Builders here is a collection of information we have put out for pietenpol builders. Gary spent around four and a half years, and some 1500 hours, building it, with a frame of locally sourced poplar. Builders, here is a look at terry hands steel tube piet project. Steel tube pietenpol fuselage with landing gear and 12 x 4. February 21, 2009 welcome to my experimental aircraft web site. Good flyer freercplans free rc plans free control line plans free free. To view my construction process, hover the mouse over the pietenpol project button. Pietenpol plans aerofred download free model airplane. The pietenpol looks like a simple project to do and would be great to include the ford engine in it.
The weight and balance sheet i have from don pietenpol shows the. Pietenpol air camper the plans for my pietenpol air camper long fuselage arrived on 11 feb 2008, and the construction process started shortly thereafter. This auction is for a supplement to the original plans including a set of 15 prints for the pietenpol aircamper 2 place aircraft. Pietenpol aircraft company official pietenpol air camper. Air camper and sky scout are low in cost, durable and most of all, fun probably, the biggest reason they are. Pietenpol intended his parasol design to be easy to build and fun to fly and the air camper was just that. In 1932 the flying and glider manual presented the construction article on the full size homebuilt of the air camper. Plans, with their drawings, specifications, and instructions are ed material. I didnt do much editing to this and it was unplanned, so im sorry if its a bit rough as a video. He used simple materials and methods of construction combined with an affordable and available engine to create what many consider the first successful homebuilt design. The plans for the pietenpol aircamper were originally published in a fourpart serial in the flying and glider manual of 193233.
Its popularity has a lot to do with the fact that it. Most pietenpol builders ive met really enjoy this part of the process but i dont think its for everyone. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, this was less expensive than the model a used in the air camper. As we have more content, i can easily add a link here and keep this current. Bernard pietenpol designed and flew this aircraft, with a ford model a engine in the first years of the 1930s. To build a pietenpol air camper or sky scout, first you need a set of plans available from andrew pietenpol can be ordered on this website, and a work bench. Hobbyking pietenpol air camper v2 70mm bluesilver arf. Pietenpol air camper construction pietenpol aircraft company. There is an active forum community who will help along the way but if youre looking for a more step by step build experience the pietenpol is not it. The plus plans include shop size 18 x 24 copies of the 1934 series of eight original plans to build the improved air camper as drawn by orrin hoopman. There is no pietenpol factory to which you can ask questions. Homebuilt aircraft construction peter johnsons aircraft. The plans for the pietenpol air camper were published in a fourpart series from 1932 to 1933 in the flying and glider manual.
One way has the vee on the front, the other picture seems to indicate the vee is built in the back. Building an air camper requires basic woodworking skills and tools. The pietenpol family air camper sky scout page buckeye pietenpol association brodhead pietenpol association pietenpol pages at a pietenpol adventure a gn1 builders log. Bernard, orrin, vi kapler, and don pietenpol all sold air camper plans at a modest cost. The pietenpol air camper was a revolution in the homebuilt aircraft world. The design has the advantage of providing excellent visibility from the. The 1933 improved air camper has the axle 17 inches aft of the. Pietenpol air camper kits california power systems. Bernard pietenpol designed the air camper in the late 1920s as an affordable and attainable aircraft for the average person.
After several weeks of shop prep, ive finally started building my air camper, a scratch wood and fabric build that was originally designed and flown in 1929 by bernard pietenpol. The pietenpol air camper n691, once owned by the late allen rudolf, is one of the bestloved airplanes of the brodhead pietenpol association, a community of antique airplane enthusiasts flying out of a grass field in brodhead, wisconsin. Gary boothes pietenpol air camper lincoln eaa chapter 1541. Old rhinebeck aerodrome has the pietenpol air camper shown above golden age air museum has a pietenpol air camper.
This is the chronicle of the construction of my aircamper. The piet has many light wires and the control surfaces are rather lightly attached compared to the fly baby but proven perfectly robust as long as they are not modified without proper understanding example, the rudder bar in a piet prevents excessive loads of the pilots. Pietenpol builders forum discussion area for builders of pietenpol aircraft, both beginners and experienced folks. It was a sturdy and lightweight plane, with a twentyninefoot wingspan and a sixtyfivemileperhour cruising speed. I once landed on a 300 strip intentionally in my pietenpol with a passenger on board in a stiff 2025kt headwind.
