Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: walter evans
Graham Hansen wrote:snip>anyone out there been able to compare the Ford and Continental air-planes regarding directional stability?<<I fly with a 0-200. Had a Ford engine for two years before thecontinental. Put some time on Ed Snyder's Ford. I found no differencein directional stability.Mike B Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: TomTravis(at)aol.com
Mike,Do you have a long fuselage?Ted -----Original Message----- I fly with a 0-200. Had a Ford engine for two years before thecontinental. Put some time on Ed Snyder's Ford. I found no differencein directional stability. Mike B Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Ted Brousseau <To: Pietenpol Discussion
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Original Posted By: Chris A Tracy
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: GN-1 AircamperIn a message dated 6/11/2000 11:29:56 AM Central Daylight Time, houndsfour(at)mediaone.net writes:>I am in Houston What all do you have for GN1?John Davis________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:41:16 -0700Subject: Pietenpol-List: Long Fuselage

Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
>I was going to build the long fuselage . Any way>when I was looking at the plans I noticed that the majority of extra>length, 6 of the 9 inches, was added to the aft end of the fuselage.>>talk me into keeping it or into cutting it out. >>Im on the fence I need some help, do I keep it or cut it out?>>Thanks>Chris>Sacramento, CAHere's the long & short of it: I believe the long fuselage was drawn for the corvair engine. The extra length was added to the cockpit aera. The long fuselage tends to be tail heavy no matter what engine one uses.This is aggrevated as the weight of the engine goes down ( 65 cont ) and/orthe weight of the pilot goes up. This is corrected by moving the wing backand adding weight foward e.g. metal prop.If you do not want to add the extra length to the fuselage, build the shortfuselage.You can use an air cooled engine-no problem.Mike B Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Don Mosher"
Well put , Doc!Bert----- Original Message -----