Original Posted By: "tkreiner"
Its from a WW! flight sim called: Rise of Flight. Its not factual its fictitious.There are factual accounts better then the sim video posted on MvR death. The videois good just for the enjoyment of watching. The sim RoF is free to downloadand play, the cravat is you have to purchase more airplanes.{url}http://riseofflight.com/en[/ur]lEnjoy,WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Yes indeed...
Pietenpol-List: Yes indeed...
Original Posted By: Michael Perez
It's truly a great book, but I didn't know there was a second edition... I havethe first, along with the companion book, Aircraft Engines, by the same authors.Once I started reading them, I was sure I'd be able to acquire or develop the skillsneeded to build a Piet. I'd recommend them to anyone wanting to know theold school way of doing things. As some other threads have mentioned lately, old school isn't always what we mightdo today... but there's value in knowing how things were originally done inthe aircraft world, compared to some more modern techniques.Along with you, I think a lot of folks here will either learn something from thisbook, or at least derive some pleasure reading it.--------Tom KreinerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 04:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
It's truly a great book, but I didn't know there was a second edition... I havethe first, along with the companion book, Aircraft Engines, by the same authors.Once I started reading them, I was sure I'd be able to acquire or develop the skillsneeded to build a Piet. I'd recommend them to anyone wanting to know theold school way of doing things. As some other threads have mentioned lately, old school isn't always what we mightdo today... but there's value in knowing how things were originally done inthe aircraft world, compared to some more modern techniques.Along with you, I think a lot of folks here will either learn something from thisbook, or at least derive some pleasure reading it.--------Tom KreinerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 04:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
Pietenpol-List: Re: Yes indeed...
Original Posted By: "jarheadpilot82"
Mike,I just reread your post where you asked-> A wing mounted tank does have an arm of sorts, along the longitudinal axis. Ina roll, the wing tank has an arm greater than the nose tank. It is a weight,being swung around the longitudinal axis. Does this matter, does it effect stability?What, if anything, changes as fuel burns? so, are you asking about lateral cg? If building to plans the wing tank is notappreciably wider than a nose tank, I would guess. Unless you either builder awider center section(i.e. a Bill Rewey center section), or you put the fuel intrue wing tanks, which I have not heard of anyone doing. So, I don't think thereis an appreciable difference between either tank in terms of the longituinalaxis, or in terms of a lateral cg. However, I did not sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, and I am not an aeronauticalengineer. But I have flown aircraft that lateral CG was a very bigdeal - helicopters with rescue hoists sticking out the side of the aircraft withpeople on the hoist.--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GAUSMC, USMCR, ATPBVD DVD PDQ BBQRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Yes indeed...
Mike,I just reread your post where you asked-> A wing mounted tank does have an arm of sorts, along the longitudinal axis. Ina roll, the wing tank has an arm greater than the nose tank. It is a weight,being swung around the longitudinal axis. Does this matter, does it effect stability?What, if anything, changes as fuel burns? so, are you asking about lateral cg? If building to plans the wing tank is notappreciably wider than a nose tank, I would guess. Unless you either builder awider center section(i.e. a Bill Rewey center section), or you put the fuel intrue wing tanks, which I have not heard of anyone doing. So, I don't think thereis an appreciable difference between either tank in terms of the longituinalaxis, or in terms of a lateral cg. However, I did not sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, and I am not an aeronauticalengineer. But I have flown aircraft that lateral CG was a very bigdeal - helicopters with rescue hoists sticking out the side of the aircraft withpeople on the hoist.--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GAUSMC, USMCR, ATPBVD DVD PDQ BBQRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Yes indeed...
Pietenpol-List: Re: It's FINALLY a hangar...
Original Posted By: "tools"
Tom,I actually saw a 4th edition (I think) published around 1960. It was listed oneBay. It had a picture of a Pan Am Boeing 707 tail in the front pages, so I thoughtit was too "modern" for my needs. [Wink]--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GAUSMC, USMCR, ATPBVD DVD PDQ BBQRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: It's FINALLY a hangar...
Tom,I actually saw a 4th edition (I think) published around 1960. It was listed oneBay. It had a picture of a Pan Am Boeing 707 tail in the front pages, so I thoughtit was too "modern" for my needs. [Wink]--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GAUSMC, USMCR, ATPBVD DVD PDQ BBQRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: It's FINALLY a hangar...
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Like everything, there's a thousand ways... and Scott and I climbed a really steepcurve! The one constant is that, unfortunately, the chicken industry is going throughquite an upheaval. Like lots of things, all the chicken houses built in the 80'saren't economically feasible to update. Most of them are either 36' or 40'wide and clear spanned. You can get the trusses and tin for nickels on thedollar, or free. And seem to be available about everywhere.I've got maybe two grand in it as it stands, 40 x 85 but not yet sided and no bigfront door. It's really tall so that we can get the motorhome in it from theside (at the back) so it wouldn't block things in, or get blocked in. Lotsof hangars have built in living areas, well, the motorhome is going to servethat purpose in this one.Gotta go work on a plane!Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Like everything, there's a thousand ways... and Scott and I climbed a really steepcurve! The one constant is that, unfortunately, the chicken industry is going throughquite an upheaval. Like lots of things, all the chicken houses built in the 80'saren't economically feasible to update. Most of them are either 36' or 40'wide and clear spanned. You can get the trusses and tin for nickels on thedollar, or free. And seem to be available about everywhere.I've got maybe two grand in it as it stands, 40 x 85 but not yet sided and no bigfront door. It's really tall so that we can get the motorhome in it from theside (at the back) so it wouldn't block things in, or get blocked in. Lotsof hangars have built in living areas, well, the motorhome is going to servethat purpose in this one.Gotta go work on a plane!Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________