Re: Pietenpol-List: 4.jpg =?ISO-8859-1?Q?640=C3=97480?= pixels

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Original Posted By: "biplan53"
Mikee-Yes=2C 41CC was constructed by Corky Corbett. It is an Air Camper named "Scout" and not a Sky Scout named "Scout" =3Bo) These are confusing times=3B get used to it!The airplane is sitting comfortably in my hangar and I just got (another) box of stuff from Aircraft Spruce so I can keep making upgrades and tweaks to it as I reassemble it after the move from Texas... which was almost a year ago! In the box this time are a new Aero Trainer tire and tube to replace the pilot's side rubber=2C which is almost down to no tread on it. I'll take a tip from someone else on this list and clean & store the worn one as a spare this time instead of taking it to the tire place for recycling.Also in the box is a new battery for my Narco ELT=2C which isn't really my ELT since a very generous member of this list sent me a replacement for my old one... which died of terminal corrosion from a leaking battery. I'll take protective measures this time. I need to clean up a little bit of corrosion on the aluminum ground plane that the ELT and my COM antenna are mounted on behind the pilot's seat in the aft fuselage=2C since the white stuff from the battery got on it a little bit too.Let's see: also in the box is a new fuel shutoff valve and some fittings to go with it. I managed to strip the threads on the stem of my old valve by trying to snug it "just a tad more" (famous last words)=2C and the brass threads just shrugged and said "OK=2C you're the boss" and stripped. I'm reworking the geometry of my fuel shutoff valve=2C actuator=2C and feed line to the gascolator to make the fuel flow path more direct and without a slight trap that the old setup had. It's tricky working up under the front cockpit and fuel tank=2C so I'm trying to get everything fitted and ready before I accordion myself up to get under there. Last time I did it=2C I thought I might never get back out and I'd have to gnaw a hole out the side of the fuselage to extricate myself.More parts in the box: new AN bolts to replace all of the existing ones that mount the wing attach fittings and struts to the tabs and brackets (those have been removed and reinserted lots of times=2C and most of them were not exactly the correct grip length)=3B new SS screws to attach the new centersection flop hinge. And the list goes on... I noticed a slight cock in the tailwheel so I suspect that I've slightly twisted the tailwheel spring leaves in a crosswind landing or something. I'll have to pull the tailwheel off and see if I can straighten the springs with a vise and big wrench. The tailwheel is wearing ever so slightly uneven and that's no good.Other stuff in the box: Poly-Tak so I can take care of a couple of small fabric patches=2C followed by painting those patches and a few other little places on the fuselage fabric here and there.I completely rebuilt the plywood bulkhead at the front of the front seat=2C went through all the cabane and wing brace cables and control cables to replace clevis pins that were too long... I want them to all be the correct length with just the required minimum washers. I redid every one of the clevis cotter pins on the airplane the "approved" way=2C with nice trim tails. I cleaned up and 'served' some control and brace cable ends that were a little bit too long and were frayed enough to snag a cleaning cloth every time I wiped things down.I prepped and painted the new cooling eyebrows for the engine the other day and pffffttt... what a mess. Fisheye. Must have been some oil or silicone residue on there. So now I've got to strip them=2C prep and prime=2C and try it again- then I'll be pretty much done with firewall forward except for re-torqueing and safetying the prop bolts.What else ya wanna know? When's it gonna fly? Tuesday! I'm just not saying WHICH Tuesday. Once it's airworthy and complete to my satisfaction=2C I'll fuel it up and fly the pattern a bit to make sure it's rigged properly and feeling good=2C then I'll update the logs and take the paperwork and ferry it over to Beagle Sky Ranch Airpark=2C where my A&P Steve Pankonin will pull the annual condition inspection on it. Beagle Sky is a fun little dirt strip=2C one-way=2C with a VERY pronounced hill climb at the far end. Always folks sitting out in lawn chairs ready to judge your landings =3Bo)Oscar ZunigaMedford=2C ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 power ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 4.jpg =?ISO-8859-1?Q?640=C3=97480?= pixels

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Original Posted By: "jarheadpilot82"
I'm not sure and Gary I wonder why it would be set up that way...Sent from my iPadJack TextorOn Sep 21, 2013, at 5:05 PM, "biplan53" wrote:> > Jack, I wonder if it is a primer for the fuel system?> > --------> Building steel fuselage aircamper.> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 950#408950> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 4.jpg =?ISO-8859-1?Q?640=C3=97480?= pixels