Pietenpol-List: Corvair Piet in "To Fly"
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:48 am
Original Posted By: N321TX(at)wmconnect.com
Just got my copy of the SAA publication "To Fly" and one of the articles features a Corvair-powered Pietenpol built by P.F. Beck of South Carolina. Very nice Piet, he says it cruises 70-75 MPH (which is about 5-10 MPH faster cruise than the A-65 powered examples like mine). He has a real nice setup on the sides of his cowling that allows each entire side to swing away for access.The Corvair is a "William Wynne manual" conversion with rear starter and what looks like a rear alternator. He also has stock exhaust logs joining to a single outlet with a muffler under the airplane.Mr. Beck states that his Corvair Pietenpol cost him $6,800 complete. Can you beat that for fun, dependable, two-place flying?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Just got my copy of the SAA publication "To Fly" and one of the articles features a Corvair-powered Pietenpol built by P.F. Beck of South Carolina. Very nice Piet, he says it cruises 70-75 MPH (which is about 5-10 MPH faster cruise than the A-65 powered examples like mine). He has a real nice setup on the sides of his cowling that allows each entire side to swing away for access.The Corvair is a "William Wynne manual" conversion with rear starter and what looks like a rear alternator. He also has stock exhaust logs joining to a single outlet with a muffler under the airplane.Mr. Beck states that his Corvair Pietenpol cost him $6,800 complete. Can you beat that for fun, dependable, two-place flying?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________