Original Posted By: Tim Willis
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Wheels, seat beltsI'm trying to get my Piet fuselage up on the landing gear (Jenny style) and have been debating all the pros and cons of motorcycle wheels and the custom-hub spoked wheels. One possibility that occurred to me was the use of solidaluminum disc wheels as used on the front of Harley-Davidson "fat boy" motorcycles. I very much like the looks of these wheels -- they have a 1920s-30slook-- they aren't too expensive on e-Bay and I believe they would eliminate the worry about side loads. Does anyone on the Piet list have any experience with these wheels -- either on a Piet or on your H-D? I believe they weigh about 19lbs -- how does that compare to spoked wheels with a wide hub? The only concern I have is that they take a 3/4-inch dia. axle but I'm thinking these wheels can be bored out for a larger axle and bearing.I'd also be interested in ideas on where to get good seat belts/shoulder harness at reasonable cost. I think someone mentioned a source of stock car ordrag racing harnesses at a very attractive price...It is about to turn cold up here -- believe it already has for the Pieters in the MSP and north region...in fact, I believe they had snow showers up in North Dakota/Northwestern Minnesota...weird -- we had mid 80s yesterday, 40s orless tonight! Regards,Fred B.La Crosse, WI________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
Pietenpol-List: Wheels, seat belts
Re: Pietenpol-List: Wheels, seat belts
Original Posted By: TBYH(at)aol.com
FredIf you can get the wheels from a 2000- newer Harley, they will accept the 1" bearingfrom the rear wheel. Some of the very recent wheels are already equipedwith a 1" bearing. I checked around and wasn't able to locate a satisfactorybearing for a larger dia axle. Therefore, what I did, was to use a 1 1/2" x.188axle which needs to be reduced, with a 1 1/8x.058 sleeve 2' on each end anda 24" piece of 1" 4340 steel rod in each end. The 1 1/8" sleeve will need tobe reduced by a few thousandths to slid in, but the rest is fairly easy. In addition to this, the Harley brake rotors and the 1" rear wheel calipers willfit right on.dick N.----- Original Message -----
FredIf you can get the wheels from a 2000- newer Harley, they will accept the 1" bearingfrom the rear wheel. Some of the very recent wheels are already equipedwith a 1" bearing. I checked around and wasn't able to locate a satisfactorybearing for a larger dia axle. Therefore, what I did, was to use a 1 1/2" x.188axle which needs to be reduced, with a 1 1/8x.058 sleeve 2' on each end anda 24" piece of 1" 4340 steel rod in each end. The 1 1/8" sleeve will need tobe reduced by a few thousandths to slid in, but the rest is fairly easy. In addition to this, the Harley brake rotors and the 1" rear wheel calipers willfit right on.dick N.----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Wheels, seat belts
Original Posted By: "Jim Markle"
On Wed Oct 05 at 4:47 PM, TBYH(at)aol.com wrote: I'd also be interested in ideas on where to get good seatbelts/shoulder harness at reasonable cost. I think someonementioned a source of stock car or drag racing harnesses ata very attractive price... Regards, Fred B. La Crosse, WIFred,See http://www.ch601.org/tools/harness/crow ... 1.3.pdffor details of the harness I'm using in my Zodiac. It might be suitable forthe Pietenpol. Talk to Fred Crow (contact details and web site are at thetop of page three in the PDF) about any customization you might need. He hasa copy of the Zodiac installation manual and isn't worried about peopleusing the harness in homebuilt aircraft. Please note that I'm not flyingwith this harness yet but I first saw it a few years ago in the ultralightarea at Sun'n'Fun...neilZodiac 601XL________________________________________________________________________________
On Wed Oct 05 at 4:47 PM, TBYH(at)aol.com wrote: I'd also be interested in ideas on where to get good seatbelts/shoulder harness at reasonable cost. I think someonementioned a source of stock car or drag racing harnesses ata very attractive price... Regards, Fred B. La Crosse, WIFred,See http://www.ch601.org/tools/harness/crow ... 1.3.pdffor details of the harness I'm using in my Zodiac. It might be suitable forthe Pietenpol. Talk to Fred Crow (contact details and web site are at thetop of page three in the PDF) about any customization you might need. He hasa copy of the Zodiac installation manual and isn't worried about peopleusing the harness in homebuilt aircraft. Please note that I'm not flyingwith this harness yet but I first saw it a few years ago in the ultralightarea at Sun'n'Fun...neilZodiac 601XL________________________________________________________________________________