Original Posted By:> owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol aerobatics> > If you really want to do safe aerobatics I'd change it to a biplane with a> swept upper wing, a 180 hp Lycoming with an inverted fuel and oil system, a> symmetrical airfoil and a constant speed prop. > > Seriously, if you want aerobatic, build something else, like a Pitts> Special. I did aerobatics in my J-3 Cub years ago. When I recovered it, I> found every rib in the elevators were bent. I haven't done anything other> than wingovers in the Pietenpol.> > Jack Phillips> NX899JP> > -----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: speaking of spark plugs (well I was anyway)
Pietenpol-List: speaking of spark plugs (well I was anyway)
Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ NG NG NGB"
Great Plains Aircraft Supply (http://www.greatplainsas.com )has a set of 4 spark plug adapters that allows you to use yourshielded ignition wires with standard automotive plugs. LikeWalt says, they are then a fraction of the price compared toaviation plugs. One thing to be careful of is to make surethe plugs have the same reach (length of threaded part) as youraviation plugs. The other thing is, I know of nocross-reference to allow you to select an appropriateautomotive plug if you're running a Continental.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Great Plains Aircraft Supply (http://www.greatplainsas.com )has a set of 4 spark plug adapters that allows you to use yourshielded ignition wires with standard automotive plugs. LikeWalt says, they are then a fraction of the price compared toaviation plugs. One thing to be careful of is to make surethe plugs have the same reach (length of threaded part) as youraviation plugs. The other thing is, I know of nocross-reference to allow you to select an appropriateautomotive plug if you're running a Continental.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Re: RE: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol aerobatics
Original Posted By: Jack Phillips
Subject: Re: RE: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol aerobaticsVan White from Shallowater, Texas does some pretty radical stuff in a clipped (andstrenghtened) wing cub with 180HP. He is over 80 and last year I know thathe did aerobatics about every 2 or 3 days. For years he did variations of thedrunk getting in the plane or the little old lady who wins a ride and takes offwithout the instructor at regional airshows. It started with pretty radicalstuff, pinning a wing on the ground and then rotating around it and wobblinginto the air. Van said that at one point he was grounded by the FAA more thanany pilot in the US. The FAA would approve his act, but someone would not "getthe memo" and would ground him after doing his act. The next week they wouldgive it back. We were talking about learning to fly and he told me that his dad had a Piet inthe late 1930s. They flew somewhere and then on the trip pack it was all theycould do to clear the telephone poles (this is NW of Lubbock, TX MSL 3000 Plusany density altitude as the day heats up.) His dad landed in a field and toldhim to get out and find a way home. Van was about 12 and had no idea where hewas. So he just started walking until he met someone who took him to the nearesttown and he hitchhiked home. Van later bought an Aeronca C2 "flying bathtub" to learn to fly in. But his instructorgot out after about 3 hours and said it was too underpowered and dangerousto fly with two in the plane. So Van taught himself to fly in the thing.Sorry but the linkage of Piper cub aerobatics and Piet brought this memory back.Blue Skies,Steve D----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: RE: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol aerobaticsVan White from Shallowater, Texas does some pretty radical stuff in a clipped (andstrenghtened) wing cub with 180HP. He is over 80 and last year I know thathe did aerobatics about every 2 or 3 days. For years he did variations of thedrunk getting in the plane or the little old lady who wins a ride and takes offwithout the instructor at regional airshows. It started with pretty radicalstuff, pinning a wing on the ground and then rotating around it and wobblinginto the air. Van said that at one point he was grounded by the FAA more thanany pilot in the US. The FAA would approve his act, but someone would not "getthe memo" and would ground him after doing his act. The next week they wouldgive it back. We were talking about learning to fly and he told me that his dad had a Piet inthe late 1930s. They flew somewhere and then on the trip pack it was all theycould do to clear the telephone poles (this is NW of Lubbock, TX MSL 3000 Plusany density altitude as the day heats up.) His dad landed in a field and toldhim to get out and find a way home. Van was about 12 and had no idea where hewas. So he just started walking until he met someone who took him to the nearesttown and he hitchhiked home. Van later bought an Aeronca C2 "flying bathtub" to learn to fly in. But his instructorgot out after about 3 hours and said it was too underpowered and dangerousto fly with two in the plane. So Van taught himself to fly in the thing.Sorry but the linkage of Piper cub aerobatics and Piet brought this memory back.Blue Skies,Steve D----- Original Message -----
Re: RE: Pietenpol-List: Pietenpol aerobatics
Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ NG NG NGB"
Great story! Thanks for sharing it.Gene----- Original Message -----
Great story! Thanks for sharing it.Gene----- Original Message -----