Original Posted By: Dean Pacetti
Pietenpol-List: round tubing 4130
Re: Pietenpol-List: round tubing 4130
Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: round tubing 4130In a message dated 3/12/02 9:29:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, Michael.D.Cuy(at)grc.nasa.gov writes:> Brian Kenny of Canada has round tubing for his lift struts on his short > fuse 65 Cont.> Piet. He is not on this list that I'm aware of, so I don't know the > dimensions of his> material. He's been flying that thing for years now. He has no fairing > mat'l to streamline> them and why bother. The Piet is too slow to know the difference. Brian > > simply cut and> flattened and re-welded his wing ends and used a strap hinge wrapping like > the plans show> but rather than go inside the tubing and get bolted, his tabs go over the > flattened tubing.> > The lift struts on my first plane are 1 !/4 dia x .049 wall round 4130 with a V shaped low carbon steel trailing edge skip welded on. The ends are terminated to the plans. The idea came from one of the older Bucheye newsletters. This plane has 110 hours now. Doug Bryant________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: round tubing 4130In a message dated 3/12/02 9:29:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, Michael.D.Cuy(at)grc.nasa.gov writes:> Brian Kenny of Canada has round tubing for his lift struts on his short > fuse 65 Cont.> Piet. He is not on this list that I'm aware of, so I don't know the > dimensions of his> material. He's been flying that thing for years now. He has no fairing > mat'l to streamline> them and why bother. The Piet is too slow to know the difference. Brian > > simply cut and> flattened and re-welded his wing ends and used a strap hinge wrapping like > the plans show> but rather than go inside the tubing and get bolted, his tabs go over the > flattened tubing.> > The lift struts on my first plane are 1 !/4 dia x .049 wall round 4130 with a V shaped low carbon steel trailing edge skip welded on. The ends are terminated to the plans. The idea came from one of the older Bucheye newsletters. This plane has 110 hours now. Doug Bryant________________________________________________________________________________