From your base line, lay out all the other lines and then figure out what goes over or under what. Builders also need to fabricate some metal fittings to attach the wooden parts together. In an era where barns became aircraft factories, bernard h. Original plans developed and updated by the designer bernard h pietenpol. Replaced this plan with a better version now scaled up to fullsize, thanks to billmz quote. Home purchase pietenpol air camper plans and aircraft kits product 7 complete original package of plans product 7 complete original package of plans by pietenpol aircraft company. Plans are available for this aircraft from his son. There were only 10 fatal pietenpol accidents from 1966 to 2003. Pietenpol air camper, singleengine twoseat parasol aircraft. The pietenpol air camper continues to be a successful design for the same reasons homebuilders were so fascinated by the design 87. These are the same plans as sold by bernard pietenpol and. Probably the largest challenge for anyone starting to build a pietenpol air camper is gathering all the updated changes to the airplane over its eight decades of development.
A wonderful project you made,congratulationsi am looking into building a homebuild project of either the pietenpol or fly baby though i do have plans to talk to robert baslee of airdrome on a one off deperdussin 1910. In april of 1929, he brought a model a engined twoseat airplane air camper to minneapolis, minnesota to show the editor of modern mechanics magazine that an auto engined airplane could indeed fly. Pietenpol is a big guy 64 200lb and he flies a long fuselage air camper. Order complete official original package of plans from the pietenpol family pietenpol aircraft company. The plans seem to indicate two ways to build the front seat back. Share ideas, ask questions and help build the pietenpol community. Read more rv12 metal, 2 seat, amateur built or elsa. The original model a powered light plane designed to get the best possible performance from a model a motor, to be easy to fly, and to get the most flying hours for the money invested. Interview with alan james about his pietenpol air camper while attending the laa sywell rally 2014. Kevins pietenpol air camper plans built project duration. The best advice i can give you is to build a mockup out of cheap wood, pvc pipe or cardboard and see if you fit. Pietenpol also designed and published plans for a singleseat version of the aircraft named the pietenpol sky scout, which was slightly smaller and was powered by the ford model t engine.
For builders in love with the air campers design but dubious of using an ancient car engine, the continental a65 seems to be the powerplant of choice. They are in like new condition and have never been used. See more ideas about camper, aircraft and kit planes. We added several tubes to the right side to allow for a front door on that side. Home full size pdf plans, bitmap, wood 1 full size pdf plans, bitmap, wood 2 pietenpol air camper keyword search pick only one from each group and keep in mind that we are in the process of editing all the plans so only the plans already edited will show up. The fuselage is an original short length, taken directly from the plans in the flying and glider manual. See more ideas about ford models, aviation and aircraft. This is gary boothes 1937 pietenpol air camper, a plansbuilt, high wing, fabric and wooden aircraft. The plans first appeared in the 1932 issue of popular mechanics flying and glider manual. The pietenpol air camper is one of aviations iconic homebuilt aircraft. The planes plans were published in the magazine and it became a favorite homebuilt airplane, which continues to this day. The fly baby is a bit more robust and more heavilybuilt than a pietenpol, but the piet is still a good solid machine. Apr 15, 2019 vintage kit built airplanes that were powered by ford model t and model a engines. This is a modern plan in pdfvector format for a scale model of the 1932 air camper update 210320.
The parasol wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage of the aircraft, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts. Remove this stick and glue firewall in at this location when the fuselage sides are joined igi. Because of my close involvement with the pietenpol phenomenon i have a sizeable cache of piet plans and modifications and field notes. However if you are on the smaller side, you will fit better. What this does is at the bottom, the vee comes together on top of the cross brace using the first technique, and behind and below the cross brace using the second technique. Pietenpol, the designer of the air camper, is deceased. The plans for the pietenpol aircamper were originally published in a. Your own set of original pietenpol air camper plans. Spruce is usually used in airplane construction, but poplar is lighter and more flexible. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, this was less expensive than the model a. Only one was due to a structural failure, the elevator pushrod broke due to fatigue.
I have swept it into this single page so builders can have a single reference point on the airframe. I am stepping forward to furnish excellent copies of such plans at a practical price, along with other written air camper and sky scout materials. Pietenpols grandson, andrew pietenpol, still sells the plans, and he says builders have tried more than 60 different engines in the piet. Pietenpol cherry grove, minnesota 1928 pietenpol air camper. Hands, mind, and heart what started as a handful of passionate enthusiasts has developed into a major forceand a significant componentof the aircraft industry. Bh pietenpol also designed and published plans for a singleseat version of the aircraft named the pietenpol sky scout, which was slightly smaller and was powered by the ford model t engine. Full size it to start off, we will be drawing the parts full scale to give us the layout to build the parts, and also to ensure no plans related issues youll see what i mean.
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