> Pietenpol weight, etc
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 1999 7:29 am
Original Posted By: claude
Subject: Pietenpol-List: RE: Pietenpol weight, etc>Please Unsubscribe, thank you, I'll be back.>>-----Original Message----->From: john hodnette [SMTP:jhodnette(at)tecinfo.com]>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:27 PM>To: Pietenpol Discussion>Subject: Pietenpol weight, etc>>Jim V> I remember meeting with you in southern Ohio a number of years>ago at a Piet fly-in. At the time, I think you were flying a Piet with>corvair power. I weigh more than you do and plan to fly mine one day>with a Model A. I think I remember talking with the elder Mr. Pavliga>and extended the engine mount out 2 or so inches and made the cabane>struts a couple inches longer so that the wing would not close in on me>when moved back to compensate for my weight. Don't know if those>changes will work, but my weighing less than 200 pounds will never>happen.>john hodnette________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: RE: Pietenpol weight, etc>Please Unsubscribe, thank you, I'll be back.>>-----Original Message----->From: john hodnette [SMTP:jhodnette(at)tecinfo.com]>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:27 PM>To: Pietenpol Discussion>Subject: Pietenpol weight, etc>>Jim V> I remember meeting with you in southern Ohio a number of years>ago at a Piet fly-in. At the time, I think you were flying a Piet with>corvair power. I weigh more than you do and plan to fly mine one day>with a Model A. I think I remember talking with the elder Mr. Pavliga>and extended the engine mount out 2 or so inches and made the cabane>struts a couple inches longer so that the wing would not close in on me>when moved back to compensate for my weight. Don't know if those>changes will work, but my weighing less than 200 pounds will never>happen.>john hodnette________________________________________________________________________________