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Topic: Testing Tranmition |
pietflyer
Replies: 14
Views: 8451
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Forum: Pietenpol-List Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:19 pm Subject: Testing Tranmition |
I’m still here. Most everybody else has gone to Facebook. Did you ever finish and fly your Pietenpol?
Jack Phillips
From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com <owner-pietenpo ... |
Topic: Brakes have me stumped |
pietflyer
Replies: 16
Views: 15646
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:34 am Subject: Brakes have me stumped |
Carlos,
Having just gone through all the filling and sanding to get the wheel pants ready to paint, I can't imagine working around cooling vents when doing that! I think General Grumpy put his fin ... |
Topic: Brakes have me stumped |
pietflyer
Replies: 16
Views: 15646
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:33 am Subject: Brakes have me stumped |
Well said, General! As a Seaplane CFI teaching in a Cessna on amphibious floats (which have castering nosewheels steered by braking, just like an RV-10), I spend the first 15 minutes teaching a stud ... |
Topic: RV-10's |
pietflyer
Replies: 6
Views: 6977
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:13 am Subject: RV-10's |
My finish kit wasn’t bought until 2017
Jack Phillips
From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com On Behalf Of Kelly McMullen
Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2019 10:39 AM
To: rv10-list@matronic ... |
Topic: RV-10's |
pietflyer
Replies: 6
Views: 6977
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:03 am Subject: RV-10's |
Why didn't you just sand the grey off the wheelpants so you could see through the fiberglass? That’s what I did.
Jack Phillips
Kit # 40610 (I'm a little slow. But now in the priming/painting st ... |
Topic: RV-10's |
pietflyer
Replies: 6
Views: 6977
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:03 am Subject: RV-10's |
So THAT's what those little magnets were for! I'm one of those that got the
magnets with no instructions. As I said earlier, I just sanded the grey off
in the area of the brackets to be able to se ... |
Topic: Paint stencils |
pietflyer
Replies: 4
Views: 6384
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:13 am Subject: Paint stencils |
I used Denny Demeter at AvGrafix. http://www.avgrafix.com/ .They did all
the graphics in vinyl for my Pietenpol Air Camper that I built 15 years ago
(you can see a picture of it on their web page ... |
Topic: Paint Scheme |
pietflyer
Replies: 0
Views: 3028
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:50 am Subject: Paint Scheme |
After 12 years of off-and-on work on my RV-10 project, I’ve reached the point where it is time to think about a paint scheme. It seems I recall that there are some software packages around that ... |
Topic: Tooling up |
pietflyer
Replies: 12
Views: 12983
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:47 am Subject: Tooling up |
I agree with everything that has been said here, and will add just a bit.
It is really helpful to have a good woodcutting bandsaw with the finest toothed metal cutting blade you can get. There a ... |
Topic: Pop Rivet Dimple Die Question |
pietflyer
Replies: 4
Views: 6203
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:47 am Subject: Pop Rivet Dimple Die Question |
I've used it a lot. Great for when you forgot to dimple something before assembly, or you make a change to the design. I used it when installing the Van's kit for the landing lights because I didn't ... |
Topic: Antenna locations |
pietflyer
Replies: 36
Views: 36390
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:02 am Subject: Antenna locations |
The FAA is phasing out Marker Beacons, as they are phasing out NDBs I kind of like Marker beacons - I find it reassuring to hear the steady "Beep, Beep, Beep..." as I fly an approach, just ... |
Topic: First Condition Inspection |
pietflyer
Replies: 11
Views: 7669
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:19 am Subject: First Condition Inspection |
Vernon, looking at the phot I can see why you were concerned. What kind of spider lays a web from the center of one rivet to the center of another?
Good eye, and glad it was nothing.
Jack Ph ... |
Topic: Sun Visor |
pietflyer
Replies: 22
Views: 21297
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:17 am Subject: Sun Visor |
I have Rosen’s on my Cessna 170B and like them so well I bought a set for my RV-10 project. If you go to SNF or OSH they do give a slight “Show Special” discount.
Jack Phillips
#40610 – ... |
Topic: RG-400 Coax |
pietflyer
Replies: 21
Views: 19831
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Forum: RV10-List Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:23 pm Subject: RG-400 Coax |
I've bought a bunch of RG-400' on Amazon. As far as I can tell its identical to that from As&S
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On Apr 7, 2018, at 6:48 PM, kearney <kearney@shaw.ca> wrote:
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