Pietenpol-List: Nov. EAA Experimenter
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:54 pm
Original Posted By: "Richard Navratil"
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;I just got my Nov. Experimenter and whipped through it. More pictures of Mike Cuy's Piet in the story on Brodhead. One picture shows the protective leatherette 'bib' that Mike apparently added after many curious onlookers leaned their arms over the airplane's turtledeck.There are some pictures of a really nifty uncowled A-65 installation in a Piet... it's remarkably clean looking considering the engine pretty much hangs out there for all the world to see. And some pictures of that same airplane's wheel streamline fairings (spoked wheels).And last, but certainly not least (among the stuff that caught my eye) is a really simple and nifty little "skate" that you sit your tailwheel into, for jockeying the plane around in tight hangars. That is, if your tailwheel isn't fully castoring. It's a simple little round disk of wood with a slot in the top for the tailwheel, and a couple of castors on the bottom. Really nifty. We should see if Mary Jones (or Bob Whittier) would let us scan and post the image to the PhotoShare here.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Howdy, low 'n' slow fliers;I just got my Nov. Experimenter and whipped through it. More pictures of Mike Cuy's Piet in the story on Brodhead. One picture shows the protective leatherette 'bib' that Mike apparently added after many curious onlookers leaned their arms over the airplane's turtledeck.There are some pictures of a really nifty uncowled A-65 installation in a Piet... it's remarkably clean looking considering the engine pretty much hangs out there for all the world to see. And some pictures of that same airplane's wheel streamline fairings (spoked wheels).And last, but certainly not least (among the stuff that caught my eye) is a really simple and nifty little "skate" that you sit your tailwheel into, for jockeying the plane around in tight hangars. That is, if your tailwheel isn't fully castoring. It's a simple little round disk of wood with a slot in the top for the tailwheel, and a couple of castors on the bottom. Really nifty. We should see if Mary Jones (or Bob Whittier) would let us scan and post the image to the PhotoShare here.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________