Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Tuu2Tango(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: trimble instructionsPieters: I bought a trimble flightmate pro gps at a fly market and would like to get some instructions on operating it. I have gone thru $8.00 worth of battries but need some instructions before I go broke. I tried Trimbleon the internet but got lost before I found what I needed. Any help would be appreciated. Ken Conrad in depressed Iowa after playing Ohio State________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Tuu2Tango(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: cockpit entrance doorDJ Vegh of Mesa, Arizona built a nifty cockpit door on his GN-1. He has an extensive builder's log on the internet and I think there are several picturesof his cockpit door. Doo a Google search for DJ VEGH GN-1 LOG. Forgot his website... One of his e-mail addresses is _info(at)imagedv.com_ (mailto:info(at)imagedv.com) , but I think he abandoned the project and dropped out of sight not answering e-mails and he is selling his airplane... so I don't know how much longer his builder's log will be available on-line.Roy________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: cockpit entrance door_http://www.imagedv.com/aircamper/log/GN1-log-001.html_ (http://www.imagedv.com/aircamper/log/GN1-log-001.html) DJ Vegh's extensive log... Might find the info on the door here.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Irwin Fust
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: trimble instructionsKen,If you didn't get an operators manual, or a 12v adapter, you might be outa luck.I have a Magellan Skyblazer, but it is not supported any longer by Magellan, and upgrades are no longer available. It works just fine, but upgrades like frequencies, FBO's, and lots of other stuff have to be confirmed from the airport directories. This seems to be common among all older GPS units, no matterwhat make. They want us to buy new ones. My Magellan GPS runs on three D cell batteries, but they don't last very long, and it crapped out on me quite afew times during cross country flights. It's not possible for me to change batteries in flight. That's why my primary navigation aid will ALWAYS be the good old charts, and a highlighter. I have since added a 12v battery to run theGPS, Icom Handheld com radio, and the smoke pump. Ever since I put the GPS onthe 12v battery, I have been able to use it to navigate with, and it has not let me down. I can program in the departure, way points, and destination, butthe thing is, I really had to be in the air, and using it, before I really understood how it works, and got a handle on using it. Another problem I havewith the GPS is that when it is turned on, it interferes with the handheld radio reception. I will try a remote antenna on the handheld to see if that helps.Chuck G.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "RULE, HARVEY"

Original Posted By: "RULE, HARVEY"
Don't worry guys. I have not decided to sell the project or abandon thewebsite. I was merely considering what I might be able to get if I DIDsell.And... even if I did sell the project the website would FOREVER remain. Iwill never let that die.About the cockpit door.... I believe there are somepics on my site whichshow that. I have not yet engineered the latching machnism.DJ Veghwww.imagedv.com/aircamper----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "RULE, HARVEY"

Original Posted By: "RULE, HARVEY"

Original Posted By: "Jim Malley"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: cockpit entrance doorI'm retired now but I've done much cleaning in my years. I have a drop hinged door for the front pit. I am using spring loaded countersunk bullet latches, forward and rear. Just push to open, pull to close with proper jams. Ordered from McMaster.comCorky________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "RULE, HARVEY"
The flop door: If left without a latch, its trailing edge will float about one inch above that of the wing. It only needs a few ounces of pressure to hold it in place, so there is no need to overdo the latch mechanism. If you lift it in flight, you begin a slow descent. If you remove it entirely, there's a little extra turbulence in the rear cockpit. If you have a way to lock it open while climbing into the cockpit and leave it up during takeoff, you'll swear someone shortened the runway and grew taller trees. All from experience.Jim Malley----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "tmbrant1(at)netzero.com"
To hold the "flop" in trailing position, I use two round head wood screws at the lower ends of the flop spar. Directly ahead of each screw, mounted on the underside of the small center section spar, are two strips of thin steel about 1/2" wide. These strips have a sort-of-joggle bend in them to engage the screw heads, thus holding the flop in trailing position. It doesn't take much to do this and one doesn't have to latch or unlatch anything. Adjustment is easy by simply turning the screws in or out. (It is difficult to describe this arrangement in words; a picture would be better and I hope this is understandable.)In addition, I installed a couple of wood screws in the aft lower face of the small center section spar to act as stops to adjust the trailing position of the flop.Lifting the flop only slightly in flight will cause the nose to pitch down, possibly because of turbulent airflow over the tail. In the trail position, it seems to smooth out the airflow over the tail of my Pietenpol. With the flop removed, my a/c tends to be a bit nose heavy leading me to suspect there is some turbulence ahead of the horizontal tail surfaces. I suppose tuft testing would tell the story, but I never bothered to do it.Graham Hansen (Pietenpol CF-AUN)________________________________________________________________________________