Pietenpol-List: cross cables
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 1999 7:48 pm
Original Posted By: michael list
Re: the discussion of the fore &aft cross cables & the fwd braces fromthe center section to the motor mount.I have both & the following is why:I started with the fwd angled braces. The plane flew OK, but on preflight when I rocked the wing back & forth at the wing tip, there seemedto be some slop in the wing. Not much but some.Ed Snyder & I talked it over, & I decided to install the cross cables.That did it, solid as a rock. Why I don't know. It may have somethig todo with connecting to aft cabane to the fwd cabane.( Ed did the samething on the second Piet he is now building ).Mike B Piet N687MB (Mr Sam )PS If someone wants a ride bad enough, they'll get in OK.Re: the discussion of the fore aft crosscables the fwd braces from the center section to the motormount.I have both the following iswhy:I started with the fwd angled braces. The plane flew OK, but on preflightwhen I rocked the wing back forth at the wing tip, there seemed tobe someslop in the wing. Not much but some.Ed Snyder I talked it over, I decided to install thecrosscables. That did it, solid as a rock. Why I don't know. It may havesomethig todo with connecting to aft cabane to the fwd cabane.( Ed did the samething onthe second Piet he is now building ).Mike B Piet N687MB (Mr Sam )PS If someone wants a ride bad enough, they'll get in OK.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: the discussion of the fore &aft cross cables & the fwd braces fromthe center section to the motor mount.I have both & the following is why:I started with the fwd angled braces. The plane flew OK, but on preflight when I rocked the wing back & forth at the wing tip, there seemedto be some slop in the wing. Not much but some.Ed Snyder & I talked it over, & I decided to install the cross cables.That did it, solid as a rock. Why I don't know. It may have somethig todo with connecting to aft cabane to the fwd cabane.( Ed did the samething on the second Piet he is now building ).Mike B Piet N687MB (Mr Sam )PS If someone wants a ride bad enough, they'll get in OK.Re: the discussion of the fore aft crosscables the fwd braces from the center section to the motormount.I have both the following iswhy:I started with the fwd angled braces. The plane flew OK, but on preflightwhen I rocked the wing back forth at the wing tip, there seemed tobe someslop in the wing. Not much but some.Ed Snyder I talked it over, I decided to install thecrosscables. That did it, solid as a rock. Why I don't know. It may havesomethig todo with connecting to aft cabane to the fwd cabane.( Ed did the samething onthe second Piet he is now building ).Mike B Piet N687MB (Mr Sam )PS If someone wants a ride bad enough, they'll get in OK.________________________________________________________________________________