Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]"
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyesturned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.- Leonardo da VinciHigh FlightOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds, and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,I've chased the shouting wind along, and flungMy eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .Up, up the long, delirious burning blueI've topped the wind-swept heights with easy graceWhere never lark, or ever eagle flew And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trodThe high untrespassed sanctity of space,Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. John Gillespie Magee, Jr--------Piet-builder-who-hopes-to-be-flying-next-summerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Or even five to seven-hundred feet AGL Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:34:48 -0600

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Some people would say that what you are about to see, is probably the greatest exhibition of aeronautical skill in the history of world. I myself, wouldnt go that far. It is probably only the greatest since the invention of the aeroplane.Axel Olsson - The Stunt KingOn Feb 8, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC] wrote:>>> "Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.">> Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: santiago morete
Another fuel gauge option for the center-section tank is the arrangementthat Tim Mickel has on N57TL. I've attached a picture that I got fromwww.westcoastpiet.com that shows what it looks like. It looks nice andunobtrusive, but I spoke with Tim about it and he says it doesn't work wellat all. Basically he says he uses his watch to tell how much fuel he has inthe wing tank (based on the engine's fuel burn rate). Dennis Hall's Air Camper (blue heron) that's based at Brodhead has anarrangement that looks very similar, but I believe uses a Ford Model A fuelgauge. I do not know what he thinks about how it works. Bill C.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:22:43 -0300 (ART)

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

Original Posted By: Bill Church
The AS "Stearman type" is not difficult to modify. When you see it, you'll realize that it involves shortening the cork guides, the gauge wire and the plastic tube, the end of which will then have to be re-tapped to re-accept the drainvalve. For convenience, the markings on the tube can be redrawn to indicate fuel level both on the ground and in level flight. The tube will hang down low; if you put it to the rear and well to one side it will adequately clear the passenger's head. Jim Malley ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "KMHeide, BA, CPO, FAAOP"