Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
Patrick I would love to but I am moving to Perth in Feb otherwise I would be onyour route to syd You are welcome to pop over to PerthCarsonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
RE: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Sorry to hear it, Axel! Guess I should start saving sheckles for a 5thbearing...And, before anyone starts flaming those valve-eating corvairs, Ijust got thru replacing two burnt intake valves on my 2009 Chev Silverado!Gary BootheCorvair Powered-----Original Message-----
Sorry to hear it, Axel! Guess I should start saving sheckles for a 5thbearing...And, before anyone starts flaming those valve-eating corvairs, Ijust got thru replacing two burnt intake valves on my 2009 Chev Silverado!Gary BootheCorvair Powered-----Original Message-----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: Rick Holland
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Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
> Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: airlion
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Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
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Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
I used Hans' spring design verbatim. Simple and easy to fabricate. Works wellon mine and I think he's happy with his. His drawings should be in the archives.Gravity does the pre-loading:).Kevin--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
I used Hans' spring design verbatim. Simple and easy to fabricate. Works wellon mine and I think he's happy with his. His drawings should be in the archives.Gravity does the pre-loading:).Kevin--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: gliderx5(at)comcast.net
It's all good!Rick - I got the heads done by a shop in Houston. He was recommended by the localCORSA tech counselor. Don't think Falcon was even part of the vocabularyway back then. Are they the shop of choice, now?Kevin--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:19:04 +0000 (UTC)
It's all good!Rick - I got the heads done by a shop in Houston. He was recommended by the localCORSA tech counselor. Don't think Falcon was even part of the vocabularyway back then. Are they the shop of choice, now?Kevin--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:19:04 +0000 (UTC)
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
Falcon is the only Head man that WW recomends.----- Original Message -----
Falcon is the only Head man that WW recomends.----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: airlion
Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: Rick Holland
> Here's a very interesting video> demonstrating why a Pietenpol is so slow.> Think of all the wires on a Piet after watching this> video. Wire spokes> don't help much either.> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftq8jTQ8ANE> > > Jack Phillips> NX899JP "Icarus Plummet"> Raleigh, NC> ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:19:15 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
> Here's a very interesting video> demonstrating why a Pietenpol is so slow.> Think of all the wires on a Piet after watching this> video. Wire spokes> don't help much either.> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftq8jTQ8ANE> > > Jack Phillips> NX899JP "Icarus Plummet"> Raleigh, NC> ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:19:15 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
Original Posted By: Rick Holland
> You> guys are really killing me here. I'm about ready to push> my Piet out of the hangar and burn it. > > I used Gorilla glue, brazed fittings, coated wood pieces> that contact the covering with spar varnish, didn't> calculate where my wheels are located based on anything more> scientific than where the oldtimers said they should be and> now I find out that my struts have never been through the> spanwise distribution load calculations!!!! Will it never> end?? Thank goodness I didn't use a Corvair engine.> > How can I feel safe now that all these questions are> unanswered? I never had the internet to tell me where holes> should be drilled or what size cable to use or which side of> a bulkhead a brace should be glued to. The only guidelines I> ever had was looking at other (unsafe??) examples at> Brodhead each summer and talking to their builders. How> could I have been so gullible as to think that they were> trained and seasoned engineers. I was so naive to have> followed their advice and now I am paying the price with> nightmares and self-doubt.> > Should I douse the airframe with 100LL or diesel fuel??> Maybe auto gas....or wood alcohol? I do have kerosene and> some Coleman fuel, too. Help, I can't make a decision> like this without input. > > Then there are the environmental issues to consider prior> to the bonfire. What will the down-wind damage be to the> Ivory Billed Woodpecker habitat when my Polyfiber (gasp!)> system carbonizes? Should I remove the tires before I light> the thing off? It's all just too horrible to consider.> > Thankful to still be alive-> > Larry> > ps. I'm a quivering basket case but my Air Camper is> performing like none of this matters. Is there a message> there?> > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:02:02 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing
> You> guys are really killing me here. I'm about ready to push> my Piet out of the hangar and burn it. > > I used Gorilla glue, brazed fittings, coated wood pieces> that contact the covering with spar varnish, didn't> calculate where my wheels are located based on anything more> scientific than where the oldtimers said they should be and> now I find out that my struts have never been through the> spanwise distribution load calculations!!!! Will it never> end?? Thank goodness I didn't use a Corvair engine.> > How can I feel safe now that all these questions are> unanswered? I never had the internet to tell me where holes> should be drilled or what size cable to use or which side of> a bulkhead a brace should be glued to. The only guidelines I> ever had was looking at other (unsafe??) examples at> Brodhead each summer and talking to their builders. How> could I have been so gullible as to think that they were> trained and seasoned engineers. I was so naive to have> followed their advice and now I am paying the price with> nightmares and self-doubt.> > Should I douse the airframe with 100LL or diesel fuel??> Maybe auto gas....or wood alcohol? I do have kerosene and> some Coleman fuel, too. Help, I can't make a decision> like this without input. > > Then there are the environmental issues to consider prior> to the bonfire. What will the down-wind damage be to the> Ivory Billed Woodpecker habitat when my Polyfiber (gasp!)> system carbonizes? Should I remove the tires before I light> the thing off? It's all just too horrible to consider.> > Thankful to still be alive-> > Larry> > ps. I'm a quivering basket case but my Air Camper is> performing like none of this matters. Is there a message> there?> > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:02:02 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Corvair Challenges and 5th Bearing