Original Posted By: "Alan Lyscars"
Mike Cuy wrote->If they are rigged neutral I'm told they'll ride up a bit causing drag.And we can't have any of that nasty drag on a Pietenpol, can we? ;o)Mike Nadeau wrote->I want to trim the bird for a max pilot weight of 250. (with clothes)Now there's a novel thought... "skinny-flying". I get a heck of a mental picture here. Like, how do you get the plane out of the hangar, chock the wheels, swing the prop, pull the chocks, and climb in... without any "clothing malfunctions"?And to add proper Pietenpol content to this post, I can report that my missing ignition lead has finally been located. It was supposed to ship out of Lake Havasu City a month ago (Aircraft Spruce) and yesterday the customer service rep was kind enough to give me the tracking number to prove that it had, indeed, been delivered on January 18. I then pointed out to her that the tracking data showed that it was left on a porch in Dayton, Ohio... and I'm sitting here in San Antonio, Texas. She's scrambling to find out who has it and if they will kindly send it to me so I can START MY A65 ENGINE!!!! Makes a guy want to cry in his beer, waiting and waiting and waiting to hear the roar of the mighty Continental and finding out that some poor Yankee is sitting in their living room looking at a funny wire and not knowing what the @#$%& it's for!!!I think I'll try that skinny-flying stuff one day, but just not when the naugahyde seat is too hot ;o) Hope I don't get a ramp-check from a friendly Fed, either (unless she's female).Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________