Original Posted By: larharris2 Harris
William Wynne has a nice article on flycorvair.net about Doc. Here's the link:http://flycorvair.net/2014/03/08/pieten ... ce/Welcome back, Doc!--------Kevin "Axel" PurteeRebuilding NX899KPAustin/San Marcos, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Speaking of Doc...
Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
Original Posted By: "William Wynne"
If you happen to have a flying Piet in the southern California area (or within a few hundred miles of it) and want to trade for an LSA Pulsar 1 project that isn't flying yet but is fairly complete=2C you can check out this link:http://www.contactmagazine.com/Classifi ... .htmlOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Medford=2C OR ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
If you happen to have a flying Piet in the southern California area (or within a few hundred miles of it) and want to trade for an LSA Pulsar 1 project that isn't flying yet but is fairly complete=2C you can check out this link:http://www.contactmagazine.com/Classifi ... .htmlOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Medford=2C OR ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
Original Posted By: "William Wynne"
William; good points, all! To address them one by one:The fuel in the tank was 100LL, but it wasn't there for long. Some time ago Idrained the tank to replace the fuel shutoff valve. Nothing on that end of thesystem is a problem. Same with the carb... I pulled the small screen on thefloat bowl, cleaned it, and 'tickled' the float to make sure it wasn't hangingup on its pivots (it wasn't). Everything clicked and tinkled inside the floatbowl just like it's supposed to and there was no sign of varnish or residueon anything.Mag drop at 1700 RPM is indeed where I test it on runup, and it is normal... about50 RPM difference between drop on L and R mags. Mags are almost new Slicks,both have impulse couplers. I have not checked compression on the cylindersbut will do so very soon. I have also not timed the flow from the fuel systemto the carb, but can easily do that as well. My guess is that I can fill aquart container in less than a minute, yes... but will verify.I will ditch the K&N filter oil, clean my Air Maze filter again, and replace it-but I worried about the dust we had in Texas and wanted to have something thatwould hang onto the dust on the way through the filter. Up here in Oregon,we don't have much dust. In any case, I tried running the engine without thefilter and it made no difference in the "I gotta have carb heat!" behavior.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
William; good points, all! To address them one by one:The fuel in the tank was 100LL, but it wasn't there for long. Some time ago Idrained the tank to replace the fuel shutoff valve. Nothing on that end of thesystem is a problem. Same with the carb... I pulled the small screen on thefloat bowl, cleaned it, and 'tickled' the float to make sure it wasn't hangingup on its pivots (it wasn't). Everything clicked and tinkled inside the floatbowl just like it's supposed to and there was no sign of varnish or residueon anything.Mag drop at 1700 RPM is indeed where I test it on runup, and it is normal... about50 RPM difference between drop on L and R mags. Mags are almost new Slicks,both have impulse couplers. I have not checked compression on the cylindersbut will do so very soon. I have also not timed the flow from the fuel systemto the carb, but can easily do that as well. My guess is that I can fill aquart container in less than a minute, yes... but will verify.I will ditch the K&N filter oil, clean my Air Maze filter again, and replace it-but I worried about the dust we had in Texas and wanted to have something thatwould hang onto the dust on the way through the filter. Up here in Oregon,we don't have much dust. In any case, I tried running the engine without thefilter and it made no difference in the "I gotta have carb heat!" behavior.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Speaking of Doc...
Pietenpol-List: Speaking of Doc...
Original Posted By: "kevinpurtee"
> rthlink.net>> > This has been hashed over many times in the past. Grant McClaren=2C a > past publisher of the BPA News=2C won't allow this type of copying. > It's too bad=2C but he feels that he was done wrong by the Piet > community some years ago & asserts his copyright rights.> > Kip Gardner> > On Mar 8=2C 2014=2C at 5:04 PM=2C Brian C-FAUK wrote:> .ca > > >> >> > This is an idea for discussion. I have a large binder of Buckeye > > Pietenpol Newsletters. I would like to see them scanned and put > > somewhere on the net for public access. There is a lot of timeless > > information in them. I would be willing to do some or all of the > > work to do this but I have no idea the best way to do this and what > > the reaction would be if I did it. Your comments are welcome.> >> > Perhaps this has already been discussed.> >> > --------> > Brian Kenney> >> >> >> >> > Read this topic online here:> >> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 012#420012> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ============================================> > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Speaking of Doc...
> rthlink.net>> > This has been hashed over many times in the past. Grant McClaren=2C a > past publisher of the BPA News=2C won't allow this type of copying. > It's too bad=2C but he feels that he was done wrong by the Piet > community some years ago & asserts his copyright rights.> > Kip Gardner> > On Mar 8=2C 2014=2C at 5:04 PM=2C Brian C-FAUK wrote:> .ca > > >> >> > This is an idea for discussion. I have a large binder of Buckeye > > Pietenpol Newsletters. I would like to see them scanned and put > > somewhere on the net for public access. There is a lot of timeless > > information in them. I would be willing to do some or all of the > > work to do this but I have no idea the best way to do this and what > > the reaction would be if I did it. Your comments are welcome.> >> > Perhaps this has already been discussed.> >> > --------> > Brian Kenney> >> >> >> >> > Read this topic online here:> >> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 012#420012> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ============================================> > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Speaking of Doc...