Pietenpol-List: project updates
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:16 pm
Original Posted By: "Bert Conoly"
Howdy, Pieters;Well, I'm on a beanie-weenie and saltine cracker week (my wife is out of town, in Oregon for a week to visit our daughters) so I'm catching up on reading and emails, living on beer and microwave popcorn (the dog and I slurped down all the refrigerator leftovers in the first few hours my wife was gone). I notice quite a few builder updates about this time last year, probably due to most folks being snowed in or shut out of the shop due to wx., but not many updates yet this year. It's been somewhat quiet on the list.So... how about those who are building, posting a word or two on their latest progress? Pull away from the Super Bowl hype and let the rest of us know how your Aircampers are coming along.Me, my latest news is that a box arrived from Aircraft Spruce yesterday containing my new carburetor air box/filter to replace the one that got accordioned in the nose-over, plus a new carb heat knob and cable (sorry, Corky... I didn't like the dinky little brass knob unit). I was a bit surprised to find that the carb heat damper lever on the air box has detents on it (a series of notched "clicks" on the arm guide). Not sure what that's for since carb heat is usually all "on" or all "off" and not anything in between, but what the heck.All I need now is a short piece of aluminum tube, slip it into the bender, put on the nuts, flare the ends (EAA chapter 35 has an aircraft flare tool), and the fuel system on NX41CC is complete and ready to fire the engine again. This to replace the feed from the fuel tank to the gascolator, through the lower firewall, that got kinked in the nose-over.So, builders- how are y'all doing? Tom Brant? Jim Markle? Corky and "Repiet"? Anybody? I see that there were no Piets at Urbana, IL last year... if the Lord wills, maybe 41CC will be on the flightline this year... Bert Conoly? Anybody else planning to make the SAA event at Urbana?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Howdy, Pieters;Well, I'm on a beanie-weenie and saltine cracker week (my wife is out of town, in Oregon for a week to visit our daughters) so I'm catching up on reading and emails, living on beer and microwave popcorn (the dog and I slurped down all the refrigerator leftovers in the first few hours my wife was gone). I notice quite a few builder updates about this time last year, probably due to most folks being snowed in or shut out of the shop due to wx., but not many updates yet this year. It's been somewhat quiet on the list.So... how about those who are building, posting a word or two on their latest progress? Pull away from the Super Bowl hype and let the rest of us know how your Aircampers are coming along.Me, my latest news is that a box arrived from Aircraft Spruce yesterday containing my new carburetor air box/filter to replace the one that got accordioned in the nose-over, plus a new carb heat knob and cable (sorry, Corky... I didn't like the dinky little brass knob unit). I was a bit surprised to find that the carb heat damper lever on the air box has detents on it (a series of notched "clicks" on the arm guide). Not sure what that's for since carb heat is usually all "on" or all "off" and not anything in between, but what the heck.All I need now is a short piece of aluminum tube, slip it into the bender, put on the nuts, flare the ends (EAA chapter 35 has an aircraft flare tool), and the fuel system on NX41CC is complete and ready to fire the engine again. This to replace the feed from the fuel tank to the gascolator, through the lower firewall, that got kinked in the nose-over.So, builders- how are y'all doing? Tom Brant? Jim Markle? Corky and "Repiet"? Anybody? I see that there were no Piets at Urbana, IL last year... if the Lord wills, maybe 41CC will be on the flightline this year... Bert Conoly? Anybody else planning to make the SAA event at Urbana?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________