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- Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:30 am
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Newsletter - Lift Strut Detach
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3118
Re: Newsletter - Lift Strut Detach
Yes, 3 piece wing.download/file.php?mode=view&id=1203
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:12 pm
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Age and Insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3863
Re: Age and Insurance
I'm 79 and have been insured by Falcon since Airworthiness Certificate in 2016. My premium for liability only is currently $495. Don Youngblood, N41YB.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Any Piet Owners/Builders in SC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3941
Re: Any Piet Owners/Builders in SC
Mine is hangared at Oconee County Airport, Clemson, SC. See it in the Photos Section, N41YB, April 7, 2017.
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:33 am
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Pilot requirements
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6465
Re: Pilot requirements
Look at <www.dylanaviation.com>, Jim Alsip. He's also on YouTube.
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: Classified Ads
- Topic: Extractor Exhaust
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6556
Extractor Exhaust
1 set stainless steel extractor exhaust manifolds for small Continentals. Integral heat muff on right. Nice fit on Air Camper. Made by Vetterman Exhaust, Inc., Oral, SD. New, never installed. $450.00.
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: Classified Ads
- Topic: CONTINENTAL Engines (3)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7025
CONTINENTAL Engines (3)
C-65-81 for sale. Great engine, strong compression (74,76,78,70), nothing wrong with it, have all logs. 223.5 SMOH. New BENDIX mags and wires, Stromberg carb, flanged crank, STC'd pushrod housings seal kit. No leaks in test run before removal for horsepower upgrade. $4,000. Also (2) C-65 engines tha...
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:53 pm
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Control cable slack
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4060
Re: Control cable slack
Hello George, I was concerned about this "slack cable" issue during my build, and took care to make the bellcrank arms the exact length of the elevator horns, thereby insuring that a true parallelogram was formed when the cables were strung. I don't remember if the parts shown on the plans...
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:28 pm
- Forum: Photo Section
- Topic: N41YB
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7298
N41YB
Third flight of N41YB, at Pickens County, SC (LQK). Total time 3.3 hrs.
- Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:36 am
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Initial flight 2 Apr 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6740
Re: Initial flight 2 Apr 2017
The performance numbers should be considered preliminary, as I have personally flown it only once (2X prior by C.F.I. Test Pilot), and have not checked airspeed against GPS. 95 mph indicated felt uncomfortably fast, but engine builder recommends 2,450 rpm break-in, so I'll hang on and get GPS or oth...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:38 pm
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: Initial flight 2 Apr 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6740
Initial flight 2 Apr 2017
My initial Tailwheel SOLO 2 Apr 2017, in my personal creation, N41YB. Long fuselage, 3 pc wing, 2-3/8 dihedral, Carlson alum struts, 4130 cabanes & diagonals, C-150 gear and brakes, MATCO tailwheel, Cont A-75-8 by Don's Dream Machines of Milner, GA, Sensenich Experimental 70 X 42, Turtleback rai...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:15 am
- Forum: Pietenpol Builders Forum
- Topic: New forum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10239
New forum
Thanks to Pat Weeden and the Brodhead Airport friends who are starting this new forum. I have enjoyed - and been assisted by - the Matronics site, and even dabbled with the Facebook site, but this "by Pieters", "of Pieters", and "for Pieters" seems like a better way to ...