Original Posted By: "Ed Grentzer"
Hey guys...I'm just finishing up the mold for my composite 12 gallon cowl tank and I need to know if a cowl tank has a drain valve for draining off water from the sump or is that a no no cause it might leak inside the plane?????? Thanks in advance Ed .... PS I got side tracked by a female for about a year but she's gone and I'm back to building.....Have a great time at Brodhead...wish I could make it but I have to work________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: drain valves
Re: Pietenpol-List: drain valves
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
> Re: Pietenpol-List: drain valves
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Thanks Mike...I have another question for you ...I'm close to bolting in my rudder pedals and putting in my firewall...but haveing live controls in a cockpit with non-pilot type passengers sounds like a good way to get dead....Didn't I hear somewhere that you made your rudder pedals so that you could easily disconnect and reconnect them??? If so could you give me some idea of how you did it.....Thanks Ed>From: Michael D Cuy >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: drain valves>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:11:23 -0400>>>>Hey Ed, Good to see you posting on the list again. For my nose fuel tank >I only put in one drain valve and then let the gascolater catch the water >(if you should get any) at the bottom of the firewall. When I park >outside overnight I put a plastic spray can lid over my fuel filler neck so >no dew or rain gets in thru the wire/cork float. Glad to hear you have >survived the clutches of giving a female too much attention and not enough >to your project:)>>Mike C.>>Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to Dig Yourself Out of Debt from MSN ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:29:33 -0400
Thanks Mike...I have another question for you ...I'm close to bolting in my rudder pedals and putting in my firewall...but haveing live controls in a cockpit with non-pilot type passengers sounds like a good way to get dead....Didn't I hear somewhere that you made your rudder pedals so that you could easily disconnect and reconnect them??? If so could you give me some idea of how you did it.....Thanks Ed>From: Michael D Cuy >Reply-To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com>Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: drain valves>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:11:23 -0400>>>>Hey Ed, Good to see you posting on the list again. For my nose fuel tank >I only put in one drain valve and then let the gascolater catch the water >(if you should get any) at the bottom of the firewall. When I park >outside overnight I put a plastic spray can lid over my fuel filler neck so >no dew or rain gets in thru the wire/cork float. Glad to hear you have >survived the clutches of giving a female too much attention and not enough >to your project:)>>Mike C.>>Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to Dig Yourself Out of Debt from MSN ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:29:33 -0400
Re: Pietenpol-List: some Answers to the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Aircraft rule...Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: some Answers to the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraftrule...Mike or anyone else:Question? Will a Champ and / or a Cub fall under Sport Pilot Aircraft?Corky________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:23:12 -0400
Aircraft rule...Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: some Answers to the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraftrule...Mike or anyone else:Question? Will a Champ and / or a Cub fall under Sport Pilot Aircraft?Corky________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:23:12 -0400