Original Posted By: Matt Dralle
https://picasaweb.google.com/1008435580 ... 6146Jeff's definitely got the look of a 1929 pilot.Enjoy N8031, Jeff.- I know I did!CheersDan-- Dan Yocumyocum137(at)gmail.comle, List Admin.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 10:28:51 -0700
Pietenpol-List: Stupendous camera work
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Original Posted By: Andre Abreu
Pietenpol-List: Re: A cold fall flight...
Original Posted By: "echobravo4"
Forecast said this would be a cool, cloudy but very still day. Got to theairport at 11:00am, it was about 40 degrees. I was interested in how coldit would feel, and excited because this would be my first chance to use theWWII vintage leather flying coveralls I purchased years ago Chris Bobkaduring the building/dreaming stage.Fueled up with twelve gallons of 100ll. Suit felt great, clearly designedfor sitting, though it was hard to get my harness on. Earplugs in, leatherhelmet on, goggles on (I need these with my windscreens or else my eyeswater all the time and burn the next day). Pointed her nose down the runway(not into the wind, as there wasn't any) and took of into a leaden sky for alater morning patrol. The C-90/Cloud Car prop combo turns up about 2475 on climbout, though I keptthe nose down to keep the engine cool as she's still breaking in. Turnedaway to find the local lake while I climbed to 3,000. Proceeded to exploreboth power on and power off stalls. I can feel absolutely NO buffet beforeeither. I'm trying to train myself to feel when she's on the edge, but thebest I can come up with is a mushy feel on the elevators. If I didn't haveearplugs, I'm sure the sounds would be a giveaway as well. She stallsstraight ahead power on and power off. After I played around with that for a while, I decided to see if myrefurbished Garmin 196 was working so I flew over to Lebanon/Warren County,led me right there. Overflew it and decided now was as good a time as everto try an asphalt landing, so got into the pattern and did one fly by downthe runway to get a feel for it. Set up again and everything went reallywell, three-pointed it on and she stayed nice and straight. I like thebungees being pretty firm, she just seems to squat onto the pavement. As Igave her the gas to go around, I noticed a guy running out with a camera sogave him some smoke, knowing I"d have to clean her up later because I've notinstalled the longer downpipes on my exhaust, but what the heck! I rememberbeing that guy for most of my life!!Did another nice landing and headed home.Approaching the field I saw about a half dozen parachutes over the field soI flew right through them with smoke going. NO, JUST KIDDING. I peeled offand hung out of range 'til the last one landed then came in for a landing.However, by now, it's been almost an hour and I guess I'm colder than Ithought (my teeth were almost chattering) and I plunked her down from toohigh. Guess I was in some sort of cold stupor or something. Ticked me offso I went around and did it twice more, both of them nice. Good lesson tolearn, that you can get kind of numb when it's cold, or after a long flight.First raindrops started to fall as I taxied to the hangar. Went toMcdonalds and got some coffee and drove home.God is good!Keep building, it's worth it!!!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: A cold fall flight...
Forecast said this would be a cool, cloudy but very still day. Got to theairport at 11:00am, it was about 40 degrees. I was interested in how coldit would feel, and excited because this would be my first chance to use theWWII vintage leather flying coveralls I purchased years ago Chris Bobkaduring the building/dreaming stage.Fueled up with twelve gallons of 100ll. Suit felt great, clearly designedfor sitting, though it was hard to get my harness on. Earplugs in, leatherhelmet on, goggles on (I need these with my windscreens or else my eyeswater all the time and burn the next day). Pointed her nose down the runway(not into the wind, as there wasn't any) and took of into a leaden sky for alater morning patrol. The C-90/Cloud Car prop combo turns up about 2475 on climbout, though I keptthe nose down to keep the engine cool as she's still breaking in. Turnedaway to find the local lake while I climbed to 3,000. Proceeded to exploreboth power on and power off stalls. I can feel absolutely NO buffet beforeeither. I'm trying to train myself to feel when she's on the edge, but thebest I can come up with is a mushy feel on the elevators. If I didn't haveearplugs, I'm sure the sounds would be a giveaway as well. She stallsstraight ahead power on and power off. After I played around with that for a while, I decided to see if myrefurbished Garmin 196 was working so I flew over to Lebanon/Warren County,led me right there. Overflew it and decided now was as good a time as everto try an asphalt landing, so got into the pattern and did one fly by downthe runway to get a feel for it. Set up again and everything went reallywell, three-pointed it on and she stayed nice and straight. I like thebungees being pretty firm, she just seems to squat onto the pavement. As Igave her the gas to go around, I noticed a guy running out with a camera sogave him some smoke, knowing I"d have to clean her up later because I've notinstalled the longer downpipes on my exhaust, but what the heck! I rememberbeing that guy for most of my life!!Did another nice landing and headed home.Approaching the field I saw about a half dozen parachutes over the field soI flew right through them with smoke going. NO, JUST KIDDING. I peeled offand hung out of range 'til the last one landed then came in for a landing.However, by now, it's been almost an hour and I guess I'm colder than Ithought (my teeth were almost chattering) and I plunked her down from toohigh. Guess I was in some sort of cold stupor or something. Ticked me offso I went around and did it twice more, both of them nice. Good lesson tolearn, that you can get kind of numb when it's cold, or after a long flight.First raindrops started to fall as I taxied to the hangar. Went toMcdonalds and got some coffee and drove home.God is good!Keep building, it's worth it!!!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: A cold fall flight...
RE: Pietenpol-List: Stupendous camera work
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