Original Posted By: "taildrags"
i am selling my pietenpol project. this is a very nice project for someone to finish.here are the details. tail complete, covered and painted, fuselage coveredand has two coats of poly brush, all controls, cables and tailwheel installed.center section and fuel tank finished. right wing finished with controlsand hardware installed and ready for cover. long cabanes. engine cont 65 low timeless that 100 hours, very nice sench wooden prop. all instruments installedmotor mount fitted. landing gear finished and fitted with matco hydraulic brakes.enough superflite fabric comes with the project to complete it. finallythe left wing is a little more than 50% finished. strut material included. thisproject is exactly plans built with standard fuselage. its a bernie pietenpolas he intended it to be. price is negotiable with a serious buyer. only seriouscraftsmen call.. 817 578 1215..pics avaiable. thanks for reading this.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Vi Kapler style hinges
Pietenpol-List: Vi Kapler style hinges
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Original Posted By: "Lorenzo"
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;To all who were interested in the Kapler style cast aluminum tail hinges, thankyou for your patience. I recently received a batch of castings from the foundryand they are quite good. With the small stock of castings that I got fromVi when I bought his parts and tooling, I now have enough material to produceabout 30 sets of hinges (9 pairs). In the attached photo you can see what 269pairs of the rough castings look like, but there are a few rejects among themand I have yet to begin machining them to final shape (all by hand), which mayturn up a void or flaw in a couple more. The foundry and my supplier werevery good to me, so I can continue to offer them at what I think is a reasonableprice: $72 a set plus $3 shipping in the U.S., total of $75 for the nine pairsof hinges that go in the tail group on an Air Camper. I've found out thatthese hinges are nearly identical to those used on the W.A.R. replicas, so theremay be a wider market for them than I originally thought, but I'm not sureof that yet. My first priority will be to supply Piet builders.I am not ready to start taking orders yet, but I wanted to report that I do havethe raw stock to start putting hinges back in the supply pipeline as I get setsfinished and I hope to do that soon. Those who have already contacted me,I have your names on the list. I appreciate it, and I hope to be of serviceto builders if I can produce hinges equal to those that Vi has been supplyingfor years. I will also be load-testing a random hinge to destruction and willreport on my findings when I'm done.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/hing ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;To all who were interested in the Kapler style cast aluminum tail hinges, thankyou for your patience. I recently received a batch of castings from the foundryand they are quite good. With the small stock of castings that I got fromVi when I bought his parts and tooling, I now have enough material to produceabout 30 sets of hinges (9 pairs). In the attached photo you can see what 269pairs of the rough castings look like, but there are a few rejects among themand I have yet to begin machining them to final shape (all by hand), which mayturn up a void or flaw in a couple more. The foundry and my supplier werevery good to me, so I can continue to offer them at what I think is a reasonableprice: $72 a set plus $3 shipping in the U.S., total of $75 for the nine pairsof hinges that go in the tail group on an Air Camper. I've found out thatthese hinges are nearly identical to those used on the W.A.R. replicas, so theremay be a wider market for them than I originally thought, but I'm not sureof that yet. My first priority will be to supply Piet builders.I am not ready to start taking orders yet, but I wanted to report that I do havethe raw stock to start putting hinges back in the supply pipeline as I get setsfinished and I hope to do that soon. Those who have already contacted me,I have your names on the list. I appreciate it, and I hope to be of serviceto builders if I can produce hinges equal to those that Vi has been supplyingfor years. I will also be load-testing a random hinge to destruction and willreport on my findings when I'm done.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/hing ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Original Posted By: "AircamperN11MS"
Good news! We exchanged emails about this earlier this year. If I'm not alreadyon your wait list, please add me (L. Harris, Tellico Plains, TN). Well done forthis valuable service.LorenzoRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Good news! We exchanged emails about this earlier this year. If I'm not alreadyon your wait list, please add me (L. Harris, Tellico Plains, TN). Well done forthis valuable service.LorenzoRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler style hinges
Re: Pietenpol-List: Vi Kapler style hinges
Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
Can you let me know when you start selling? I'll buy a set.Thanks!--------JohnRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 13:45:12 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Vi Kapler style hinges
Can you let me know when you start selling? I'll buy a set.Thanks!--------JohnRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 13:45:12 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Vi Kapler style hinges