The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => General Announcements => Topic started by: montmil on April 16, 2008, 11:29:15 AM
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This airframe was built from nothing more than a set of plans and a dream. Every piece, airframe and engine, was my work. Another Type-1 VW with 1600cc, the aircraft is a replica of a 1929 Pietenpol which originally flew with a converted Ford Model A engine.
FAA-licensed in the Experimental Category, the single seat, open cockpit "flivver" was most fun at 500 feet off the deck and maybe 55-60 mph. Big tires with 3 psi permitted landing in any convenient cow pasture... which I did from time to time.
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Wow!! :o
I'm impressed, Montmil! You've taken the "ultralight" term to a whole 'nother level!
(Next time you go up, take a camera and give us a "pilot's perspective"!) ;)
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I've got a co-worker that lives a few miles away, building a 'Hummelbird', and when he gets to the point where he needs another 'body' to help him move the assemblies around, I go over there and get a bit involved with the process of building it.
Interesting note on the carburetor that is used, it's a Bing carburetor the same model that's used on our R65's, with a few modifications for aviation use.
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Not an ultralight.
The Piet carries an FAA airworthiness inspection and is licensed in the Experimental Category. I also hold the FAA's Inspection Authorization for the bird. Never have developed the desire for the oft-called "flying lawnchairs".