Original Posted By: Richard deCosta
Hi JuanI had a look in Tony Bingelis 's book, "Firewall Forward" and the picture that I wrote about is on page 21. There is a small round badge near the top of the radiator which looks like it may be an early style Mercedes Benz badge but I'm not certain, anyway, it looks interesting.Mark SJapan( just another earthquake today and typhoon # 7 on the way...oh such fun!! ) ________________________________________________________________________________;Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
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Original Posted By: M&M Stanley
Mark S,I saw Bingelis' book. Picture shows an old and heavy Mercedes Benz with a hugelinear injection pump.I am thinking on use a modern TDI engine with a displacement of 1.5 litres or somethinglike that.Thanks.Juan D. Goyeni ----- Original Message -----
Mark S,I saw Bingelis' book. Picture shows an old and heavy Mercedes Benz with a hugelinear injection pump.I am thinking on use a modern TDI engine with a displacement of 1.5 litres or somethinglike that.Thanks.Juan D. Goyeni ----- Original Message -----
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Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Now here's a topic I can post a useful opinion on. The seatbelts that came with NX41CC are just fine, but the connection between the shoulder belt and the lap belt buckle is not the best. It's like the typical Cessna connection which allows you to disconnect the shoulder harness from the lap belt buckle in order to lean forward or reach the floor, but the problem is that it comes off unexpectedly and usually without being noticed. In the case of 41CC, it is fortunate that Charlie did not have the shoulder harness disconnected prior to the nose-over incident or he would have been thrown forward with much more force; as it was, his forehead hit the ignition switch and snapped the key off in his forehead. I did not charge him for a replacement key, however ;o)The best type of harness setup is similar to the ones used in race cars and aerobatic planes, where the master buckle captures all of the straps in one release mechanism in a very positive way. The ones I have in my "Flying Squirrel" are from Summit Racing, 3" wide, and a fraction the cost of what the aero suppliers want for "authentic airplane" seatbelts.There are plenty of clear and descriptive website photos out there showing nifty ways of mounting both seat belts and shoulder harnesses for both cockpits. Some of the older methods are as on Ernie Moreno's Piet, photos at http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/piets3.html and one of the neatest passenger shoulder harness connections is somewhere on the U.K. Piet builders' site but I don't remember where.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Diesel PietDate: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:44:14 -0400
Now here's a topic I can post a useful opinion on. The seatbelts that came with NX41CC are just fine, but the connection between the shoulder belt and the lap belt buckle is not the best. It's like the typical Cessna connection which allows you to disconnect the shoulder harness from the lap belt buckle in order to lean forward or reach the floor, but the problem is that it comes off unexpectedly and usually without being noticed. In the case of 41CC, it is fortunate that Charlie did not have the shoulder harness disconnected prior to the nose-over incident or he would have been thrown forward with much more force; as it was, his forehead hit the ignition switch and snapped the key off in his forehead. I did not charge him for a replacement key, however ;o)The best type of harness setup is similar to the ones used in race cars and aerobatic planes, where the master buckle captures all of the straps in one release mechanism in a very positive way. The ones I have in my "Flying Squirrel" are from Summit Racing, 3" wide, and a fraction the cost of what the aero suppliers want for "authentic airplane" seatbelts.There are plenty of clear and descriptive website photos out there showing nifty ways of mounting both seat belts and shoulder harnesses for both cockpits. Some of the older methods are as on Ernie Moreno's Piet, photos at http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/piets3.html and one of the neatest passenger shoulder harness connections is somewhere on the U.K. Piet builders' site but I don't remember where.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Diesel PietDate: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:44:14 -0400