Original Posted By: "Michael Brusilow"
Gang, I was wondering if anyone else saw the Flying article in the February issue of Flying about the Rhinebeck Aerodrome? It was a neat article talking about some of the airshow activities that are held there every year. It was entertaining/lots of neat pictures and even featured a photo of an airplane that is near and dear to us all!!!Gary________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Flying feature on Rhinebeck
Re: Pietenpol-List: Flying feature on Rhinebeck
Original Posted By: "Owen Davies"
>>Gang,>> I was wondering if anyone else saw the Flying article in the February>issue of Flying about the Rhinebeck Aerodrome? It was a neat articletalking>about some of the airshow activities that are held there every year. It was>entertaining/lots of neat pictures and even featured a photo of an airplane>that is near and dear to us all!!!>>Gary>I saw the article Gary. A bit of history. Years ago a Piet Fly-in was heldat Rhinebeck. Four Piets were there:Ed Snyders', Carl Ericksons', ? Kohlers', & mine. Ed, Carl & mine were Fordpowered.. Kohlers', I believe had an 85. Believe this, he had a ballisticchute rigged.Eds', Kohlers' & mine were plans built. Carl bought his at Brodhead & thenrebuilt it. It is that Piet that is shown in the article. It is now in themuseum at Rhinebeck.Mike B Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________
>>Gang,>> I was wondering if anyone else saw the Flying article in the February>issue of Flying about the Rhinebeck Aerodrome? It was a neat articletalking>about some of the airshow activities that are held there every year. It was>entertaining/lots of neat pictures and even featured a photo of an airplane>that is near and dear to us all!!!>>Gary>I saw the article Gary. A bit of history. Years ago a Piet Fly-in was heldat Rhinebeck. Four Piets were there:Ed Snyders', Carl Ericksons', ? Kohlers', & mine. Ed, Carl & mine were Fordpowered.. Kohlers', I believe had an 85. Believe this, he had a ballisticchute rigged.Eds', Kohlers' & mine were plans built. Carl bought his at Brodhead & thenrebuilt it. It is that Piet that is shown in the article. It is now in themuseum at Rhinebeck.Mike B Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Flying feature on Rhinebeck
Original Posted By: mboynton(at)excite.com
Among other interesting comments, Mike Brusilow recalled:>. Years ago a Piet Fly-in was held> at Rhinebeck. Four Piets were there:> Ed Snyders', Carl Ericksons', ? Kohlers', & mine. Ed, Carl & mine wereFord> powered.. Kohlers', I believe had an 85. Believe this, he had a ballistic> chute rigged.That's Joe Kohler. He lives in one of those little towns north ofKeene, NH. Yup, C-85. He went on to take over someone'sAvid Flyer project, then built a Heath Parasol, intending it to bean ultralight, but came out over the weight limit. Also built what hecalled his "second Pietenpol," a replica of Bernie's hangar, inhis front yard, at the near end of an 800-foot grass strip, with aminor dogleg in the middle, and wrote an article about it forKitplanes. One of those guys who can't sit still for two minutes,and always finds something useful to do with his energy.At some point, he pranged the Avid when a spring brokein the tail wheel assembly. The Feds blamed it on "pilot error,"and he was so disgusted that he gave up flying for a while. LastI heard, he was working on another ultralight, but that's severalyears ago. Don't know the status of the Piet. I'll have to give hima call. Thanks for the reminder.Owen Davies________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:56:34 -0800 (PST)
Among other interesting comments, Mike Brusilow recalled:>. Years ago a Piet Fly-in was held> at Rhinebeck. Four Piets were there:> Ed Snyders', Carl Ericksons', ? Kohlers', & mine. Ed, Carl & mine wereFord> powered.. Kohlers', I believe had an 85. Believe this, he had a ballistic> chute rigged.That's Joe Kohler. He lives in one of those little towns north ofKeene, NH. Yup, C-85. He went on to take over someone'sAvid Flyer project, then built a Heath Parasol, intending it to bean ultralight, but came out over the weight limit. Also built what hecalled his "second Pietenpol," a replica of Bernie's hangar, inhis front yard, at the near end of an 800-foot grass strip, with aminor dogleg in the middle, and wrote an article about it forKitplanes. One of those guys who can't sit still for two minutes,and always finds something useful to do with his energy.At some point, he pranged the Avid when a spring brokein the tail wheel assembly. The Feds blamed it on "pilot error,"and he was so disgusted that he gave up flying for a while. LastI heard, he was working on another ultralight, but that's severalyears ago. Don't know the status of the Piet. I'll have to give hima call. Thanks for the reminder.Owen Davies________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:56:34 -0800 (PST)
Re: Pietenpol-List: clamping laminated spars
Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: clamping laminated sparsIn a message dated 1/26/01 12:58:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, mboynton(at)excite.com writes:> > How have you, or how would you, clamp all of those laminations over a 12> foot length and keep the whole assembly straight. I'm looking for some> innovative (i.e., cheap) way to do a good job of it. The cost of that many> c-clamps or hand screws would be prohibitive - at least for me.> > Mark,I have heard that BHP had a 29 foot long wooden jig (basically a work surface) to hold the assy straight while each laminate was added with glue and small nails. I suppose the last layer would need to be clamped so the final planing would not hit nails. I believe the last two aircraft he built had a laminated spar. I do not have the equipment to do the planing, so I make spars from 3/4" quarter sawn boards.Doug Bryant Wichita, Ks________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: clamping laminated sparsIn a message dated 1/26/01 12:58:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, mboynton(at)excite.com writes:> > How have you, or how would you, clamp all of those laminations over a 12> foot length and keep the whole assembly straight. I'm looking for some> innovative (i.e., cheap) way to do a good job of it. The cost of that many> c-clamps or hand screws would be prohibitive - at least for me.> > Mark,I have heard that BHP had a 29 foot long wooden jig (basically a work surface) to hold the assy straight while each laminate was added with glue and small nails. I suppose the last layer would need to be clamped so the final planing would not hit nails. I believe the last two aircraft he built had a laminated spar. I do not have the equipment to do the planing, so I make spars from 3/4" quarter sawn boards.Doug Bryant Wichita, Ks________________________________________________________________________________
RE: Pietenpol-List: clamping laminated spars
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Hi Mark,Making your own clamps is pretty easy. You can do a cam type clamp out ofwood with a screw or bolt as a pivot on your workbench. Or just use a wedgeof wood against a bolt. No need to spend lots on c-clamps for this. Yourbig challenge will be a workbench long and straight enough.Steve E.for smaller things a PVC pipe cut in sections make good clamps. Cut upsection of 2" pipe into 2-3" lengths, then split down the side.... Makecheap clamps, and you can vary the pressure by making the slot larger, orusing bigger Dia pipe.-----Original Message-----
Hi Mark,Making your own clamps is pretty easy. You can do a cam type clamp out ofwood with a screw or bolt as a pivot on your workbench. Or just use a wedgeof wood against a bolt. No need to spend lots on c-clamps for this. Yourbig challenge will be a workbench long and straight enough.Steve E.for smaller things a PVC pipe cut in sections make good clamps. Cut upsection of 2" pipe into 2-3" lengths, then split down the side.... Makecheap clamps, and you can vary the pressure by making the slot larger, orusing bigger Dia pipe.-----Original Message-----