Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
Last night we had our monthly meeting at a hangar where one of the members is buildinga Waco. Beautiful plane. The uncovered wings were on display with ribsmade with what appeared to be 1/4" x 1/4" capstrip. I was talking with a gentlemanwho has done Pietenpol maiden flights before (and will fly mine if Iplay my cards, or build my plane, right) and he urged me to build as light aspossible. As we talked he looked at the Waco wing and said that building thewing this way is one of the ways I could save on weight. Another member buildinga Pober Jr. Ace says that he is helping up at Oshkosh to build a wing fora Pietenpol and that it's only 1/4" x 1/4". I heard once that Paul Pobereznybuilt one this way. Is this mainstream thinking or were a couple made this wayfor other reasons (testing/experimentation)?I searched the archives and found this but I'm not sure where the information wasquoted from and if it was refering to a Piet but I don't know how you couldtalk about materials out of the context of particular application... Walt, if you have more info I'd love to know if I could save weight on my wing.The person I was talking to said that Mr. Pietenpol designed it at 1/2" widebecause he was most likely using pine.>>Ed,>> The lumber list that I ordered spruce from stated "under 65 hp use>>1/4"X1/4" cap strips,,,over 65hp use 1/4"X1/2" capstrip".>>I used 1/4"X1/2".>>walt evans>>NX140DLThanks--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
RE: Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
my dad's Fisher Celebrity has them as being 1/4x1/4 with an option to use1/4x1/2.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:34:53 -0500
my dad's Fisher Celebrity has them as being 1/4x1/4 with an option to use1/4x1/2.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:34:53 -0500
Pietenpol-List: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Original Posted By: "walt evans"
Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Original Posted By: "Glenn Thomas"
By-The-Way,Will any of you all be attending SNF this April? My wife is tossing me out ofthe house (hope not PERMANENTLY!!!) that week. I'll be there Tues. thru Fri.Would surely like to meet my fellow Listers.Alan LyscarsPortland, Maine________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
By-The-Way,Will any of you all be attending SNF this April? My wife is tossing me out ofthe house (hope not PERMANENTLY!!!) that week. I'll be there Tues. thru Fri.Would surely like to meet my fellow Listers.Alan LyscarsPortland, Maine________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Original Posted By: Ben Charvet
I don't know if any of the group are involved with the Pietenpol project they'rebuilding out in Minnesota but the gentleman I spoke with last night said hemade quite a few of the ribs. His name is Ken Terrio and he's going to startthe ribs next week for the Pober Jr. Ace that he's building. I'll find out whichone he's building at OshKosh since he's invited me over to participate. Fromwhat he says it's something they work on every year for about a month andthen reconvene each year. It's reportedly near completion. The airworthinessinspector seemed to be encouraging me to go that way but I, like the last post,thought about a comprimise at 3/8" and also chickened out.--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:21:13 -0500
I don't know if any of the group are involved with the Pietenpol project they'rebuilding out in Minnesota but the gentleman I spoke with last night said hemade quite a few of the ribs. His name is Ken Terrio and he's going to startthe ribs next week for the Pober Jr. Ace that he's building. I'll find out whichone he's building at OshKosh since he's invited me over to participate. Fromwhat he says it's something they work on every year for about a month andthen reconvene each year. It's reportedly near completion. The airworthinessinspector seemed to be encouraging me to go that way but I, like the last post,thought about a comprimise at 3/8" and also chickened out.--------Glenn ThomasN?????http://www.flyingwood.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:21:13 -0500
Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Original Posted By: "Philip_Miller"
Before you go too wild with any varnish or anything, study up on the covering systemyou intend to use. Many of them are not compatible with coatings otherthan 2-part epoxies. And that's been verified on the list: check the archives.--------Phil MillerPietenVairAltadena, CARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"
Before you go too wild with any varnish or anything, study up on the covering systemyou intend to use. Many of them are not compatible with coatings otherthan 2-part epoxies. And that's been verified on the list: check the archives.--------Phil MillerPietenVairAltadena, CARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Feedback from my local EAA chapter on 1/4" x 1/2"