Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: airlion

Original Posted By: Robert Ray
Shad;You have captured it. Take what you got and put it in abottle, man! Save it for your youngster, because therearen't many kids who will get to experience what you havein store for your youngster. It's something that isgetting scarcer and scarcer.Put those kids in your cockpits, Piet pilots and builders.The dreams those kids will have, and the memories theystash away, will be priceless. It doesn't matter to them ifthe airplane is flying or finished or even if it has wings-put them in the seat, let them have the stick, and theirimaginations will do the rest. There is magic in the smellof wood, glue, fabric, avgas, an old leather flying helmet,or any of the other things in our shops or cockpits.They sure won't find it in the mall.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:32:52 -0400Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fall flying

Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
Here's a shot of our oldest grandson Brandon sittingin 41CC. Tell me he's not enjoying himself:http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/brandon_003.jpgThe only problem was, he thought it was a jet, or atleast that's what it sounded like when he "flew" theairplane.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Quiet

Original Posted By: "dwilson"
Haaaa ha ha! Well see about that.--------Mark - working on wingsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vi Kapler's Piets

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Doggone it Oscar, I'm already motivated. Stop throwing kerosene on thefire. (My oldest grandson can't see over the cockpit coaming yet so I have alittle breathing space.)Mike Hardaway-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "mike"
Vi says the dihedral is one inch. The Pietenpol Aircamper located at the PioneerMuseum in Oshkosh has two inches of dihedral. Vi stated that Bernard thoughtthat was too much. It also has only 1/4 inch washout instead of 3/8 that Viused to rig his wing.DWRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Mike wrote:>My oldest grandson can't see over the cockpit coaming yet>so I have a little breathing space.All taildragger pilots can tell you that you don't need tobe able to see over the cockpit coaming, and the Ford Pietguys don't get to see straight ahead any of the time due tothe radiator anyway.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Jeff Boatright
dwilson wrote->It also has only 1/4 inch washout instead of 3/8 that>Vi used to rig his wing.Shoot... my Piet building ruler doesn't even have fractionsthat small, my eyes can't see 'em even if they were there,and I'll bet the plane doesn't know the difference ;o)Beautiful, classic Air Campers. And I do like the lookwith minimal dihedral even though 41CC has about 3" of it.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:12 -0400

Original Posted By: Jeff Boatright