Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: joe czaplicki
Subject: Pietenpol-List: RE: Newsletter and Steve>Really?!>2pages? I hope mine comes soon! I sure wish I could make it tobrodhead...>>Thanks Mike,>>Stevee>>>Congrat's SteveE on your TWO PAGE !!! BPAN article with photos !>Very nice. Most of us have read the text on your website but it was still>nice to see on paper.>>>ps- Leaving for EAA/Brodhead a week from today and have 35 of the>40 hours flown off. Those motorcycle wheels and tight bungees are>a bit tricky on pavement. I hit about 6 paved strips yesterday to get it>out of my system so I can land comfortably on the trip where I need to.>Grass sure spoiled me. JIM VANDERVORT's little tid-bit on tailwheel>cable relocation in the BPAN is really a good idea. I tied my rudder>cables to the same place out on the end of the rudder bar and that>baby is quite sensitive to ground steering-especially on landing roll-out.>I repeat to myself upon touchdown: "small corrections dummy,>remember, small corrections." Another alternative to Jim's idea is>to lengthen the tailwheel steering arms an inch or so to dampen tailwheel>movement. MC.>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
Congrat's SteveE on your TWO PAGE !!! BPAN article with photos !Very nice. Most of us have read the text on your website but it was stillnice to see on paper. ps- Leaving for EAA/Brodhead a week from today and have 35 of the40 hours flown off. Those motorcycle wheels and tight bungees area bit tricky on pavement. I hit about 6 paved strips yesterday to get itout of my system so I can land comfortably on the trip where I need to.Grass sure spoiled me. JIM VANDERVORT's little tid-bit on tailwheelcable relocation in the BPAN is really a good idea. I tied my ruddercables to the same place out on the end of the rudder bar and that baby is quite sensitive to ground steering-especially on landing roll-out.I repeat to myself upon touchdown: "small corrections dummy,remember, small corrections." Another alternative to Jim's idea isto lengthen the tailwheel steering arms an inch or so to dampen tailwheelmovement. MC.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Brent Reed
Really?!2pages? I hope mine comes soon! I sure wish I could make it to brodhead...Thanks Mike,SteveeCongrat's SteveE on your TWO PAGE !!! BPAN article with photos !Very nice. Most of us have read the text on your website but it was stillnice to see on paper.ps- Leaving for EAA/Brodhead a week from today and have 35 of the40 hours flown off. Those motorcycle wheels and tight bungees area bit tricky on pavement. I hit about 6 paved strips yesterday to get itout of my system so I can land comfortably on the trip where I need to.Grass sure spoiled me. JIM VANDERVORT's little tid-bit on tailwheelcable relocation in the BPAN is really a good idea. I tied my ruddercables to the same place out on the end of the rudder bar and thatbaby is quite sensitive to ground steering-especially on landing roll-out.I repeat to myself upon touchdown: "small corrections dummy,remember, small corrections." Another alternative to Jim's idea isto lengthen the tailwheel steering arms an inch or so to dampen tailwheelmovement. MC.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
Does anyone know if the newsletter will come to an end after next year? Iread that Grant is hanging it up then.Brent Reed-----Original Message-----