Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Hi there, The Pietenpol Aircamper is the most fantastic airdraft in the world! Iwant one!Unfortunately I only have a Microlight (ultralight) licence and I weigh115kg on a height of 1.90m ( 18 stones on 6 ft 3ins), so probablywouldn't fit in one anyway.However I have just downloaded a great Fligh Simulator add=on from thegreat Bill Lyons. A great representation of the Aitrcxamper.Thing is, if a cross the controls and side-slip, it doesn't slow dowmn!Questions - does sideslipping increase your rate of descent significantly?- does the aircraft float on forever when landing?- What's the stall speed at MTOW and with the average pilot andhalf tanks?- Is the ground-handling as difficult as Bill's modelrepresents? (i.e no steering on the ground unless you really give itrice on the throttle, and ground-loops at the sl;ighteest opportunity!)- Are there mods which help her on the ground? Brakes orsteerable tailwheels?That's enough for now - anyone know of an example in Spain?Cheers, Roger Harris________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "walt evans"

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
In the real world, if there is one thing a Pietenpol can do exceptionally,it is slowing down. They are draggy airplanes. There is very, very littlefloat on landing unless you start your flair above cruise speed. Again,lots of drag keeps your time to flair down. A lot of people land them withsome power to give more float time. It has much, much less float than anyother airplane I've flown. I'm pretty comfortable landing on a rough 1,000'strip. Taking off fully loaded from a 1,000' strip on a warm day is adifferent story.Like someone else said, you can lose a lot of altitude very quickly in anaggressive slip.Ground handling isn't bad at all in my plane in my opinion. However, I havea (narrowed) J3 Cub landing gear & a steerable tailwheel.it is actually veryeasy to steer accurately on the ground at low speeds. The low landing speedalso makes landings fairly easy. I've got probably around 400 landings inmy plane, and I've never scared myself. I'm sure landing with the (betterlooking) motorcycle wheels is more difficult, and more susceptible to sideload. My plane is a GN-1, by the way.Steve RuseNorman, OK _____

Original Posted By: Steve Ruse

Original Posted By: "Skip-Cinda Gadd"
Great pics Steve;I have ordered my silk scarf and it's on the way!________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By:> >> Steve Ruse
Steve,The Grega we have, Felix the GN-1, also has Cub gear. The tread is the sameas a Cub, 72". How did your gear get narrowed? Maybe it came off one ofthose aerobatic clipped-gear Cubs ;)Skip> -----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: Steve Ruse

Original Posted By: "Skip-Cinda Gadd"
I think he meant the "vee" is narrowed. I too have J3 gear on mine and theVee had to be narrowed an inch or two to fit the narrower fuse width of theGN-1DJ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: n925wb1(at)aol.com

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Just received my silk scarf today and it's so nice I'm going to order another one.GeneN502R----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Larry Rice

Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]"