Pietenpol-List: NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 8:03 pm

Original Posted By: "Graham Hansen"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: NEW KID ON THE BLOCKI've been lollowing this discussion for some time now, and think that I should sign on. I have my plans, from Don, a place to work, Compton Airport here in the LOS ANGELES Area, and, just this afternoon, climbed into an Air Camper.I certainly thought that I would build a steel fuselage, but the deeper I get into this thing, the more I want to build with wood. We are having trouble with spruce deliveries down here, so I'm going to go with kiln dried fir. There is 1.13 cu. ft of longerons, struts and braces, and at 30 lbs per cu.ft, I don't think that there is much of a penalty weight wise.There are a number of us here who are in the construction phase.I'm looking forward to going to Oshkosh this year, so Brodhead is in my plans too. The owner of the Piet I sat in today said I shouldn't miss Brodhead!I used to do stress analysis for Douglas, and aerodynamic loads.Looking forward to lots of things!Carl Lekven at ANNCARLEK(at)aol.com ________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat Jan 19, 2002 11:19 pm

Original Posted By: "Larry Neal"
Carl,Good to have you here. we need a structures guy.Chris bobkaFlying the QUALITY Douglas DC-9 for NWA----- Original Message -----