Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
1. I have looked at my zero degree dihedral (or would it be anhedral? Who reallycares?) Piet from all angles and at various pictures and videos. I can't detectthe dreaded "droopy wing" look in any of them. Oh yeah, it seems to fly justfine. 2. structural analysis for Piets...................yawn.3. There IS a Piet under construction right now with aluminum spars, wooden ribs,and some kevlar laminate and aluminum honeycomb in the control surfaces. It'llhave a steel tube fuselage and water-cooled straight four engine on the 100hp range.Larry ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Dihedral, Structural analysis, aluminum spars
Re: Pietenpol-List: Airfoil
Original Posted By: "Ken & Lisa Rickards"
ummm... not true... the GN-1 has the same airfoil as the Piet, with theexception of a slightly more blunt leading edge.The GN-1 and Piet's are not Clark Y. Bernie called it a FC-10. why?? heused a French Curve to draw it and it took him about 10 minutes.... Iforget where I read that but thought it comical....DJ VeghN74DVwww.raptoronline.comMesa, AZ----- Original Message -----
ummm... not true... the GN-1 has the same airfoil as the Piet, with theexception of a slightly more blunt leading edge.The GN-1 and Piet's are not Clark Y. Bernie called it a FC-10. why?? heused a French Curve to draw it and it took him about 10 minutes.... Iforget where I read that but thought it comical....DJ VeghN74DVwww.raptoronline.comMesa, AZ----- Original Message -----
Re: Pietenpol-List: Airfoil
Original Posted By: Waytogopiet(at)aol.com
Clark Y is a flat-bottomed airfoil, Piets and GN's usean undercamber. DJ has it right almost - it was madewith a #10 French curve. Works well, don't it? PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ________________________________________________________________________________
Clark Y is a flat-bottomed airfoil, Piets and GN's usean undercamber. DJ has it right almost - it was madewith a #10 French curve. Works well, don't it? PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ________________________________________________________________________________
RE: Pietenpol-List: Airfoil
Original Posted By: DJ Vegh [mailto:aircamper(at)imagedv.com]
Thanks for the information D.J. I knew the airfoils were the same, I justremember someone telling me that it was a modified Clark y. Was the designbased on the Clark or the Eiffel?KenGN1 2992-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the information D.J. I knew the airfoils were the same, I justremember someone telling me that it was a modified Clark y. Was the designbased on the Clark or the Eiffel?KenGN1 2992-----Original Message-----