Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Peter P Frantz
OK. You've got the ribs done (great tips lately), and your spars areready. I'd like to hear what different methods builders have utilizedfor drag, anti-drag wires. Solid wires (what diameter) or strandedcable (again what diameter). Concerns about stranded cables stretching?Where are people obtaining what ever they're using. That should beenough to get things going.Also, while I'm on, I'd like to second those who have expressedenjoyment reading those evening flying stories!Bill Sayre________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Owen Davies
>OK. You've got the ribs done (great tips lately), and your spars are>ready. I'd like to hear what different methods builders have utilized>for drag, anti-drag wires. Bill- I used 1/8" diam. stainless steel cable for those with four turnbucklesper wing. I safety wired them and they sat for several months beforeI was able to cover them.....the cables didn't seem to stretch any in my case. PS- The cables that DID need re-tightening though after flyingwere the X cables between the landing gear legs (straight axle) and wingstruts. MC________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Kyle Ray
>Bill- I used 1/8" diam. stainless steel cable for those with fourturnbuckles>per wing. I safety wired them and they sat for several months before>I was able to cover them.....the cables didn't seem to stretch any in my>case. PS- The cables that DID need re-tightening though after flying>were the X cables between the landing gear legs (straight axle) and wing>struts. MCOne friend who has built or restored eight or nine planes says he justfixes the braided cable to the trailer hitch on his pickup and GENTLYpulls forward. After that, the cable doesn't stretch much!Owen Davies________________________________________________________________________________