Pietenpol-List: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !!

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:56 am

Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !!In a message dated 10/3/04 12:42:22 AM Central Daylight Time, CDAWSON5854(at)shaw.ca writes:>OK Clif,I've been having a blast with this smoke system. One of the guys at the airport gave me about 4 gallons of the smoke oil that the Pepsi Plane used in theairshow put on at Mc Connell AFB. It looks and feels the same as baby oil, but it sure doesn't smell the same !! I always do a Smokin' Take Off. Get thetail up, hit the button, make a vortex curl on each side of the smoke when thewing grabs some lift, and leave it on till I'm past the crosswind leg. I did a flight today, a little over an hour, where I blew circles above 3 different friends houses, and smokin' flyby's at 3 different airports. I approach the airports extra high on short final, then pull power down to about 1300 or 1400rpm, and put it into a sharp slip, with a very steep approach, keeping the airspeed up to at least 65 mph, and straighten 'er up after I cross the numbers. The smoke all blows completely under the fuselage, and makes a straight line off runway heading, then a low fly by about 60 mph, then add in full power about 3/4 of the way down the runway to build airspeed up over 70 mph, and gently pull the nose up into a relatively steep departure, keeping a close eyeon the airspeed, never letting it drop below 60 mph. When I turn around to checkout the trail, the smoke hangs in 3 separate straight lines. Pretty Cool !! I'm going to hold the camera backwards for a shot of it, next time I think of it. The other day, I landed using the final rays of sunlight, and I was back taxi on the grass during the perfectly calm evening of playing in the pattern with a J3. I put in over 1000 rpm, dragging the brakes with the stick back, and hit the button. Plumes of smoke surrounded the cockpit, and I couldn't see anything behind me. Drug the smoke almost all the way back to the hanger.In the perfectly calm air, the smoke hung there for at least 15 minutes !! Itlooked like ground fog. I have my own weather maker !!Chuck G.who ever said smoking is bad for ya ??________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:03 pm

Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !!Chuck... Now you should teach yourself how to SKYWRITE.Terry B.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:31 am

Original Posted By: Clif Dawson

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:57 am

Original Posted By: Galen Hutcheson

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:13 am

Original Posted By: Larry Nelson

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:38 am

Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !!In a message dated 10/3/04 10:05:20 PM Central Daylight Time, BARNSTMR(at)aol.com writes:>Yeah, if I could only keep it together enough to say 'YEEE HAAAAWW !!' Right now the only word I can write is the big O. I guess there's something to be said for that, but I'm not going to say it...Hey, it's great to see some Texas Pietenpols making progress !! Before you lay up that nose bowl, let me send a description of how I've been doing it.Chuck G.GO SPACE SHIP ONE !!!! We all have a kinship to them boys out in the Mojave Desert.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:08 am

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em !!In a message dated 10/4/04 6:57:15 AM Central Daylight Time, Michael.D.Cuy(at)grc.nasa.gov writes:>Mike, That's a great tale of your dog fight. Bob certainly knows what it's like to 'Become at One with the Wing'. I wonder if the smoke left any residueon his windshield. I don't like to pull much G's with the ol' Pietenpol, but I'll be trying the one flying back through the vortex !! I'm also going to climb high, and do a downward spirial with the power back some. I think a high power setting tends to stir up the smoke with the prop wash, and make it disipate more quickly. Calm winds are probably the biggest key to having the smoke hang in there. Another good use for smoke is to announce your position as you enter the pattern. Yeah, that's it...that's a good reason to have smoke system !!Chuck G.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:32:25 -0400