Pietenpol-List: White piet in the soup.
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 1998 10:10 am
Original Posted By: Steve W
Steve here. I caught Jim's message and cut and pasted it here. He issending it in mime format for some reason. I think because his mailer isgroupwise. Some of your responses had me rolling on the floor. Hee heehaah!Piet chat group,I am very interested in constructing a Piet AirCamper as it is obviouslya proven design with an excellent support group (i.e. BPA and thislist). However, I am concerned about possible performance problems herein Colorado. The density altitude can get really ugly here! Is anyoneout ther currently building and or flying a piet in Colorado? I wouldreally apreciate any information that you can provide.Thanks,Jim JonesJust for the record, I grew up in CO and my home in Metro Denver was atabout 5400' I now live in Utah at 4500' and still feel the performance issufficient with the a-65 at this altitude. With two 200 pounders on boardand 70 degrees, climb suffers noticably, but you still are safe. Monday Ihad mine up to 10,000' MSL solo, it was nearly 80 on the ground. Not bad.Stevee________________________________________________________________________________
Steve here. I caught Jim's message and cut and pasted it here. He issending it in mime format for some reason. I think because his mailer isgroupwise. Some of your responses had me rolling on the floor. Hee heehaah!Piet chat group,I am very interested in constructing a Piet AirCamper as it is obviouslya proven design with an excellent support group (i.e. BPA and thislist). However, I am concerned about possible performance problems herein Colorado. The density altitude can get really ugly here! Is anyoneout ther currently building and or flying a piet in Colorado? I wouldreally apreciate any information that you can provide.Thanks,Jim JonesJust for the record, I grew up in CO and my home in Metro Denver was atabout 5400' I now live in Utah at 4500' and still feel the performance issufficient with the a-65 at this altitude. With two 200 pounders on boardand 70 degrees, climb suffers noticably, but you still are safe. Monday Ihad mine up to 10,000' MSL solo, it was nearly 80 on the ground. Not bad.Stevee________________________________________________________________________________