Original Posted By: del magsam
Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: "Gene Rambo"
Gentlemen:I postyed this Sunday Night but for some reason it never actually made it tothe list. I'm ready to build my aluminum cockpit coamings (sp)?? What size and typealuminum sheet is appropriate. I almost built them out of 1/16 plywood butit seems most folks use aluminum. Not sure it matters, because myinstrument panel comes out easily for access to the inner sanctum of thepanel.. Also, do you just get small brass screws to attach them (thecoamings) to the filler strips along the longerons? What about primer - doyou just use zinc chromate???So many questions and so little time (....to work on the "Air Anvil")Thanks, Bert(Who got to fly Poplar Piet again over the weekend - Life Sure Is Good!)http://members.surfsouth.com/~conolys/i ... __________
Gentlemen:I postyed this Sunday Night but for some reason it never actually made it tothe list. I'm ready to build my aluminum cockpit coamings (sp)?? What size and typealuminum sheet is appropriate. I almost built them out of 1/16 plywood butit seems most folks use aluminum. Not sure it matters, because myinstrument panel comes out easily for access to the inner sanctum of thepanel.. Also, do you just get small brass screws to attach them (thecoamings) to the filler strips along the longerons? What about primer - doyou just use zinc chromate???So many questions and so little time (....to work on the "Air Anvil")Thanks, Bert(Who got to fly Poplar Piet again over the weekend - Life Sure Is Good!)http://members.surfsouth.com/~conolys/i ... __________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: "Conoly"
Hey BertI used .032 5051 aluminum. It may be slight overkill but I concidered thepossibility of dents from use. I havent primed yet. Work is so busy Ihavent done much lately.Dick Navratil----- Original Message -----
Hey BertI used .032 5051 aluminum. It may be slight overkill but I concidered thepossibility of dents from use. I havent primed yet. Work is so busy Ihavent done much lately.Dick Navratil----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: Flite407(at)aol.com
Aluminum is better, as it can be taken off easily for reasons other thaninstrument access (working on other components inside, repairing dents,scratches, etc. in sheet metal). You can get perfect aluminum from airconditioning duct place, which is usually 3003, or any sheet metal place. The stuff is cheap, soft, and easy to work with. I have always used .040on larger airplanes, maybe .032 on a Piet, though, would be sufficient. The best primer I have found is Dupont Variprime self etching primer, notcheap but the best. Number 6 brass wood screws into the fairingstrip/longeron is fine for attaching the metal.________________________________________________________________________________
Aluminum is better, as it can be taken off easily for reasons other thaninstrument access (working on other components inside, repairing dents,scratches, etc. in sheet metal). You can get perfect aluminum from airconditioning duct place, which is usually 3003, or any sheet metal place. The stuff is cheap, soft, and easy to work with. I have always used .040on larger airplanes, maybe .032 on a Piet, though, would be sufficient. The best primer I have found is Dupont Variprime self etching primer, notcheap but the best. Number 6 brass wood screws into the fairingstrip/longeron is fine for attaching the metal.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: "Conoly"
Hi bertI used .032 It's easy to form and thick enough to not dent very easily.Work is absolutly nuts but I'm still managing a couple of hours a week onthe Piet for therapy.Dick Navratil----- Original Message -----
Hi bertI used .032 It's easy to form and thick enough to not dent very easily.Work is absolutly nuts but I'm still managing a couple of hours a week onthe Piet for therapy.Dick Navratil----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: "Gene Rambo"
Thanks Gene. That seems to be the common theme from others , too.Hey, Were you the one from down here near Tallahassee? It seem like Iremember that for some reason...Will go with .030 to .035 aluminum probably.Thanks, Bert----- Original Message -----
Thanks Gene. That seems to be the common theme from others , too.Hey, Were you the one from down here near Tallahassee? It seem like Iremember that for some reason...Will go with .030 to .035 aluminum probably.Thanks, Bert----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/02/00
Original Posted By: Godwin Pacetti