Original Posted By: danhelsper(at)aol.com
[UNCLASSIFIED] Steve wrote->What is the consensus on where you get the most bang for the buck?You'll never find a consensus on THIS list! ;o) However, Steve, I have to saythat most people on this list will agree that the most bang for the buck is whatevergets you in the air. Until you actually lift the wheels off the runwayand fly your Air Camper, it's all just hangar talk and ideas, but once you dolift it off- it will all be worthwhile.I remember the day when I first started the engine on my airplane after rebuildingand repairing it. I had a long to-do list of things, some big and some small,and every weekend I would go to the hangar and nibble away at them. Oneafternoon I looked at the list and realized that there wasn't anything on it thatwould prevent me from starting the engine, so I did. That day was almostas memorable to me as the day of my first solo or the day I passed my Privatecheckride. Work on the remaining list went much, much more quickly after that.Once the airplane was back in the air, I could sit back and work on little thingsforever. Streamline this, change that, adjust something else. But at anygiven time I could drive up to the hangar, open the doors, pull the plane out,preflight, and go fly it. And I did. Fly out to Medina Lake, fly down to CannonField, fly over the farms, fly to Castroville and fuel up, fly out to thebig runways at Hondo, fly anywhere I wanted. Fly circuits in the pattern, flyfor an hour or for as long as it took to shoot three takeoffs and landings.Fly off the grass, fly off the pavement. But fly.The biggest bang for the buck will be whatever it takes to get your airplane airworthyand flying. You can work on streamlining, drag reduction, improving trimand balance, weight reduction, paint, seat padding, and all that other stuffafter you get it flying. Make a list of "ESSENTIAL TO SAFETY OF FLIGHT" andtake care of those things first. You'll have plenty of time to work on the"nice to have" things later. Now c'mon... you're burning good flying weatherin Texas already!--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: First engine start
Pietenpol-List: First engine start
Original Posted By: taildrags
Yes Oscar I remember the day well. I had the same list you did. Little by little by little, chipping away. The day finally came to start my Ford A. I had asked my trusted neighbor Russ Kuhlen to help me, and help me think, and to assist. As the assigned time approached, I had absolutely nothing left to do, but wait for the minutes to tick down to the allotted time. I pulled up a chair at the hangar door to wait. Russ walked up quietly behind me, kind of surprised I was just sitting. He said "what's wrong?" I said, ".......what if it doesn't start?" He just laughed. That set the tone.One of my most cherished moments. http://s564.photobucket.com/user/dhelsp ... p4.htmlDan HelsperPuryear, TN-----Original Message-----
Yes Oscar I remember the day well. I had the same list you did. Little by little by little, chipping away. The day finally came to start my Ford A. I had asked my trusted neighbor Russ Kuhlen to help me, and help me think, and to assist. As the assigned time approached, I had absolutely nothing left to do, but wait for the minutes to tick down to the allotted time. I pulled up a chair at the hangar door to wait. Russ walked up quietly behind me, kind of surprised I was just sitting. He said "what's wrong?" I said, ".......what if it doesn't start?" He just laughed. That set the tone.One of my most cherished moments. http://s564.photobucket.com/user/dhelsp ... p4.htmlDan HelsperPuryear, TN-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: First engine start
Original Posted By: "womenfly2"
Who's Piper L-4 in back of your plane?Curious .... WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: First engine start
Who's Piper L-4 in back of your plane?Curious .... WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: First engine start
Original Posted By: shad bell
... I could smell the exhaust!Awesome!WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:49:41 -0800 (PST)
... I could smell the exhaust!Awesome!WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:49:41 -0800 (PST)
RE: Pietenpol-List: First engine start
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
.and you, with your own cheerleader!!Gary BootheNX308MB
.and you, with your own cheerleader!!Gary BootheNX308MB
Pietenpol-List: Re: First engine start
Original Posted By: "Jerry Grogan"
Nice Dan - thanks for posting....!--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Nice Dan - thanks for posting....!--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
RE: Pietenpol-List: First engine start
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
That is really cool.Jerry Grogan
That is really cool.Jerry Grogan
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speed
Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speed
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speed