Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Aron(at)hrn.bradley.edu
Good a.m., gentlemen,I've been chipping away at covering my ship. The Poly-fiber dealeroriginally sold me 32 yards of fabric based on an estimate they already had.I ran out. I didn't have any large amounts of waste, other than one pieceabout fuselage length that was too narrow to do a wing. I am sure that Icould have worked more efficiently, but even still, I don't think it couldhave been done with 32 yards. I needed 15 more: the top of one wing andtop and bottom of the other.What are y'all's experiences with amounts of covering materials?John-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: Jim Barlow
On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, John Greenlee wrote:> Good a.m., gentlemen,> > I've been chipping away at covering my ship. The Poly-fiber dealer> originally sold me 32 yards of fabric based on an estimate they already had.> I ran out. I didn't have any large amounts of waste, other than one piece> about fuselage length that was too narrow to do a wing. I am sure that I> could have worked more efficiently, but even still, I don't think it could> have been done with 32 yards. I needed 15 more: the top of one wing and> top and bottom of the other.> > What are y'all's experiences with amounts of covering materials?> > JohnI just got 2 estimates for the Christavia (based on Citabria dimensions)and they both quoted 45 yds of fabric. Since the Piet and Christavia arerelatively simular in fabric area, I would have expected the same estimate(which works out to what you've had to purchase).Ken________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: brian.e.jardine@l-3com.com
Carson - I used the 2.6.--------Kevin PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Thanks KevinI think that I will go with the heavier stuffHappy buildingCarsonRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________