Original Posted By: "tdudley(at)umn.edu"
Mark,Cold? I'd bet Oklahoma cold ain't all too bad--it's been downright awful up inMinnesota; -22 F last night. You don't know of any good property down there,do you?TomRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Gary Boothe's Ribs
Pietenpol-List: Re: Gary Boothe's Ribs
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Really! After the pictures you posted of your fantastic craftsmanship, you needto finish those last few ribs (and the wall-hanging one). If you'd like, I'msure you could find 7 or 8 of us to help!TomRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Really! After the pictures you posted of your fantastic craftsmanship, you needto finish those last few ribs (and the wall-hanging one). If you'd like, I'msure you could find 7 or 8 of us to help!TomRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: questions from a new guy...
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
The primary reason for a mock fuselage is to see if you can comfortably fitin a Pietenpol. Pietenpol builders are larger now than they were back inthe day of Bernard and Don Finke (and they seem to be getting larger all thetime). If you fly a Pietenpol any distance, you will be sitting in it for along time. When I fly mine from North Carolina to Brodhead, it is about 13hours of flying, and I have done that in one day (once). That's a long timeto sit in first class, much less in a cramped cockpit where there is exactlyONE position you can sit. So many people build a "mockpit". I think abetter alternative is to go to Brodhead before you start building and sit inas many different Piets as the owners will allow and make your decision fromthat.As for the airfoil, a Pietenpol is a 1929 airplane. If that is what youwant, build it to the plans. If you want something more modern, build aSonex. Seriously, there are some under construction with the Riblettairfoil. To my eye, they don't look like Pietenpols (the leading edgedoesn't look right - too fat). There is a lot of discussion about airfoilsbut not enough Ribletts are flying to give good data.Build a Pietenpol to the plans, and build it light and it will fly well.Modify the design, make it heavy, it may or may not (probably won't). Therehave been a huge number of Pietenpols built, with a lot of variations fromthe plans. I don't know of any of them that fly any better than a strictlyplans built airplane.Just my opinions. Take them with a grain of salt.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet" (A Pietenpol built pretty close to the plans. Iwish I'd built it closer to the plans. It would fly better)Raleigh, NC-----Original Message-----
The primary reason for a mock fuselage is to see if you can comfortably fitin a Pietenpol. Pietenpol builders are larger now than they were back inthe day of Bernard and Don Finke (and they seem to be getting larger all thetime). If you fly a Pietenpol any distance, you will be sitting in it for along time. When I fly mine from North Carolina to Brodhead, it is about 13hours of flying, and I have done that in one day (once). That's a long timeto sit in first class, much less in a cramped cockpit where there is exactlyONE position you can sit. So many people build a "mockpit". I think abetter alternative is to go to Brodhead before you start building and sit inas many different Piets as the owners will allow and make your decision fromthat.As for the airfoil, a Pietenpol is a 1929 airplane. If that is what youwant, build it to the plans. If you want something more modern, build aSonex. Seriously, there are some under construction with the Riblettairfoil. To my eye, they don't look like Pietenpols (the leading edgedoesn't look right - too fat). There is a lot of discussion about airfoilsbut not enough Ribletts are flying to give good data.Build a Pietenpol to the plans, and build it light and it will fly well.Modify the design, make it heavy, it may or may not (probably won't). Therehave been a huge number of Pietenpols built, with a lot of variations fromthe plans. I don't know of any of them that fly any better than a strictlyplans built airplane.Just my opinions. Take them with a grain of salt.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet" (A Pietenpol built pretty close to the plans. Iwish I'd built it closer to the plans. It would fly better)Raleigh, NC-----Original Message-----
RE: Pietenpol-List: Trim set-up
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Ken, I think mine gives a travel at the bellcrank that the springs attach toof about 6" total. Of course the travel required is entirely dependent onthe strength of the spring used.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet"Raleigh, NC _____
Ken, I think mine gives a travel at the bellcrank that the springs attach toof about 6" total. Of course the travel required is entirely dependent onthe strength of the spring used.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet"Raleigh, NC _____