Pietenpol-List: Gee Wiz Info
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 1998 3:32 pm
Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
>>Some Gee Wiz Info: Bernard Pietenpol used oatmeal boxes for the leading>edges>(upper surface covering) on some of the airplanes he built.> Someone should collect these things some day but old timebuilders have told me that the top of a 55 gallon drum is THE perfectmaterial for control horns called out in the plans. I get concerned about some materials and then remember tidbitslike this and the fact that farm kids were building them successfully inthe 1930s and I realize I'm getting to concerned about it. That's notto say don't care....if you're going to over think or under think apart, I'll admit that over thinking is preferable. Can't wait for the Summer weather!Bill S.________________________________________________________________________________
>>Some Gee Wiz Info: Bernard Pietenpol used oatmeal boxes for the leading>edges>(upper surface covering) on some of the airplanes he built.> Someone should collect these things some day but old timebuilders have told me that the top of a 55 gallon drum is THE perfectmaterial for control horns called out in the plans. I get concerned about some materials and then remember tidbitslike this and the fact that farm kids were building them successfully inthe 1930s and I realize I'm getting to concerned about it. That's notto say don't care....if you're going to over think or under think apart, I'll admit that over thinking is preferable. Can't wait for the Summer weather!Bill S.________________________________________________________________________________