Pietenpol-List: Another interesting Day.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:06 am
Original Posted By: "Steve Singleton"
Hi Guys,Well, I had another interesting day in the Pietenpol today!I experienced my first out landing. I went for a fly this morning to checkwhether any changes I had made to baffling had improved my oil temps. Thewind on the ground was very calm, but after take off I found the winds aloftwere significantly higher. The oil temps were OK and I went a little fartherthan I had planned. Turning for home the temps started to rise and with theheadwind, the time to get back to the airport was increasing.I nearly made it. The temps reached about 280 F and the engine stopped,briefly I think, but I shut it down and headed for the ground. I had to putdown two paddocks (fields) away from the threshold of the runway. There weretwo drainage ditches in the field and I managed to get in and stoppedbetween them. I did a little damage to the undercarriage but otherwise allwas OK. I walked back to the airfield and eventually put the Peit on atrailer and towed it back to the hangar.First thing our airport manager did was to offer to sell me his old O-200that he has just taken out of a C150.So, tomorrow, I'll remove the engine and have a look to see what the damageis. I will certainly have to look much more closely at the cooling of theCorvair.Other than the engine temps, the Piet is flying beautifully. I can't waitfor the engine temps to behave as well as the airplane!CheersPeterWonthaggi Australiahttp://www.cpc-world.com-- 9:41 AM________________________________________________________________________________
Hi Guys,Well, I had another interesting day in the Pietenpol today!I experienced my first out landing. I went for a fly this morning to checkwhether any changes I had made to baffling had improved my oil temps. Thewind on the ground was very calm, but after take off I found the winds aloftwere significantly higher. The oil temps were OK and I went a little fartherthan I had planned. Turning for home the temps started to rise and with theheadwind, the time to get back to the airport was increasing.I nearly made it. The temps reached about 280 F and the engine stopped,briefly I think, but I shut it down and headed for the ground. I had to putdown two paddocks (fields) away from the threshold of the runway. There weretwo drainage ditches in the field and I managed to get in and stoppedbetween them. I did a little damage to the undercarriage but otherwise allwas OK. I walked back to the airfield and eventually put the Peit on atrailer and towed it back to the hangar.First thing our airport manager did was to offer to sell me his old O-200that he has just taken out of a C150.So, tomorrow, I'll remove the engine and have a look to see what the damageis. I will certainly have to look much more closely at the cooling of theCorvair.Other than the engine temps, the Piet is flying beautifully. I can't waitfor the engine temps to behave as well as the airplane!CheersPeterWonthaggi Australiahttp://www.cpc-world.com-- 9:41 AM________________________________________________________________________________