Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
I can report that the Doug fir spars in 41CC did a fine job yesterday. Took my wife for her first Pietenpol ride, actually the first time I've taken a passenger up if you don't count my instructor Charlie. Delightful flight! Short but sweet (the flight, my wife, and the airplane all three!), my landing was nothing to write home about but everyone walked away happy and proud. Engine started on the first pull after 5 blades with fuel on, throttle cracked, mags off. Corky- you're right; why mess with the magnetos if the engine starts like this every time?!Tell you what... this airplane draws a crowd. Guess who came buzzing over to my hangar the instant I rolled out the airplane? Local tech counselor Paul McReynolds, who is known around here as the RV Guru (he has built several of them) and guess what he said? He was friends with Gar Williams, who flew a Piet. And Paul said that it was always his dream to build and fly a Piet. These airplanes bring out the true builder in you...! And people were lined up here and there outside their hangars and along the runway as they saw 41CC take to the air and do my signature high-speed low pass down the runway (north wind at 18 MPH yesterday, right down the runway, slowed my groundspeed, dagnabbit!)Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________Interest Rates near 39yr lows! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new payment ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: wing weight
Re: Pietenpol-List: wing weight
Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Oscar et al,Like a Movie Star or a Rock Star, once a Piet comes out of hiding, A.K.A. the Hangar, the "Paparazi" come out of the wood work.Up here in the Tundra, Planes fly in and out of Morey Airport in Middleton, Wi. all day long.Then my Piet comes out, quietly flies the pattern for two landings and back in the hangar.For the next several days no matter who I run into, all I here is "Hey! I saw you fly your Piet", "Cool!".I even suggested to one person, that maybe I should install an 0-200 engine in it and then everyone with think it's just another Cesna150. His comment was "Don't think for one minute, you can disguise a Piet by faking a Cessna sound!.Alas! Our Fans await, anxiously, for our inevitable return.Roman NX20795----- Original Message -----
Oscar et al,Like a Movie Star or a Rock Star, once a Piet comes out of hiding, A.K.A. the Hangar, the "Paparazi" come out of the wood work.Up here in the Tundra, Planes fly in and out of Morey Airport in Middleton, Wi. all day long.Then my Piet comes out, quietly flies the pattern for two landings and back in the hangar.For the next several days no matter who I run into, all I here is "Hey! I saw you fly your Piet", "Cool!".I even suggested to one person, that maybe I should install an 0-200 engine in it and then everyone with think it's just another Cesna150. His comment was "Don't think for one minute, you can disguise a Piet by faking a Cessna sound!.Alas! Our Fans await, anxiously, for our inevitable return.Roman NX20795----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: wing weight
Original Posted By: Ben Charvet