Pietenpol-List: Observations....
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 1998 10:07 am
Original Posted By: scherer2(at)airmail.net (Glenn Scherer)
>Mike,>>Congratulations!! You should have just taken off work. Your numbers>sound about right. I put a trim tab on the bottom of my rudder. Should>have put a longer 6 or 8" near to top. Better air flow.>>CraigCraig- Thank you ! I also appreciate the note about where to place thetab because I was going to put it near the bottom but now I won't.WING CUT-OUT NEWS FLASH: I have a curved wing cut-outabove the cockpit in the center section and I couldn't tell any differencefrom how a Piet flies without the cut-out. I felt no turbulence overthe tail (and even looked back at it once I settled down.) The cut-outI have is not flat or rectangular but curved and faired to a contour.MC________________________________________________________________________________
>Mike,>>Congratulations!! You should have just taken off work. Your numbers>sound about right. I put a trim tab on the bottom of my rudder. Should>have put a longer 6 or 8" near to top. Better air flow.>>CraigCraig- Thank you ! I also appreciate the note about where to place thetab because I was going to put it near the bottom but now I won't.WING CUT-OUT NEWS FLASH: I have a curved wing cut-outabove the cockpit in the center section and I couldn't tell any differencefrom how a Piet flies without the cut-out. I felt no turbulence overthe tail (and even looked back at it once I settled down.) The cut-outI have is not flat or rectangular but curved and faired to a contour.MC________________________________________________________________________________