Original Posted By: Dean Dayton
I got home New Year's Day from the airport and my thermometerread 8.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Other than the temperature the daywas perfect. Sunny, calm winds, a nice clean fresh blanket of snow making everything look pristine. I put on layers of clothesand a full face mask with an arctic type hat and the only thing thatreally got cold were my toes. (front cockpit cover was on)The flying was just gorgeous- you could see forever and there wasn'tanother plane in the sky ! (I was the only fool in the area !)I'm going to have to fix the tach or the tach cable though- one minutethe tach was reading 2150 rpm and the next it was reading zero !I've got the 90 degree adapter on the tach so it might even be that.Guess it didn't like the cold too well. I'll bet this doesn't happen toTed B . in Naples, Florida !!Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: 8.5 F Degrees
> Re: 8.5 F Degrees
Original Posted By: Eli or Robert or Teresa Bozeman
Fellers- I e-mailed Grant MacLaren about flying on New Year's Day and here is a neat piece of historyhe replied with about Bernard Pietenpol as told byVi Kapler.Mike C.>From: GMacLaren(at)aol.com>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:45:18 EST>To: Michael.D.Cuy(at)lerc.nasa.gov>Subject: Re: 8.5 F Degrees>X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 189>>Wonderful!>>Vi Kapler told me that BHP flew all winter>long. The hangar doors were made in a "T">shape -- the upper arms of the tee swung>open to clear the snow and only the width>of the gear opened at the bottom -- to reduce>snow removal chores.>>Before the hangar was built, BHP kept his>engine oil on the stove in his shop in the >winter. Pouring that warm oil into the >"A" made it easier to start. >>He flew a lot in the winter. The state had >a bounty on wolves in those days. BHP got>very good at resting his gun on the struts>and shooting the wolves from the air. Vi>told me frozen wolf carcasses were stacked >"like cord wood" inside along the back wall>of the hangar.>>Thanks for the story. >-=Grant=-________________________________________________________________________________
Fellers- I e-mailed Grant MacLaren about flying on New Year's Day and here is a neat piece of historyhe replied with about Bernard Pietenpol as told byVi Kapler.Mike C.>From: GMacLaren(at)aol.com>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:45:18 EST>To: Michael.D.Cuy(at)lerc.nasa.gov>Subject: Re: 8.5 F Degrees>X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 189>>Wonderful!>>Vi Kapler told me that BHP flew all winter>long. The hangar doors were made in a "T">shape -- the upper arms of the tee swung>open to clear the snow and only the width>of the gear opened at the bottom -- to reduce>snow removal chores.>>Before the hangar was built, BHP kept his>engine oil on the stove in his shop in the >winter. Pouring that warm oil into the >"A" made it easier to start. >>He flew a lot in the winter. The state had >a bounty on wolves in those days. BHP got>very good at resting his gun on the struts>and shooting the wolves from the air. Vi>told me frozen wolf carcasses were stacked >"like cord wood" inside along the back wall>of the hangar.>>Thanks for the story. >-=Grant=-________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: enverted flight
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Status: ROthe recovery was to badddddd, it jecked the stick out of my hand, an igrabbed it and started to force it back, an thought it was going toset me up for a flat spin , so i relaxed a sec. an thought OKspin...forward, opposit rudder....no!!!!upside down...back,toprudder..3 turns an I'sss out of it!!!!don't ever want to do that again. On my plane if you go into a tightturn, it'll roll on over on to its back realy quick, may have a rigginproblem???but I've got it in my hanger right now puttin a 0-290 (125hp) on it for a super Peit, just more climb realy no more going underpowerlines, its one thing going under lines cause you want to but notcause you have toooooooo---Dean Dayton wrote:>> Was there any indication of structural damage? I've read that thePiet > wings are only good for about 1g inverted.> > Was the recovery difficult or just scary?> > > > >Sorry Rob but your not the only Peit to go enverted!!!> > I put my peit into a enverted spin, hope I never do that agin!!!!I's> >doing a modified split-S, I thought kinda like a wing over, stuck in> >to much rudder and stall upside down, did 3 turns scared me worsethan> >my pax,> >anyway Peits forevere if you keep em rightside up!!!!> > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Status: ROthe recovery was to badddddd, it jecked the stick out of my hand, an igrabbed it and started to force it back, an thought it was going toset me up for a flat spin , so i relaxed a sec. an thought OKspin...forward, opposit rudder....no!!!!upside down...back,toprudder..3 turns an I'sss out of it!!!!don't ever want to do that again. On my plane if you go into a tightturn, it'll roll on over on to its back realy quick, may have a rigginproblem???but I've got it in my hanger right now puttin a 0-290 (125hp) on it for a super Peit, just more climb realy no more going underpowerlines, its one thing going under lines cause you want to but notcause you have toooooooo---Dean Dayton wrote:>> Was there any indication of structural damage? I've read that thePiet > wings are only good for about 1g inverted.