Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Replicraft(at)aol.com
The drawings seem to indicate that a fastener is installed through the verticalspruce brace and the horizontal ash brace at the firewall area (one at each end).Does anyone know if the the ash brace is suppose to be bolted on beforeadding the plywood firewall? If so, what is the bolt size? It seems to me thatthe glue would be sufficient, and that if a given force breaks the glue jointand you are relying on the bolts to hold things together, you're out of luckanyway. Any comments would be appreciated.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: wayne
Bart-When we do up a Piet fuselage, the Ash brace is put in after the firewall, glued, nailed, and AN3 hardware installed as per plans...Steve________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By:> Replicraft(at)aol.com[SMTP:Replicraft(at)aol.com]
Thanks for the information. My plans only show a fastener hole at each end ofthe ash brace where it ties into the vertical spruce fuselage side strut. However,there are no words which say install bolt here. I'm looking at the fuselagesection of the plans I got from Don Pietenpol. Thanks again, Bart> ----------