Original Posted By: "schuerrman"
I don't think Raymond is proposing to use just solder - the tank should be riveted together and the solder only used as the sealant.Dan-- yocum(at)gmail.comOn May 24, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Clif Dawson wrote:> >>> Soft solder is NOT a structuraly sound material.> It's one thing to solder a copper water pipe. It's> completely another to soft solder the joints in a fuel> tank.>> Also you have to remove the zinc from the steel> to expect any kind of safe joint. So tell me, Are> you prepared to varnish all the wood and gussets> in your plane and THEN glue them together? No?> Why would you do the same with sheets of steel?> Varnish is a coating and so is zinc. Nothing more.>> The minimum you might get away with is silver> solder. Brazing is a significant step up from that.> Then welding is the strongest but somewhat> difficult on such thin material.>> It's a long way down from up there. Especially if you're> covered in gasoline.>> Clif>> "Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty."> - Mark Twain, writer and humorist>________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: tail wheel backing
Pietenpol-List: tail wheel backing
Re: Pietenpol-List: tail wheel backing
Original Posted By: Ryan Mueller
I'm almost ready to flip the fuse, all I have to do is install some kind of tailwheel backing. Any ideas about size and location? Maybe a better questionis "what's the best way to search the archives for specific questions?"Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:11:02 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: tail wheel backing
I'm almost ready to flip the fuse, all I have to do is install some kind of tailwheel backing. Any ideas about size and location? Maybe a better questionis "what's the best way to search the archives for specific questions?"Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 13:11:02 -0500Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: tail wheel backing
Pietenpol-List: Re: tail wheel backing
Original Posted By: "Catdesigns"
Ryan,Thanks, this REALLy helps. I'm sure that any of my questions have been asked fordecades, and I really don't want to bother y'all with questions that have beenasked before. I hear that the search engine is a great tool, and I've putin key words but I'm not sure that I was getting it right. thanks again.steveRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: tail wheel backing
Ryan,Thanks, this REALLy helps. I'm sure that any of my questions have been asked fordecades, and I really don't want to bother y'all with questions that have beenasked before. I hear that the search engine is a great tool, and I've putin key words but I'm not sure that I was getting it right. thanks again.steveRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: tail wheel backing
Original Posted By: Lawrence Williams
This is how Mike Cuy installed his tail wheel.http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Mik ... Sacramento, CAWestCoastPiet.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:41:33 -0700 (PDT)
This is how Mike Cuy installed his tail wheel.http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Mik ... Sacramento, CAWestCoastPiet.comRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:41:33 -0700 (PDT)