Original Posted By: "bdewenter"
Mario,William Wynn has written much about cooling and cowling on his site flycorvair.net.Even if you have a non corvair, it applies to all engines on planes likeour Piets.google cowling cooling site:flycorvair.net to get a listing of articles such asthis onehttp://flycorvair.net/2013/05/30/cooling-with-j-3-style-cowls-pietenpols-cubs-biplanes-etc/Also, If you can get Tony Bingelis articles from EAA website or his books, itspacked full of drawings and details about cowlings and cooling--------Bob 'Early Builder' DewenterDayton OHRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: An idiot redeemed, wheel lacing 101
Pietenpol-List: An idiot redeemed, wheel lacing 101
Original Posted By: "Barnwell Regional Airport"
48 spokes, 1 wheel and hub, 12 days, 20 attempts, 20 falures, 1 success at last.Backstory:Picked up two pairs of 19" aluminum wheels from a cycle boneyard in CincinnatiOH. One set went to Don Harper in Barnwell and in return he pressed bronze bearinginto my hubs. The spokes were in terrible shape so i decided to replacethem. Don did what smart people do - he cleaned his up and saved some money.Epilogue and lessons learned:-Buchanans Spokes and Rims in California is the place to get custom spokes andnipples from - they were great to work with.-You do not need to put all the spokes in the hub to begin with and in fact itsbest to leave one of the 4 "sets" out and put them in one at a time at the end.(this would be the "outer" spokes on the "away from your face" side of thehub.) - if not the "third" set can get "blocked".-Take the laptop with the "before" picture out to the workbench unless you needfrequent exercise.-While not necessary, start near the valve stem hole as a reference point whenduplicating the spoke pattern from the picture-Any 1/4" box wrench is a spoke wrenchFor those who noticed in the picture, the rattle can paint on the rims sucked -I scratched the he** out of it in those 20 failed attempts. If I did it rightthe first time, no scratches would have occurred. The paint will be removedand powder coat will go on.Anyone needing more details feel free to contact me rdewenter -at- woh.rr dotc o m--------Bob 'Early Builder' DewenterDayton OHRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/laci ... __________
48 spokes, 1 wheel and hub, 12 days, 20 attempts, 20 falures, 1 success at last.Backstory:Picked up two pairs of 19" aluminum wheels from a cycle boneyard in CincinnatiOH. One set went to Don Harper in Barnwell and in return he pressed bronze bearinginto my hubs. The spokes were in terrible shape so i decided to replacethem. Don did what smart people do - he cleaned his up and saved some money.Epilogue and lessons learned:-Buchanans Spokes and Rims in California is the place to get custom spokes andnipples from - they were great to work with.-You do not need to put all the spokes in the hub to begin with and in fact itsbest to leave one of the 4 "sets" out and put them in one at a time at the end.(this would be the "outer" spokes on the "away from your face" side of thehub.) - if not the "third" set can get "blocked".-Take the laptop with the "before" picture out to the workbench unless you needfrequent exercise.-While not necessary, start near the valve stem hole as a reference point whenduplicating the spoke pattern from the picture-Any 1/4" box wrench is a spoke wrenchFor those who noticed in the picture, the rattle can paint on the rims sucked -I scratched the he** out of it in those 20 failed attempts. If I did it rightthe first time, no scratches would have occurred. The paint will be removedand powder coat will go on.Anyone needing more details feel free to contact me rdewenter -at- woh.rr dotc o m--------Bob 'Early Builder' DewenterDayton OHRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/laci ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Re: An idiot redeemed, wheel lacing 101
Original Posted By: "echobravo4"
Mike; you can help by mounting a Jeep engine on a Piet fuselage, cranking it upwith the fish scales on the tail, and reading out how strong it pulls with aprop on it ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: An idiot redeemed, wheel lacing 101
Mike; you can help by mounting a Jeep engine on a Piet fuselage, cranking it upwith the fish scales on the tail, and reading out how strong it pulls with aprop on it ;o)--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 powerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: An idiot redeemed, wheel lacing 101
Original Posted By: Ray Krause
A wealth of info in this book for anybody building their own wheel--------Earl BrownI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where Iintended to be.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/imag ... __________
A wealth of info in this book for anybody building their own wheel--------Earl BrownI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where Iintended to be.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/imag ... __________