Original Posted By: "Michael Silvius"
10 hours of driving = sore backSpar material for 1 wing and center section of Pietenpol = $250Overnight night at hotel / water park = $160Road trip with my wife and 3 year old = PRICELESSGlad to finally have the spar material for one side of my Piet - at the rate I work=2C this should keep me busy at least for another year.Tom B.Brooklyn Park=2C MN________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Tom,Spar, Wife, 3 year old.now, which one was priceless?I'm running out of things to do on the fuse.guess I'll have to start on thewings, too! Hope your ribs are getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion, mountedTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.) _____
Tom,Spar, Wife, 3 year old.now, which one was priceless?I'm running out of things to do on the fuse.guess I'll have to start on thewings, too! Hope your ribs are getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion, mountedTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.) _____
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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Tom,Spar, Wife, 3 year old.now, which one was priceless?I'm running out of things to do on the fuse.guess I'll have to start on thewings, too! Hope your ribs are getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion, mountedTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.) _____
Tom,Spar, Wife, 3 year old.now, which one was priceless?I'm running out of things to do on the fuse.guess I'll have to start on thewings, too! Hope your ribs are getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion, mountedTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.) _____
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Original Posted By: gboothe5(at)comcast.net
yeah=2C did the ribs 2 years ago - this is how it goes for me... A very little at a time. The spar material I got today will probably last me a year or more before I start the other wing. Fuse and tail are pretty much done too. So once I get the center section done=2C I'll have to bite the bullet and start doing the metal fittings and so forth.Just a few short - or long - years away from completion.Keep kicking on the ribs=2C they'll be done before you know it. I had family members come over and help on them and I asked them to put their name on the one they completed. Kindof a cool thought knowing you're hanging from ribs built by your family members.Tom B.
yeah=2C did the ribs 2 years ago - this is how it goes for me... A very little at a time. The spar material I got today will probably last me a year or more before I start the other wing. Fuse and tail are pretty much done too. So once I get the center section done=2C I'll have to bite the bullet and start doing the metal fittings and so forth.Just a few short - or long - years away from completion.Keep kicking on the ribs=2C they'll be done before you know it. I had family members come over and help on them and I asked them to put their name on the one they completed. Kindof a cool thought knowing you're hanging from ribs built by your family members.Tom B.
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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Tom,Hat's off to you! I wish I had started building a Piet as a much youngerman. I know it's not easy with family, but you will be admired and respectedfor your tenacity.a good role model.Gary _____
Tom,Hat's off to you! I wish I had started building a Piet as a much youngerman. I know it's not easy with family, but you will be admired and respectedfor your tenacity.a good role model.Gary _____
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Original Posted By: "pineymb"
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: excuse the intrusion... UNCLASSIFIEDlots of early airfields were just that. A big field with a windsock. taxi to thedownwind side and take off into the wind. So very little crosswind.used to skydive in Germany from such a field.Blue Skies,SteveOn 08/28/13, "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]" wrote:> > Ah, very good Oscar but I'm sure I fudged a few of those landings by actuallylanding diagonally on purpose on some of the runways to take out> the crosswind component if I had a runway that was wide enough. I've said yikesa few times myself....sometimes even shoot or holy shit:)> > Mike C.> > > > UNCLASSIFIED________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Priceless
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Re: excuse the intrusion... UNCLASSIFIEDlots of early airfields were just that. A big field with a windsock. taxi to thedownwind side and take off into the wind. So very little crosswind.used to skydive in Germany from such a field.Blue Skies,SteveOn 08/28/13, "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[Vantage Partners, LLC]" wrote:> > Ah, very good Oscar but I'm sure I fudged a few of those landings by actuallylanding diagonally on purpose on some of the runways to take out> the crosswind component if I had a runway that was wide enough. I've said yikesa few times myself....sometimes even shoot or holy shit:)> > Mike C.> > > > UNCLASSIFIED________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Priceless
