Pietenpol-List: 41CC flight today
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:43 pm
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I took 41CC up this afternoon for the first time in two months. It's been wayyyy too long but I had some squawks to take care of after the annual condition inspection and then we had some medical issues in the family that have been taking lots of my time. But today was the day and all the "essential to safety of flight" squawks were taken care of and it was time to go up. I'll wait and change the pop rivets on the fuel valve handle another time=2C and I'll live with the tach cable the way it is for awhile too.We had a stiff and gusty south breeze=2C pretty much straight down the runway=2C and the airplane jumped right off the ground. Everything worked pretty as you please=2C I did three very nice landings on the grass=2C and am very happy with the smoothness and harmony of the controls. I rerigged all the tail surfaces since I had decided to pull the turnbuckles off and install some missing washers=2C proper cotter pins=2C and change out some mismatched hardware here and there. I also found a discarded shoe on the side of the road on the way to the airport and I pinked out two leather rub patches and glued them to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer where the elevator cables touch. Voila=3B no more wear spots.The Piet is such an enjoyable airplane to fly and to work on. Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio=2C TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
I took 41CC up this afternoon for the first time in two months. It's been wayyyy too long but I had some squawks to take care of after the annual condition inspection and then we had some medical issues in the family that have been taking lots of my time. But today was the day and all the "essential to safety of flight" squawks were taken care of and it was time to go up. I'll wait and change the pop rivets on the fuel valve handle another time=2C and I'll live with the tach cable the way it is for awhile too.We had a stiff and gusty south breeze=2C pretty much straight down the runway=2C and the airplane jumped right off the ground. Everything worked pretty as you please=2C I did three very nice landings on the grass=2C and am very happy with the smoothness and harmony of the controls. I rerigged all the tail surfaces since I had decided to pull the turnbuckles off and install some missing washers=2C proper cotter pins=2C and change out some mismatched hardware here and there. I also found a discarded shoe on the side of the road on the way to the airport and I pinked out two leather rub patches and glued them to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer where the elevator cables touch. Voila=3B no more wear spots.The Piet is such an enjoyable airplane to fly and to work on. Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio=2C TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________