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Original Posted By: "BritishJim"
Anybody besides Jack in tee shirt and cutoffs in 70 degree temperatures, that is;o) I haven't been flying in a long time. Too long. Today we had a few hoursof clear sky and sunshine after weeks of storms and rain. I'm not whining,because we have had drought and no snow in the mountains the last couple ofyears so we sure need it, all of it. Just puts a crimp in open cockpit flying.So I went out to the hangar and pulled Scout out, chocked the wheels, and aftera few swings of the prop, the fire lit. I had no intention of flying, just sometaxiing to warm up the oil and clear the plugs. Mine, not the airplane's;o) It worked. After about 20 minutes I felt much better and the oil temp needlewas steadily up in the green. The Air Camper seems to be a timeless remedy.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?
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Re: Pietenpol-List: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?

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Original Posted By: "Charles N. Campbell"
I haven't started building yet. At the tail end of a "mental build" by lookingover the plans and trying to figure out where everything goes.One sticking point - I can't seem to find fuselage turtle deck info/drawings onthe plans. Am I missing something?--------Your nose is high; you're in the sky. The other way around; you'll hit the ground....Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 06:30:09 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?
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Original Posted By: "Jack Textor"
2rn has been up between Scott and I every two weeks or so. Scott was up just lastweek for a couple hours. He's been running around landing in friends hayfields, kinda like she was designed to do! Warm chattanooga weather helps.Been a very warm winter so far up here in wisconsin. If not for scheduling conflicts,would have gotten checked out in the eaa's travel air as late as earlyNovember. While that didn't happen, I did manage to get checked out in theirpt-1 husky. Flies a lot like a Piet, only easier to land!Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/imag ... __________
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Mike did you get to fly the PT3-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: "BritishJim"
Ya. It's the only one known to be flying. There's another registered, but noinfo. It's got a cont 220 up front, a little overpowered. The difference betweenfull throttle and about half is around 5 mph, and a lot of face slapping!It was a failure as a trainer because it's just too easy to land. It really is,just a cream puff. Good vis, not squirrelly at all, just super well mannered.I might be able to convince them to let me bring it to brodhead some year.We can't give paid rides in it because there was never a civilian type certificate,so it lives in the experimental category. Sad, when I flew it, that wasprobably it's last flight for several to who knows how many years.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?
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Original Posted By: "jarheadpilot82"
I'm actually building the wood fuselage.Just can't find that darn turtle deck anywhere on the plans!--------Your nose is high; you're in the sky. The other way around; you'll hit the ground....Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?
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Original Posted By: "tools"
While you are finishing your "mental build" you might as well spend the money andbuy a copy of the 1932 Flyer & Glider Manual from the EAA bookstore. Pages19 and 20 include a small discussion, and is the source of the attached picture.Just enough picture to encourage you to buy a copy. Barring that, westcoastpiet.com should have a ton of pictures that you can review.--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/imag ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: anybody flying?
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Original Posted By: "CatDesigns"
That is definitely not what I was told by the folks who rebuilt it. Perhaps theyoverlooked something? I know they would love to use it like a certified plane.They get around the rules some how and use it for their military pilot fantasycamp event they do every few years. Other than that, we don't use it for much.We've put 220s on several planes that didn't have them originally, including thetravel air and swallow. Would love to know about the other one as well. Thanks!Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
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JimThe turtle deck formers are on the lower right corner of sheet "Drawing No.1" (as labeled in the upper right corner). My turtle deck stringers are1"x1/4" but I'm not sure where I got that from.ChrisSacramento, CAWestcoastPiet.com-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: "Dennis Vetter"
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Original Posted By: "BritishJim"
I went flying late yesterday for 1/2an hour. It was 45 degrees at 4:30pm. Sunsetis about 4:45. It's been warm and wet for Dec. in Iowa. This might be the lastflight until next year. Or maybe not. Short Video https://youtu.be/mOOn6WDyJJURead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Can't Find Turtle Deck on Plans?
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