Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: airlion(at)bellsouth.net
Group. I'm starting to think about getting ready for winter flying and I'm considering covering the front cockpit. Covering the front cockpit will cut down on the cool air coming up my pant legs plus will make it into a good cargo area. Wondering if anyone on the list has come up with a good looking and secure covering. I don't wish to reinvent the wheel and will steal a good idea in a heart beat. All ideas will be greatly appreciated, even if ignored.GeneN502R(Yes Oscar, some of us do need to wear more than a bathing suit while flying)________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Pieti Lowell"
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Original Posted By: CozyGirrrl(at)aol.com
Hi GeneWhen I have the Ford for power I use the heat from the radiator to heat the legs,When an air cooled engine is up front you should use a snapped cover with numeroussnaps on the leading edge of the cover, or you will lose it very quickly.Ihave done much flying in below zero weather with this combination.Pieti Lowell (Yes Oscar, some of us do need to wear more than a bathing suit while flying) > Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 1554#201554________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Tim Willis
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Front cockpit coverGene,Have a chat with your local boat canvas & upholstry shop, they have fittings like are used for sports car tonneau covers, they are available in brass or chrome in three flavors, one has a 90 deg turn clasp, one is a pin with a detent and one is you heavy duty snap button. All three will work well with common cover materials. Regards, ChrissiCG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardwarewww.CozyGirrrl.com Cozy Mk-IV RG 13B-turboPlans #957 Chapter? big pieces done, details, details==============================If you have a "Spam Blocker" that requires we fill out a form you will not hear from us.Please do not make your spam problem ours. In a message dated 8/29/2008 7:54:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, zharvey(at)bellsouth.net writes:Group. I'm starting to think about getting ready for winter flying and I'm considering covering the front cockpit. Covering the front cockpit will cut down on the cool air coming up my pant legs plus will make it into a good cargo area. Wondering if anyone on the list has come up with a good looking andsecure covering. I don't wish to reinvent the wheel and will steal a good idea in a heart beat. All ideas will be greatly appreciated, even if ignored.GeneN502R(Yes Oscar, some of us do need to wear more than a bathing suit while flying)(http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals ... 0000000047)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:57:20 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Original Posted By: "Phillips, Jack"
Air Camper N502R has a single piece wing. I found it fairly easy and simple to remove and then replace the wing by myself.It would probably take two to move the wing around if you were moving it very far. I Just needed to lift the wing and did not transport it. Made two padded slings and hung pulleys from the roof beams. Lifted the wing off, moved the fuselage out from under it, then lowered the wing. Not sure what I'd have had the other 3 helpers do while I was doing that.Gene>>> Air Camper NX41CC has the 3-piece wing setup with the Pietenpol plans 24" > wide center section (not the 36" wide center section). I have had > occasion to remove and reinstall the wings on 41CC and I can tell you two > things about this:>>>> 2. I cannot imagine handling a single-piece wing with fewer than four > people or some very clever adjustable supports and jigs. It must be a > very interesting operation for one person to handle, but we sent men to > the moon using only slide-rules, pencil, paper, and protractors and the > pulley is a marvellous invention that can be used by a clever builder to > manage quite a bit on his or her own. If I were building a Piet from > scratch I would not build the one-piece wing unless I were building in a > hangar that I had all to myself, was retired from my job, and was not in a > hurry.>>> -- > Checked by AVG.> 7:07 AM>> ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Front cockpit coverDate: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:24:37 -0400

Original Posted By: Phillips, Jack
Jack those are great looking covers. That's what I'll probably do. Wish you had stopped in. I do hanger and fly out of OM4 (Benton County). This weekend I drove over and visited with Randy(Just East of Jackson) and talked Piets. Flew a bit this morning but it was too snotty to enjoy. Sure be glad when the cooler, clear weather returns.Gene ----- Original Message -----