Original Posted By: Lou Wither
Rick Holland,I think you are referring to a post I made some time ago in which I quoted BernardPietenpol's letter to the EAA Experimenter dated May 1956 (Wow! almost fiftyyears ago.).I have my well-worn copy before me and will quote again what BHP said about changesto his design:"As I don't have the time to change the plans, only the following changes are recommended.In making up the landing gear fittings, make the strap go way acrossthe bottom. Where the flying struts are fastened to the wing, slant the wingfittings at about the slant of the flying struts. Cub wing fittings would workswell. Some sort of stop should be put on the controls.""If a 65 HP engine is used, make the fuselage just 6 inches longer in front, andmake the engine mount fittings go back at least 3 inches further on the longeron.A complete Cub landing gear could be used to advantage."Regarding the longer fuselage, BHP goes on to say:"I built one with a foot longer fuselage, but that was too much--does not handlegood in a steep slip."On the strength of his letter, I incorporated all the changes BHP recommended andthey worked well for me. Graham Hansen Pietenpol CF-AUN________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:14:38 -0800 (PST)
Pietenpol-List: Wing strut fittings, etc.
RE: Pietenpol-List: Wing strut fittings, etc.
Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Re: Pietenpol-List: Wing strut fittings, etc.
Original Posted By: Ben Charvet