Pietenpol-List: lowell

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:02 am

Original Posted By: "Pieti Lowell"
Attached picture of of Don Harpers Piet making it's first engine run after filling fuel tank with gas. Taxi testing will start shortly. -After the first flight, more info will be posted.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Don Harpers Pietenpol

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:32 am

Original Posted By: "Barnwell Regional Airport"
Hey Lowell (pieti)We'll miss your plane at Brodhead as she's been quite the institution for somany years. I hope you can get the "green light" from the docs to go flyingagain, but until then, keep coming yourself. It'll keep you young!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:02 am

Original Posted By: "John Francis"
Attached picture of of Don Harpers Piet making it's first engine run after filling fuel tank with gas. Taxi testing will start shortly. After the first flight, more info will be posted.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Don Harpers Pietenpol

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:23 am

Original Posted By: gboothe5(at)comcast.net
Looks like a mighty fine aircraft Don! Can't wait to hear the flying numbers.I took a nap while the picture was downloading on my computer! Just kidding, buthere is a smaller version of the same for those with slow connections.--------John FrancisRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_ ... ___Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Don Harpers Pietenpol

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:51 am

Original Posted By: John Francis
Beautiful, Don!------Original Message------

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:02 pm

Original Posted By: airlion

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:45 pm

Original Posted By: "Mark Roberts"
Don:She is gorgeous, I have two questions,1.Don, is the leading wing edge with more radii ?2. Is the damaged pointing finger, aircraft related ?Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Don Harpers Pietenpol

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:19 pm

Original Posted By: "Barnwell Regional Airport"
Jealousy doesn't look good on me...Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:56 am

Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
Congratulations to Lowel for noting that the leading edge on Don's new Pietenpol is a little different . It is actualy a Riblet 612 airfoil.How does it fly? At this point, I've only done some high speed taxing. Several minor things were noted and are being corrected Don is working on getting paperwork together for inspected, scheduling a DAR, etc.More about flight information later.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Don Harpers new Pietenpol

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:44 am

Original Posted By: Barnwell Regional Airport
Hi P.F.,Beautiful airplane indeed. The flight testing of Don's airplane will be the "final word" on the "airfoil wars", right? You and Don were telling me at Brodhead that his airplane is pretty much identical to yours with the exception of the Riblet airfoil, correct?Dan HelsperPuryear, TN-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:15 am

Original Posted By: "TOM STINEMETZE"