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    Rigid gear for LSAs?

    I'll try asking this a different way: Do any of you have experience flying an LSA with rigid gear (no suspension other than the tires)? I know FlyBabys are designed this way (with the gear as an integral part of the airframe structure. I understand some Pietenpols are built this way. I am...
  2. M

    Gear options for FFP Celebrity?

    As I've posted on previous threads, for several years I've been in the strange position of building an airframe (Flitzer Goblin) for which I had no suitable motor, all the while owning a motor (Rotec2800) for which I had no suitable airframe. For the Goblin, I recently (by aircraft building...
  3. collector

    Parts For Sale Pietenpol Plans Collection

    This offering includes the following: Newer black lined plans set with all supplemental drawings from Don Pietenpol. 3-piece Hoopman wing drawing Ariel St Croix biplane conversion pages with full size rib. UK PFA approved tail surface modifications for the 2-piece control horns. Copies of...
  4. D

    Introduction & the questions you'd expect

    Howdy all, I've got a father who's had several airplanes and never got a one of them built, including what would be a gorgeous Waco BSO with a Continental W670 radial... I'm getting my PPL in about two months, my first house / property in the next year and the very next thing I"m looking to do...
  5. gicummo

    Dhyedral

    I ask this in Matronics foum... but I want to know/confirm/disagree about put dhyedral in a Pietenpol... What do you think about?.. it is good, bad (I think no..); what about performance, stability, manuverability, etc, etc...? Thank you in advance ;0) Regards mario
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