http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/ Pik 20 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:03:30 GMT Ulf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/981 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/981 Hi Steve, I have not flown my PIK20D yet as I got it end of September. But I have flown over 100h with a SZD-55 in the last 2 years, which has no flaps so you Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:38:52 GMT John Robinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/980 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/980 Greetings from the southern summer.... Good advice from the group. I'd add further that the A+B models are really light on the tail with positive flap, but neg Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:11:46 GMT Bruce Markovich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/979 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/979 Tom-  Sound like you got a bit of a scare, but the ship was able to fly away from it. Good description of incident, and your analysis of cause and effect is Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:42:19 GMT phoebus801 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/978 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/978 With a Pik this is not an issue, because your tail won't rice before 20 knots anyway. But in a very strong cross-wind you can keep your tail down as long as Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:42:47 GMT luffbody http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/977 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/977 Having only towed in nose-hook ships, I'm not qualified to comment, however you should also be aware of another "gotcha" that can occur. If the tailwheel Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:40:24 GMT phoebus801 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/976 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/976 It is 455 mm in my ship. Matts Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:10:18 GMT coussenstom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/975 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/975 OK, my third flight in this delightful ship (PIK-20D-78), so I'm barely into figuring out how to fly it properly. Started the take-off roll with -8 flaps to Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:23:20 GMT fortierus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/974 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/974 My PIK-20B is not accessible at the moment. Could somebody give me the width of the cockpit, between the canopy rails, at the station of the instrument panel? Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:17:17 GMT zirconfwl http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/973 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/973 I pleased to anounce I'm now a true member of the PIK family. I bought a PIK 20-D N22UU late last fall. I'm very happy with the purchase. I attached a new Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:49:25 GMT luffbody http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/972 Good idea! I was considering gluing on some blocks with #4 or #6 Tee-Nuts imbedded in them. The holes you see are quite deep, i.e. about 1/2 inch or more and Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:14:04 GMT John Firth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/971 When making a new spring, or on the old one, if you want to keep the fairings, glue wood blocks to the upper or lower surface as attachments for the screws. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:04:17 GMT luffbody http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/970 I posted a few photos of our delaminated spring. There are other worrisome splits and partial failures emanating from some of the fairing screw holes. I'm Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:20:37 GMT luffbody http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/969 Paul, You are absolutely correct, re: plugging the comp release holes with Metric screws. Our compression release mechanical parts were left in place after it Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:37:51 GMT Ron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/968 Glidermac, that's a very clever solution. I've recently considered this conversion to a modern engine and went so far as to borrow a 503 block to study the Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:29:48 GMT John http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pik20/message/967 Steve, All the Piks I have seen have a step that strikes the rubber bump-stop at 90 degrees. I spilt the old step off the old spring and glassed it onto my new