Pietenpol-List: Happy Birthday Jim Markle

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:03 pm

Original Posted By: "Glenn Thomas"
The dimensions for the various parts which the rudder attaches to do notadd upIf you build the fin & fuse according to the plans, then the rudder willhang down below the bottom of the fuse by around 11/2 inches.Suggest to build the fuse then the fin & then the tail plane , sit thetail plane on top of the fuse, (allow a bit for fabric& any packing)next fit the fin on top of the tail plane, then build the rudder to fitthe total distance, I learned this the hard way. Am close to rigging & making lift struts, in order to get the wingexactly at right angles to the fuse C/L, any merit in adjusting thediagonal brace cables in the struts? Am worried that this may put atwist in the wingOr do I have to make a slight adjustment to the diagonal drag struts onthe Center Section; I realize that only a very slight adjustment of thedrag struts would have a dramatic effect on the wing symmetry. My dragsare not adjustable at this stage & are only temporary until I check theCof GThanks Graham Hewitt________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Happy Birthday Jim Markle

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:57 pm

Original Posted By: Roy Brooks
Happy Birthday Jim!--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:00 pm

Original Posted By:> glennthomas(at)flyingwood.com
Three cheers for Jim... (Aw shucks=2C make it 4 cheers!) He loaned me his Kevlar cutting scissors long ago and I could have run off to Mexico with them but he is a trusting soul and a good guy despite having abandoned our state of Texas=2C in order to become an OKIE.> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Happy Birthday Jim Markle

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:42 pm

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Somebody said it was Jim's birthday.maybe a cruel and vicious rumor.HappyBirthday, Jim! With another year passing I'll bet that you'll have that Pietdone any day now.Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, working on fuselage (endless metal parts!)(12 ribs down.) _____

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:22 am

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Yes, Happy Birthday Jim!Go flying!Rob Stapleton, PhotojournalistAnchorage, Alaska907-230-9425KL2ANSkype:rob.stapleton.jrIM Windows Live Messenger: foto(at)alaska.net-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:14 pm

Original Posted By: "Clif Dawson"
The funny thing is=2C Jim was transferred to the mental hospital from a chicken farm=2C and the chickens all thought he was kinda "different" too! And rumor has it that he fattened up his chickens by mixing beer with their mash.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio=2C TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:43 pm

Original Posted By: "Mild Bill"
It was this farm wasn't it?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupxQIz7 ... re=related Subject: Pietenpol-List: Happy Birthday Jim Markle The funny thing is, Jim was transferred to the mental hospital from a chicken farm, and the chickens all thought he was kinda "different" too! Oscar Zuniga________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: airplane building and mental hospitals

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:15 am

Original Posted By: "Jim Markle"
Amsafetyc wrote:> The best I have gotten so far has been from one of my plant managers. A Jamaicanman at our City of Industry plant who asked " do you have some sort of a deathwish, mon?". All the rest have been rather subdued, you're building an airplane?Yes I am, oh that's nice, what kind? A Pietenpol, ohhhhh, what's thatone of them radio model things? No, its a 2 place open cockpit aircraft, oh that'snice.....where are you building it? In my basement, a real airplane in yourbasement...... how are you going to get it out? I am gonna fly it out, oh Isee, huh?> > Makes for interesting conversation especially the facial expressions that allresult in the, this guy is some kind of a nut. > > I suppose!> > John > ---Truly entertaining facial expressions were seen when people would ask my Dad wherehe was building his Tailwind and get the matter-of-fact reply, "In the basementof my funeral home."--------Bill FrankRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:08 pm

Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
of course that Jim should be insane, building a plane from 1930 and a very old engine is not normal...

Congrats from Mexico.Mr Markle.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:33 pm

Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> ood.com>> > Happy Birthday Jim!> > --------> Glenn Thomas> N?????> http://www.flyingwood.com> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 247#231247> > > > > > > ============================================> > > _________________________________________________________________Windows Live=99: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:33 pm

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> To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> > > Happy Birthday Jim!> > --------> Glenn Thomas> N?????> http://www.flyingwood.com> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 247#231247> > > > > ================> > > _____ Windows LiveT: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Piet ... ___Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re Tail dimensionsDate: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:50:56 -0500

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