Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
So I was surprised to not find a single image of a Piet of flat spring gear anywhereon the web. I figured surely someone had re purposed an old set of Cessna 140 legs on one before.Seems simple enough, anyway.Not sure how it would look...--------Andy Garrett'General Purpose Creative Dude'Haysville, KansasRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Flat spring gear
Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: "tools"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Flat spring gearAndy, I am a fan of the Cessna (really Steve Whitman) Spring gear havinghad it on my 1959 Cessna 150. Simple, Rugged, does exactly what it issupposed to do. It made some of my harder "arrivals" look good.Might it be too stiff for a Piet?Blue Skies,Steve D-- Blue Skies,Steve D________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Flat spring gearAndy, I am a fan of the Cessna (really Steve Whitman) Spring gear havinghad it on my 1959 Cessna 150. Simple, Rugged, does exactly what it issupposed to do. It made some of my harder "arrivals" look good.Might it be too stiff for a Piet?Blue Skies,Steve D-- Blue Skies,Steve D________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: "taildrags"
I've got a dilapidated one of home built project called a sturgeon. Built by franksturgeon around 1970. It's a grega/Piet class thing tail dragger with ac85, supposedly pre war wood taylorcraft wings, piper tail feathers and, you guessedit, c150 flat spring gear. It's a tandam open cockpit parasol with a welded steel tube fuse. Has the wholealuminum gear box bolted in there. It's VERY apart and easy to get pics ofif anyone is interested. This came with my chief project and is in the "I might rebuild it some day" category.Had three or four owners and flew quite a bit, must have been a decentsetup.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
I've got a dilapidated one of home built project called a sturgeon. Built by franksturgeon around 1970. It's a grega/Piet class thing tail dragger with ac85, supposedly pre war wood taylorcraft wings, piper tail feathers and, you guessedit, c150 flat spring gear. It's a tandam open cockpit parasol with a welded steel tube fuse. Has the wholealuminum gear box bolted in there. It's VERY apart and easy to get pics ofif anyone is interested. This came with my chief project and is in the "I might rebuild it some day" category.Had three or four owners and flew quite a bit, must have been a decentsetup.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
Steve: Check your spelling. It's "Wittman", not "Whitman". As in Wittman Tailwind,Wittman Regional Airport, Sylvester "Steve" Wittman. Gol-dang Texans cain'tspell fer nothin'.-Oscar--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:18:42 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Steve: Check your spelling. It's "Wittman", not "Whitman". As in Wittman Tailwind,Wittman Regional Airport, Sylvester "Steve" Wittman. Gol-dang Texans cain'tspell fer nothin'.-Oscar--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:18:42 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: Steven Dortch
I have VGs on my wing, but not on the prop. My wing leading edge is sheet aluminum.When the fabric was shrunk, the aluminum was pulled in, like a dent, acrossrib bays. This produced a sharper airfoil nose, though non-uniformly, acrossthe leading edge. Prior to adding the VGs, the stall was sharp with an unpredictablewing drop. With VGs, stall was at lower airspeed, gentler if it happenedat all, and with not much wing drop.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:58:08 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
I have VGs on my wing, but not on the prop. My wing leading edge is sheet aluminum.When the fabric was shrunk, the aluminum was pulled in, like a dent, acrossrib bays. This produced a sharper airfoil nose, though non-uniformly, acrossthe leading edge. Prior to adding the VGs, the stall was sharp with an unpredictablewing drop. With VGs, stall was at lower airspeed, gentler if it happenedat all, and with not much wing drop.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:58:08 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: "echobravo4"
Great responses! Thanks for the pics Bill. Now I can get my head around 'the look'.Still undecided, but it sure looks easy, doesn't it?--------Andy Garrett'General Purpose Creative Dude'Haysville, KansasRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Great responses! Thanks for the pics Bill. Now I can get my head around 'the look'.Still undecided, but it sure looks easy, doesn't it?--------Andy Garrett'General Purpose Creative Dude'Haysville, KansasRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Hard to tell if it would be easy without seeing the surrounding structure-There will have to be a lot of reinforcement in that area--------Earl BrownI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where Iintended to be.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Hard to tell if it would be easy without seeing the surrounding structure-There will have to be a lot of reinforcement in that area--------Earl BrownI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where Iintended to be.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Pietenpol-List: Re: Flat spring gear
Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
I'm sure you guys are correct.--------Andy Garrett'General Purpose Creative Dude'Haysville, KansasRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
I'm sure you guys are correct.--------Andy Garrett'General Purpose Creative Dude'Haysville, KansasRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________