Original Posted By: Timothy Willis
Jack, if you haven't already fabricated your throttle linkagesetup and you're still fishing for ideas, there are some picturesof the setup that Ernie Moreno's Piet has, on my website. Hisis set up with no cables at all... all rods, bellcranks, andsolid connections. Not advocating for that, just saying itmay provide an idea or two. Not everyone will agree with thefinal link between the bellcrank on the firewall and the carbbutterfly lever because it is not a straight rod; it has an offsetbent into it. I can understand the need to avoid that in controllinkages where you can fail a member by applying enough forceto kink it at the bend, but I can't imagine ever developingthat much force trying to open or close a carb butterfly.Anyway, if you go to http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/piets.htmland scroll down to the bottom, there's a link to the firewallforward pictures and one of them shows the throttle linkage. Goto the bottom of that page and there's a link to the cockpit pixand you'll see a couple that show how Ernie's is set up.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:00:36 -0600Subject: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Original Posted By: Ken Bickers
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Original Posted By: Timothy Willis
Dip all screws in varnish right before you use them, screw them wet in to the wood.This will avoid to some extend moisture getting in to the wood.Second varnish/ paint over the screw, seal itThirdly, make sure water can drain out of any and all compartments !your weight and balance will change with water collecting in low spotsIf your park your plane outside use cockpit covers.Lastly don't fly in the rainHansNX 15KV-----Original Message-----
Dip all screws in varnish right before you use them, screw them wet in to the wood.This will avoid to some extend moisture getting in to the wood.Second varnish/ paint over the screw, seal itThirdly, make sure water can drain out of any and all compartments !your weight and balance will change with water collecting in low spotsIf your park your plane outside use cockpit covers.Lastly don't fly in the rainHansNX 15KV-----Original Message-----
Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Original Posted By: "Timothy Willis"
Tim, where is all this water coming from? Certainly you're not going to fly your Piet in the rain. If you tie it down outside (like I might have to for a while until I can get hanger space) cover everything up with plastic tarps.----- Original Message -----
Tim, where is all this water coming from? Certainly you're not going to fly your Piet in the rain. If you tie it down outside (like I might have to for a while until I can get hanger space) cover everything up with plastic tarps.----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: waterproofing hinge locations
Original Posted By: "AircamperN11MS"
Hello Bill,Actually I used cub wings built from the REED Clipped Wing plans. Wood Spars andaluminum ribs and Piet style tips. I have a 27' span. The center center sectionis all wood and I have used foam and cloth to fare-in and shape the cutout above the pilot seat. I also have a Cessna 140 wing tank in the center sectionfor fuel. The nose tank is from an Opal Cadet car and it holds 10 gallons.That gives me 22.5 Gallons usable.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/p101 ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: waterproofing hinge locations
Hello Bill,Actually I used cub wings built from the REED Clipped Wing plans. Wood Spars andaluminum ribs and Piet style tips. I have a 27' span. The center center sectionis all wood and I have used foam and cloth to fare-in and shape the cutout above the pilot seat. I also have a Cessna 140 wing tank in the center sectionfor fuel. The nose tank is from an Opal Cadet car and it holds 10 gallons.That gives me 22.5 Gallons usable.--------Scott LiefeldFlying N11MS since March 1972Steel TubeC-85-12Wire WheelsBrodhead in 1996Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/p101 ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: waterproofing hinge locations
Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locations
Original Posted By: Timothy Willis
Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 12:17 pmSubject: Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locationsDip all screws in varnish right before you use them, screw them wet in to the wood.This will avoid to some extend moisture getting in to the wood.Second varnish/ paint over the screw, seal itThirdly, make sure water can drain out of any and all compartments !your weight and balance will change with water collecting in low spotsIf your park your plane outside use cockpit covers.Lastly don't fly in the rainHansNX 15KV-----Original Message-----
Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 12:17 pmSubject: Re: Pietenpol-List: waterproofing hinge locationsDip all screws in varnish right before you use them, screw them wet in to the wood.This will avoid to some extend moisture getting in to the wood.Second varnish/ paint over the screw, seal itThirdly, make sure water can drain out of any and all compartments !your weight and balance will change with water collecting in low spotsIf your park your plane outside use cockpit covers.Lastly don't fly in the rainHansNX 15KV-----Original Message-----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Tire size
Original Posted By: Dave Nielsen
Can anyone tell me the diameter of 600-6 tires?ThanksJack TextorSent from my iPad________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Tire size
Can anyone tell me the diameter of 600-6 tires?ThanksJack TextorSent from my iPad________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Tire size