Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Gardiner Mason
Thanks, I'll look up that book...I buy the hole saws at a place called Tacoma Screw. They specialize in fasteners(no aircraft) and contractor/industrial supplies....--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 17:46:50 -0500Subject: Pietenpol-List: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Outstanding, Gardiner! Looks good as ever!Will you be bringing it to Brodhead this summer?Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____

Original Posted By: Gary Boothe
Congratulations Gardiner. Glad to see you back in the air. The plane looks great!Randy BushNX294RBSent from my iPhoneOn Dec 4, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Gardiner Mason wrote:> Today I flew the Airlion after a year and a half of rebuilding. It flies great and now I can paint a smiley face back on the nose. Also I am now a member of the UFO (the United Flying Octogenarians (www.ufopilots.org) for old geezers who have flown as a PIC after their 80th birthday. > > -Gardiner Mason> ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: "C N Campbell"
Beautiful, Gardiner! Love the colors...and the louvers!Gary BootheNX308MBSent from my iPhoneOn Dec 4, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Gardiner Mason wrote:> Today I flew the Airlion after a year and a half of rebuilding. It flies great and now I can paint a smiley face back on the nose. Also I am now a member of the UFO (the United Flying Octogenarians (www.ufopilots.org) for old geezers who have flown as a PIC after their 80th birthday. > > -Gardiner Mason> ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Jack Phillips
Congrats, Gardiner. I hope to be able to join the UFO this coming summer. I had a mild heart attack in 1990 and voluntarily "lost" my medical. So I have never been turned down for a medical. Haven't flown as PIC since. Piet NX10003 should be ready by summer time. I'll get a friend who owns a T-Craft and who holds his instructors rating give me a new BFR to catch me up and then I'll be ready to join the UFO. Don't have any idea how many flights and hours that will take. Just have to wait and see. Can't wait to put full power on the Corvair and go flying. Chills run up my spine just thinking of it. When people see my project they say, "Are you going to fly it?" And I reply, "Has a cat got a long tail?" I have just about everything except the covering supplies to finish up. Just a matter of time. Again, congratulations. Chuck ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Jim Boyer

Original Posted By: Greg Bacon
Finally got our Piet back home. Pondered how to move the one piece wing endlesslyuntil we found the perfect trailer sitting in the weeds at a friend's house.It's made from a 32' bumper towed camper. I've seen similar usable units for salebunches of times over the years for under a grand. Pretty certain if youfound a total junker you could get it for $500 or less. That's more than theaverage scrap value of one that sized, and probably far less than you could buythe axles ($200 ea new) hubs, tires, metal and decking.The basic trailer is exactly the chord of the wing (5') and about 32' after thetongue. I designed a specialized sawhorse and method of loading not requiringany lifting equipment to get the fuselage over the wing (as the wheel spacingwon't straddle it) so that tongue weight can be optimized. Since we used a one ton dually, the 600lbs of tongue weight we had wasn't a problem,so I never got around to building the sawhorse. A similar but less heavy duty sawhorse would also secure the tail, although themethod we wound up using worked really really well.The rig made the 400 mile trip with nothing moving, requiring rerigging or gettingdamaged at all. The wing is set on several large tarps for cushioning and the ratchet straps arerun diagonally which spread out the downforce very effectively.Four guys got the wing off effortlessly and set it on the trailer. We then tookthe trailer off the truck and and rolled the fuse on from the front of the trailerusing the 3' or so extra deck space. Without tail feathers or the wing,it's about perfectly neutral on the axle. We used scrap 2x6's to bock the wheels.It took 4 guys about an hour to load it all up, then Scott and I spentanother three strapping it all down (figuring the plan as we went). I imaginewe could do it now in about two hours total. No lifting equipment was requiredat all. At normal interstate speeds, nothing shook, rattled or rolled, it all worked outreally well. We just borrowed the trailer, but think we're going to be able to buy it, if anyoneneeds to borrow it to retrieve a plane or move a one piece wing. If thefuse were centered on the trailer (over the wing) a ANY half ton truck could movethe unit easily.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:36:27 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Airlion flies again

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Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
Please don't tell us that Julie has never seen "The Movie"....Don EmchNX899DERead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: Gardiner Mason
Way to go Gardiner! Love the way the sun shines through the orange wings. Perseverance pays off once again!Dan HelsperPuryear, TN -----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Gardiner what fantastic accomplishments! Congratulations!Jack Textor _____

Original Posted By: "nightmare"
Tools,Thanks for that post with the info and pics. One of my recurring nightmares is "landing out" and trying to figure out how to move it all with the one-piece wing. I will be on the lookout for one of those trailers. I live in the right place these days to look for that kind of stuff. A lot of good useful "junk" around these parts.Dan HelsperPuryear, TN________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: "echobravo4"
Hello Gardiner; just sent you an email, but figured others would want to know thefollowing also. is the gauge hanging from your center section a fuel gaugeor compass? if a fuel gauge, would love to find out your setup. thanks; PaulRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Congratulations Gardiner!She looks great!Earl--------Earl BrownI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where Iintended to be.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: Michael Perez

Original Posted By: Hans van der Voort

Original Posted By: Gardiner Mason
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Airlion flies again

Original Posted By: Ryan Mueller
That's great news, Gardiner! I have a hard time imagining how you and Douwe sucked it up to rebuild after having built the airplane once already. My experience at Oshkosh last year having only to rebuild the left elevator gave me some insight, but that was colored by the urgency of getting it finished so I could fly home. Keeping that motivation - gotta be hard! Can't wait to see it in person. Matt PaxtonNX629MLFairfield, VA________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 09:45:56 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: One piece wing and fuselage hauling.

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Gardner, really nice job. I'm curious about the fuel gauge. I assume acapacitance gauge measures capacity of the tank (however that is done). Iassume that with two gauges one could measure two tanks. I like the idea offuel gauges fitting flush on the wing center, yet visible from the cockpit.Can you please let me know the brand and source for these gauges?Allan Macklem

Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
Just a reminder, don't rush, measure, think ahead, plan. Just redid my fuel selector.Was proud of the install until I realized after drawing out my fuel systemit was on the wrong side. Moved to the port side and all is good. So manyinteresting details at this stage of the build.Sent from my iPadJack Textor________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Think Ahead Builders

Original Posted By: Jack
That's why I have two water temp. gauges. The first one I installed on the "cold" side of the radiator. Duh. I left it there cause it was cool looking. Now I tell everybody I have two so's I can see the beta of the water temp. :O)Dan HelsperPuryear, TN-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Well here I go again... Jerry Grogan let me use his big oven to powder coatmy gear legs, thanks Jerry! Just realized I still need to weld the mountsfor brakes!Jack Textor-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ MIL USA NGB"
You're the only one who's made that mistake, Jack...--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeNX899KPAustin/San Marcos, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________