Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
Received these off list, P. F. Beck is a Piet builder from Barnwell SC and avolunteer at the wood shop at Sun & Fun. His Piet is Corvair powered.He sentme some pictures that I will try to post to photo-share.SkipMarch 26, 2004Gary and Skip,Wanted to announce the birth of my new baby, NX747PF. Todd Clamp, local DARhere in S. C. awarded it a Certificate of Airworthiness today. It's now anofficial Pietenpol airplane. Maiden flight will be tomorrow if weather andrunway paving crew and asphalt trucks don't hinder me. Look forward tohearing of your "birth announcements" soon.March 29, 2004 I flew about 30 minutes "crow hopping" Sat. just to get the feel of thecontrols, another 30 minutes actually flying yesterday and about 40 minutesflying this afternoon with no problems. Everyone on ground says enginesounds great. It's very quiet with my "ugly" muffler. Compared my airspeed to a handheld GPS today and my airspeed indicator isreading slow. At 2900rpm, GPS speed say's 80mph. That is not full throttle.Had engine above 3000rpm yesterday, but did not have GPS then to checkspeed.If weather allows in the morning, will start to write down actual speeds atvarious rpm's. Might drill another hole in static source to see if thathelp's with indicator reading. I'll have more flying info to share with you at Sun-n-fun. P. F.MessageReceived these off list, P. F. Beck is a Piet builderfrom Barnwell SC and a volunteer at the wood shop at Sun Fun. His Piet isCorvair powered.He sent me some pictures that I will try to post to photo-share.SkipMarch26, 2004Gary and Skip,Wanted to announce the birth of my new baby, NX747PF. Todd Clamp, local DAR here in S. C. awarded it a Certificateof Airworthiness today. It's now an official Pietenpol airplane. Maiden flight will be tomorrow if weather and runway paving crew and asphalt trucks don't hinder me. Look forward to hearing of your "birth announcements" soon.March29, 2004Iflew about 30 minutes "crow hopping"Sat. just to get the feel of the controls, another 30 minutes actually flying yesterday and about 40 minutes flying this afternoon with no problems. Everyone on ground says engine sounds great. It's very quiet with my "ugly" muffler.Compared my airspeed to a handheld GPS today and my airspeed indicatoris reading slow.At2900rpm, GPS speed say's 80mph.That is not full throttle. Had engine above3000rpm yesterday, but did not have GPS then to check speed.If weather allows in the morning, will startto write down actualspeeds at various rpm's. Might drillanother hole in static source to see if that help's with indicator reading.I'll have more flyinginfoto share with you at Sun-n-fun. P. F. ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Continental inter-cylinder bafflesDate: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 06:41:14 -0800

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: Gadd, Skip
MessageCongratulations to P.F. on the birth of his new "Baby".Alex Sloan ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
Make them. The patterns are in one of the Bingelis books.chris bobka----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
And if you had a good lathe you wouldn't have to buy all those damn bolts!Jim in Plano...feeling a bit silly but enjoying the heck out of the "NewBaby's flyin'" stories....very cool.----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
Bill,I took mine off of the A65 (that came off of an Areonca) and if they are theones that I think you mean, they are simply a rectangle of aluminum bent tofollow the lower shape of the cyl.'s with a flat in the center (betweencyl.'s) with a hole to wire them up to a welding rod on top to take theshape of the cyl tops... Just looked at mine that are in an old partsbucket down in my aircraft factory. (well actually it's a 10x20ft.cellar.)You could really make them both in less than 1 hour.Chris is right, if you have the pattern, make them.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "walt evans"
As Walt says, it is too easy to make them... Used ones will most likely bedamaged. You want to cool properly and want the sytem to work properly.New ones made to the Bingelis drawings would enable this.Chris----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "walt evans"
Bill,I have these old ones, and if you'd like to see them in your hand, I canstomp them flat and mail them to you if you'd like. Two baffles and thewires for the top, and the big cotter pin that secures the baffle, and thesafety wire that holds them all together. It really looks like these weremade by hand, but you could see the concept.Let me know!walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----