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Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Isn't it satisfying every time you hear another thing about the Piet that is "justright", or at least not nasty? It's no wonder it's been around for so longin almost exactly the same form as it was 85 years ago! There are only a fewmachines of equal complexity and duty that are still around in their same formafter almost a century. The crowbar and ball-peen hammer come to mind ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
Isn't it satisfying every time you hear another thing about the Piet that is "justright", or at least not nasty? It's no wonder it's been around for so longin almost exactly the same form as it was 85 years ago! There are only a fewmachines of equal complexity and duty that are still around in their same formafter almost a century. The crowbar and ball-peen hammer come to mind ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
Original Posted By: "Clif Dawson"
How many degrees is that in American? ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
How many degrees is that in American? ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
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Original Posted By: "pineymb"
http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htmClif> > How many degrees is that in American? ;o)> > --------> Oscar Zuniga________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htmClif> > How many degrees is that in American? ;o)> > --------> Oscar Zuniga________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
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Original Posted By: "pineymb"
Welcome Jim!Being an ex-Brit, I think you'll find us colonists fairly friendly!!Seriously though, the Pietenpol community is one of the best parts of mytwelve-year Piet experience. I doubt I'd be flying yet except for the help,support and encouragement I've found on this forum. We don't have any rulesreally. Sometimes we have to have to remind eachother to exercise commonsense, respect and good humor. and we often refer people to the archives andwww.westcoastpiet.com , both of which are awealth of information where you'll find many of your questions answered.The Pietenpol Aircamper is a great plane; it is what it is. A no-frills,"puddle jumper" designed in the twenties. The first things you'll hear willbe: 1. build to the plans as much as possible 2. keep it light 3. buy thethree Tony Bingiles books on building from EAA 4. keep it light 5.build to the plans 6. use wisdom and discernment as to whose advice youtake 7. build to the plans 8. keep it light 9. don't try to turn aPiet into something it wasn't meant to be and 10. try to get to the annualBrodhead, WI fly-in the weekend before that "other" flyin in Oshkosh 11.join the Brodhead Pietenpol Association and get the newsletter for ideas andencouragement while building and finally. build to the plans and keep itlight!Other than that, fire away! This stuff was new to all of us at one point!!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
Welcome Jim!Being an ex-Brit, I think you'll find us colonists fairly friendly!!Seriously though, the Pietenpol community is one of the best parts of mytwelve-year Piet experience. I doubt I'd be flying yet except for the help,support and encouragement I've found on this forum. We don't have any rulesreally. Sometimes we have to have to remind eachother to exercise commonsense, respect and good humor. and we often refer people to the archives andwww.westcoastpiet.com , both of which are awealth of information where you'll find many of your questions answered.The Pietenpol Aircamper is a great plane; it is what it is. A no-frills,"puddle jumper" designed in the twenties. The first things you'll hear willbe: 1. build to the plans as much as possible 2. keep it light 3. buy thethree Tony Bingiles books on building from EAA 4. keep it light 5.build to the plans 6. use wisdom and discernment as to whose advice youtake 7. build to the plans 8. keep it light 9. don't try to turn aPiet into something it wasn't meant to be and 10. try to get to the annualBrodhead, WI fly-in the weekend before that "other" flyin in Oshkosh 11.join the Brodhead Pietenpol Association and get the newsletter for ideas andencouragement while building and finally. build to the plans and keep itlight!Other than that, fire away! This stuff was new to all of us at one point!!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Priceless
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Tom=2CSpar=2C Wife=2C 3 year old=85now=2C whichone was priceless?I=92m running out of things to do onthe fuse=85guess I=92ll have to start on the wings=2C too! Hope your ribsare getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool=2C Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion=2CmountedTaildone=2C Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down=85)
Tom=2CSpar=2C Wife=2C 3 year old=85now=2C whichone was priceless?I=92m running out of things to do onthe fuse=85guess I=92ll have to start on the wings=2C too! Hope your ribsare getting done quicker than mine!Gary BootheCool=2C Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair Conversion=2CmountedTaildone=2C Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down=85)