Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:06 pm

Original Posted By: "Clif Dawson"
Yes, Tools has fallen for the same lady that the rest of us have.I'm an engineer. Logical, rational, methodical. And yet, Ifall for the lure of the open cockpit and the "scent of an airplane"that comes from the wood and fabric of my Pietenpol, without rhymeor reason. It's the perfect elixir of avgas, exhaust, wood, andsome sublime mixture that Ray Stits or Bernard Pietenpol orsomebody came up with in a back room somewhere. Heck, for all Iknow there is a John Stromberg and a Fred Continental who alsosat in the room and sprinkled some kind of pixie dust in the vialto come up with the intoxicating stuff. It comes out of theseold airplanes, from their exhausts and cockpits and propwashes, and fills our senses and leads us around on a leash like puppies.Whatever it is, it's more potent than wine, women, or song. It'swhat keeps pulling us back to the hangar, to the cockpit, to theprop, throttle, and stick.We go nowhere on these flights... we start and end up at the same place. It'slike a ride that ends too soon but the next one is only as far awayas the hangar door and the fuel valve, so we can keep going backagain and again. We fly the same routine, feel the same sensationsthrough the wires and controls, feel the same blast of air on ourfaces, but each time it's new again, and perfect. There is just noexplanation for what it is about flying these old airplanes.But I'm preaching to the choir here. Also missing my airplane, very much.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:20 am

Original Posted By: Dave Nielsen
Here's a couple of pics of my solution. Thecenterline of the brace strut lines up with thecenter of the mounting bolt.Hopefully I will never be in a position to testthe thing. :-)Hey KM, glad to have been of assistance redrill guide. When I first saw the thing many yearsago it knocked me over. Such an elegant solutionto a difficult problem!Clif> John,> You're on your own to come up with the upper connection for the diagonal > bracing. It is not shown in any Pietenpol plans Bill C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: the siren song of the Aircamper

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:05 am

Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Oscar, You have put to words what I have felt for many years. Thank you."Bat Cave" Dave-----Original Message-----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:35 pm

Original Posted By: Ben Charvet
Thanks=2C folks.I just write 'em the way I see 'em.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford=2C ORwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:12:48 -0400

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:25 pm

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Wow... that's pretty cool! There's "High Flight" and now this. Bravo!I think I'm going to put that somewhere in my plane. Woodburn it into a seat back,something like that. Just seems sort of appropriate. ToolsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:20 pm

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Scott, I had to do some cowling work on my Cessna 140 some years ago and itscowling used the same meterial I did on my Pietenpol, 2024-T3 Alclad, 0.025"thick. I don't know what Stinson used, but I'll bet it was similar.Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia-----Original Message-----

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