I know what I am doing now. The mags have a "L and "R" on a gear inside and that hasto be changed to match the arrow on the matching gear. I can't use impulses on a dash 9 cont. so that isn't a problem. Thanks again Ken Conrad________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:34 pm

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: toilet paper and crepe paperI had a friend cutting t.p. with his EAA biplane and a large bunch stacked up on the flying wires or n struts and blocked out the aleron and he doesn'tdo it anymore. Just a comment. Ken Conrad________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:55 pm

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
That was me, Steve. Good thing I remembered that the carb heat alsobypassed the air cleaner, giving free air to the engine. I had hit the TPnear the wingtip and it got caught in the wingtip vortex. When I camearound on the next pass, it made such a pretty spiral that I couldn't resistputting the nose right through the center of the spiral. Bad move - itpacked TP into the cooling shrouds and the cleaner and made the flight awhole lot more exciting than I wanted it to be. After that, I stuck todropping watermelons.Jack -----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:58 am

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Bad move - it> packed TP into the cooling shrouds and the cleaner and made the flight a> whole lot more exciting than I wanted it to be. After that, I stuck to> dropping watermelons.> > Jack> But wouldn't hitting a watermelon tend to crush the spinner? :-)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:06:44 -0500

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