Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: H RULE
after reading the posts about the fly-bys at Brodhead I am wondering how hard itis to hear radio traffic if you wear headsets in these things. I am sure a lotog guys don't use radios but I plan on having a handheld in mine when I'm flyinginto strange of congested airports and I just use an old hushacom headset.it is difficult to hear much and impossible to talk over it unless I throttleback in my 2 stroke Challenger-it wasn't that bad in the old Tri-pacer.andsince I have short stacks on the Corvair running out the sides it may be as bad.butwondering how many of you actually can hear radio transmissions in theseplanes without throttling back? RaymondRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 18:35:56 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Jim Markle
Thanks that's good to know. I'm hoping that the Corvair engine might not createas much radio interference because of the carbon plug wires but time will tell.Iexpect the prop blast pretty much cancels out the exhaust noise in the cockpit.Isure hope to get first hand experience in a couple of months.I got a fewmore small items knocked out today.gotta make a better carb heat muff for theexhaust because I didn't leave a lot of room when I made my cowling but oncethat's done and a few more small items.I should be ready to pull the wings offand take it to the hangar and start final assembly. RaymondRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 06:03:00 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Original Posted By: Mark Roberts
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Any interest in Spruce Kits? I'd appreciate some feedback regarding an idea...