Some pcitures of the fnished car... (see older posts for construction details)
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
The Latest Project - Pietenpol Air Camper
When I was a young kid my dad took flying lessons and my brother and I got to ride along.
Ever since then I've had a desire to fly. Over the course of time I discovered airplane home building (people building airplanes to fly). -See eaa.org for more info on home building.
Once I discovered that I could build my own plane I knew I really wanted to do it.
I had to wait a number of years but now the time has come and I have recently begun to construct an old time airplane.
It's called a "Pietenpol Air Camper." It's an old time type of airplane designed in the 1930's.
It's a plans built airplane - meaning that it's built from scratch following a set of blue prints.
The plane is constructed out of Sitka Spruce lumber and covered in cloth. It uses either a small 4 or 6 cylinder engine.
Right now I've just begun to work on the wings... and yes it's probably going to take a long time to finish.
More to come...
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