Piets III
Ernie Moreno's Pietenpol, in the cockpit...
revised November 8, 2001
This is the front cockpit panel. Not much to see, eh? Passenger has a glove/map box there.
Here's the passenger's throttle quadrant. No mixture, no carb heat control from the front.
Here's a look up under the passenger's panel, showing the sump of the header fuel tank, rudder pedals, control stick, and related stuff. Ernie flies it off the wing tank primarily, since that fuel is nearly on the CG and nothing shifts as the fuel burns off. The bird is tail-heavy, so it's good to keep the header tank full for CG balance and for reserve, but it's there to fly with. Each tank holds between 12 and 13 gallons.
Another view of the front cockpit, showing the front seat cushion and rudder pedals.
And this is the rear cockpit. Nice and clean, but fairly well equipped. I weigh about 145 and am 5'-10". It was a comfy fit for me, and I did have to sort of guide my shoes into the cutouts for the rudder pedals, but it's a nice feeling to have a cockpit that fits. Larger folks may rub their shoulders on the top longerons or cockpit coaming (it's 24" wide in there, folks). Red lever down on the port side by the seat is the fuel selector. It has three positions: wing tank, header tank, and off. The yellow thing down near the port side below the throttle quadrant is the ELT. The airplane has an antenna on the underside, with coax into this cockpit for handheld radio.
Closeup of the panel. The turn and bank is gyro-driven; there's a small venturi on the underside of the airplane.
A shot up under the instrument panel, for what it's worth.
Front cockpit shoulder harness. Too bad I didn't look at how he anchored them.
...but I did look at the pilot's harness attach, and it's the usual cables back to the tail, inside the aft fuselage.
Left rudder pedal area, looking forward. Lots to see here; rudder pedals, passenger's seat belt attach, controls, all that stuff.
Right rudder pedal area, looking forward. Also lots here (including a caution to keep that passenger seat belt secured out of the way when nobody is up there. It fouled the pedal and my foot when I was messing around in there).
Pilot's control stick, aileron control horn, and cutouts for pilot's feet to the rudder pedals. You can also see the heel brakes and ELT. Red lever at the far left is the fuel on/off.
Well, anybody want to keep looking around the bird? Let's look at the gear, tail feathers, and tailwheel area at Gear and Tail
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