Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Me and my family will be there if nothing else comes up.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: lee bottom
Pietenpol-List: empennage plans using tubing
Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation]"
Well, I don't know why we should cut somebody off at theknees about this ;o) Pietenpol published alternate plansfor a steel tube fuselage, so a logical extension would beto look at the empennage as well. For a very few dollarsone can purchase the set of three (or is it four?) "Flying& Glider Manuals" from EAA from the 1930s and besides thembeing fascinating reading and very educational, there area whole host of different designs in them that utilizesteel tubing for the empennage and other parts. From those,it would be quite simple to lay out the lines of thePiet surfaces and translate them to tubing sizes, bracing,and intersection connections.If I may even go a bit heretical, one could also look atthe Roger Mann RW-1 "Ragwing Piet" plans and figure it outfrom there, because the Ragwing Piet is all tubing andaluminum at that.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________
Well, I don't know why we should cut somebody off at theknees about this ;o) Pietenpol published alternate plansfor a steel tube fuselage, so a logical extension would beto look at the empennage as well. For a very few dollarsone can purchase the set of three (or is it four?) "Flying& Glider Manuals" from EAA from the 1930s and besides thembeing fascinating reading and very educational, there area whole host of different designs in them that utilizesteel tubing for the empennage and other parts. From those,it would be quite simple to lay out the lines of thePiet surfaces and translate them to tubing sizes, bracing,and intersection connections.If I may even go a bit heretical, one could also look atthe Roger Mann RW-1 "Ragwing Piet" plans and figure it outfrom there, because the Ragwing Piet is all tubing andaluminum at that.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________