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Thread: Pitts Owner's / Maintenance Manuals
Message: Re: Pitts Owner's / Maintenance Manuals
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From: N1BZRich at aol.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 14:04:11 UTC
To Dick Rihn (IAC president) and all Pitts drivers,
Recently, on this IAC net, Fritz asked about tire pressure for the S-1S and I
responded that the S-1S owner's / maintenance manuals called for 35 psi.
That reply resulted in a question from RS about where he could get a copy of
the manuals. Below is my reply sent directly to him, and now included on the
exploder in case others might be interested.
RS,
When I bought my S1 plans from Curtis Pitts in 1974 (Pitts Aviation
Enterprises, Inc., Homestead, Florida) I also recieved three books/manuals
that have been extremely helpful over the years. The first is titled Pitts
S-1S Owner's Manual / Maintenance Manual. Second is the Pitts S-1S Airplane
Flight Manual. Third is the Pitts S-1S Parts Catalog. These three books
aparently were written to go along with the factory S-1S when it was being
certified and then produced by AERO TEK, in Afton, Wyoming. Additionally,
while I was building my airplane, Curtis came up with the kit airplane
(S-1E), also sold through AERO TEK. Through them, I was also able to get an S
-1 Assembly Manual and an S-1S Inspection Manual, also very helpful. I
don't know if Aviat ( same factory, several owners later) still has the above
five manuals available, but that would be a place to start looking. Good
luck.
NOTE TO IAC / Dick Rihn:
I am sure there are others that have these manuals, but if they are hard
to come by, and if a need exists, perhaps we could get Curtis' and/or Aviat
approval to make copies for members that need them. Might be a money maker
for IAC.
Fly safe, keep your mach up, and check six!
Buz Rich
IAC # 2794
Pitts N1BZ