Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Mike,I just found the excellent pics of your fine looking Piet on the BPA site.Truly enjoyable. Do I see a little dihedral in your wings? Maybe a degree ortwo, or is it just the camera angle? If yes, does this improve stability?Since your plane has so many of the features I wish to incorporate in myproject, ( wire wheels, spreader bar gear, etc.) I will probably have morequestions for you as my plane progresses. Thanx for the inspiration!Don Cooley________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: John Greenlee
>Mike,>I just found the excellent pics of your fine looking Piet on the BPA site.>Truly enjoyable. Do I see a little dihedral in your wings? Maybe adegree or>two, or is it just the camera angle? If yes, does this improve stability?Don ! Thanks for the nice comments. The plane is just a riot.Can't seem to get enough of it.Yes, yes- about 1.5 to 2.0 degrees of diehedral were intentionallyput into the wings. Flown some without and this one seems morestable. Also if you go with 0 deg.'s it almost gives the illusion ofa 'wing droop'. Like one guy here told me, " birds have diehedraldon't they ?">Since your plane has so many of the features I wish to incorporate in my>project, ( wire wheels, spreader bar gear, etc.) I will probably have more>questions for you as my plane progresses. Thanx for the inspiration!No problem ! (Naturally I like your choices !)God Bless ! Mike Cuy>Don Cooley>>________________________________________________________________________________