Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "KMHeide, BA, CPO, FAAOP"
>Mikeee- did you notice near the end, when the guy is>thinking back to his experience flying single-engine>fighters, one of them is just like your "flying bicycle"?Ah yes-- that was great footage.---Here's my recreation of that flying bikewith the Roman Candle pack of motors on the tail for propulsion. My wife and I rode this around the airport ramp when I finished it but theweight of the wings makes turns really difficult so you keep your turns verywide, very shallow.- - No, we never did liftoff.---I was over gross mostly likelyand we never lit the fake rocket motors that I made with Quarter Paper money rollsand yellow string to look like wicks to light. Fun project. =0A=0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:55:17 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: "Gary Boothe"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: old aviation footage>Mikeee- did you notice near the end, when the guy is>thinking back to his experience flying single-engine>fighters, one of them is just like your "flying bicycle"?Ah yes-- that was great footage. Here's my recreation of that flying bikewith the Roman Candle pack of motors on the tail for propulsion. My wife and I rode this around the airport ramp when I finished it but theweight of the wings makes turns really difficult so you keep your turns verywide, very shallow. No, we never did liftoff. I was over gross mostly likelyand we never lit the fake rocket motors that I made with Quarter Paper money rollsand yellow string to look like wicks to light. Fun project. ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Mike,Speaking of candle power, can your Cont. boast of this?Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion, mountedTail done, Fuselage on gear(15 ribs down.)-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
I saw one on a Taylorcraft a week or so ago in Batesville, AR. The guy I renta 150 from put one on for somebody and when he told me about it I just had tosee it. If I go over next week I'll try and get a picture of it. It turned theengine over for a test spin but you could tell it was laboring.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: old aviation footage

Original Posted By: "Michael Silvius"
That thing is awesome! Looks like something Emmett Brown might have used. Fluxcapacitor... fluxing!--------Mark - working on wingsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________