Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]"
Pietenpol-List: 1933 Fuselage, no grease required
RE: Pietenpol-List: 1933 Fuselage, no grease required
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Nice picture. Looks like it could have been taken 40 years ago.Brian KrautEngineering Alternatives, Inc.www.engalt.com -----Original Message-----
Nice picture. Looks like it could have been taken 40 years ago.Brian KrautEngineering Alternatives, Inc.www.engalt.com -----Original Message-----
RE: Pietenpol-List: Butt rib covering
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-lis
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Butt rib covering I used 2" strip of ply attached the ribs all the way around, but it wasn't enough. After a few hours the sucker puckered. Both wings right at the spars. I discovered that the pull of the fabric was enough to move the ribs outward toward the tips at the spars. I fixed it by installing spar caps =BC" high and 2" long on top and bottom of the spars and pulled things tight again with a couple of C-clamps. It required removing the wings and lots of figgiting to get it fixed.At that point cutting it off at the edge of the ply was no problem. If I had wrapped it, I would have had a heck of a time fixing the pucker.Steve E.
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Butt rib covering I used 2" strip of ply attached the ribs all the way around, but it wasn't enough. After a few hours the sucker puckered. Both wings right at the spars. I discovered that the pull of the fabric was enough to move the ribs outward toward the tips at the spars. I fixed it by installing spar caps =BC" high and 2" long on top and bottom of the spars and pulled things tight again with a couple of C-clamps. It required removing the wings and lots of figgiting to get it fixed.At that point cutting it off at the edge of the ply was no problem. If I had wrapped it, I would have had a heck of a time fixing the pucker.Steve E.
Pietenpol-List: Butt rib covering
Original Posted By: Owen Davies
RE: Pietenpol-List: 1933 Fuselage, no grease required
Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]"