At 02:37 PM 12/11/2005, you wrote: >Larry (and other potential smokers)- there are several systems being used by >Pietenpol builders/flyers for a simple smoke system. >Oscar Zuniga +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The system I plan to install uses several components I already have. I have a primer solenoid that I'm no longer using (since my carb fire) and a facet 3-5 pound fuel pump. I have a momentary primer switch on my panel that I'll swap out with a "push on - push off" switch. Having no header tank, I have a spot behind the panel that the battery used before I moved it to the firewall. The support and battery box is still there. I plan to install a three or four quart oil tank in that spot, hook the fuel pump to that, control the output with the solenoid and inject the oil into one or both exhaust stack near their exits. I'll use some kind of small orfus to restrict the flow. The good part is that there are two 55 gallon drums of smoke oil in the back of the hangar where I work and a mechanic that has installed smoke systems on other aircraft to help me. He suggest to inject the smoke near the exhaust exits for maximum effect and so the oil doesn't just burn away when injected too early into the system. It should be a good project for these winter months when the weather isn't fit for flying. I'll even have a heated hanger to work in. The tough decision will be do I spend the time installing the smoke or removing the wing for repaint and / or applying the vinyl trim that I've had for six months to finish the fuselage. I can't seem to force myself to quit flying long enough to finish the bird. Larry Flesner