> > Was the recovery difficult or just scary?> > > > >Sorry Rob but your not the only Peit to go enverted!!!> > I put my peit into a enverted spin, hope I never do that agin!!!!I's> >doing a modified split-S, I thought kinda like a wing over, stuck in> >to much rudder and stall upside down, did 3 turns scared me worsethan> >my pax,> >anyway Peits forevere if you keep em rightside up!!!!> > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: 8.5 F Degrees
Original Posted By: Craig & Shari Hanson
I got home New Year's Day from the airport and my thermometer read 85degrees Fahrenheit. Other than the temperature the day was perfect. Sunny,calm winds, a nice clean fresh blanket of sand on the beach makingeverything look pristine. I put on my Tshirt and went flying. The flyingwas just gorgeous - you could see forever and there wasn't another plane inthe sky. I think everyone was either at the beach, playing golf or hungover! My tach worked perfectly.Mike, since the only difference between our flights was were the decimalpoint was located in the temperature that must be the problem.
)Happy New Year. Ted>I got home New Year's Day from the airport and my thermometer>read 8.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Other than the temperature the day>was perfect. Sunny, calm winds, a nice clean fresh blanket of >snow making everything look pristine. I put on layers of clothes>and a full face mask with an arctic type hat and the only thing that>really got cold were my toes. (front cockpit cover was on)>The flying was just gorgeous- you could see forever and there wasn't>another plane in the sky ! (I was the only fool in the area !)>I'm going to have to fix the tach or the tach cable though- one minute>the tach was reading 2150 rpm and the next it was reading zero !>I've got the 90 degree adapter on the tach so it might even be that.>Guess it didn't like the cold too well. I'll bet this doesn't happen to>Ted B . in Naples, Florida !!>>Mike C. >>________________________________________________________________________________
I got home New Year's Day from the airport and my thermometer read 85degrees Fahrenheit. Other than the temperature the day was perfect. Sunny,calm winds, a nice clean fresh blanket of sand on the beach makingeverything look pristine. I put on my Tshirt and went flying. The flyingwas just gorgeous - you could see forever and there wasn't another plane inthe sky. I think everyone was either at the beach, playing golf or hungover! My tach worked perfectly.Mike, since the only difference between our flights was were the decimalpoint was located in the temperature that must be the problem.
)Happy New Year. Ted>I got home New Year's Day from the airport and my thermometer>read 8.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Other than the temperature the day>was perfect. Sunny, calm winds, a nice clean fresh blanket of >snow making everything look pristine. I put on layers of clothes>and a full face mask with an arctic type hat and the only thing that>really got cold were my toes. (front cockpit cover was on)>The flying was just gorgeous- you could see forever and there wasn't>another plane in the sky ! (I was the only fool in the area !)>I'm going to have to fix the tach or the tach cable though- one minute>the tach was reading 2150 rpm and the next it was reading zero !>I've got the 90 degree adapter on the tach so it might even be that.>Guess it didn't like the cold too well. I'll bet this doesn't happen to>Ted B . in Naples, Florida !!>>Mike C. >>________________________________________________________________________________Pietenpol-List: Re: 8.5 F Degrees
Original Posted By: Craig & Shari Hanson
You guys are making me jealous. Craig from ND________________________________________________________________________________
You guys are making me jealous. Craig from ND________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: 8.5 F Degrees
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
>Mike, since the only difference between our flights was were the decimal>point was located in the temperature that must be the problem.)>>Happy New Year. >>Ted>Ted ! Ahhhhh!!! Man, does your story sound alot more appealing thanmine. I'd really like to do some low level 'beach running' down there inFloridawith you someday. It's getting there that's the bugger.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________
>Mike, since the only difference between our flights was were the decimal>point was located in the temperature that must be the problem.
)>>Happy New Year. >>Ted>Ted ! Ahhhhh!!! Man, does your story sound alot more appealing thanmine. I'd really like to do some low level 'beach running' down there inFloridawith you someday. It's getting there that's the bugger.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________