Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "MikeD"
Walt; you got it exactly right! Once my Piet leaves the ground, the controls area light and harmonious unit and all the slop, drag, and clunk are absolutelygone... it's light to the touch, responsive, and I'm connected to the airplanecompletely. Forget degrees of roll rate per second, phugoid oscillation, andstability... just start the engine and fly the airplane and you'll be perfectlyhappy with Bernard's creation. I know I am!I just had to get past my A&P's hesitation at the annual inspection when he showedalarm at the slack elevator cables. "All Pietenpols are like this" sort ofsettled him down ;o)Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Finally!

Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
This is the sort of thing you think one would do before you actually buy a projectlike we just did, but I and my co-owner buddy finally got to fly in a Pietfor the first time. Today was the Piet gathering in Brussels Ontario, and BrianKenney took us each up for short flights.It was quite a relief to find out we both thoroughly enjoyed it, and the airplaneis pretty much what we expected it to be, which is a good thing. Boy, thesePiets sure have rudder authority don't they? It was pretty bumpy today, but thePiet was a pleasure to fly.So now we are truly fired up and itching to get ours finished!Also got to see a Swift fly, an aircraft I ogled and lusted after when they werefirst mentioned quite some years ago. 26:1 L/D for a foot launched glider ain'ttoo shabby.. Boy it looks unique in the air! And seems to glide forever.Mike D.--------Piet-builder-who-hopes-to-be-flying-next-summerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/swif ... __________