Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: ADonJr(at)aol.com
Someone brought up the tail surfaces, and that brought back somethoughts. After I finished my horizontal stab. I looked at all of thepics around and realized that everyones was a little different. I ran into confusion with trying to join three different width wood,on a centerline, plus bevel one thickness to the other so the jointscould be gusseted. then when the "main beam" that runs a few inchesbehind the horz. stab. leading edge, joins the sides ( that are routedout) , you run into yet another difference of thickness'. This had tobe gusseted also.I don't know if you can follow my ramblings or not.....Even after I finished them , and they came out ok, I went back to see ifI had missed something very basic.Did any of you have this problem? This is the part of the plane that I mostly had to wing it ( sorry)waltSomeone brought up the tailsurfaces, and thatbrought back some thoughts. After I finished my horizontal stab. Ilookedat all of the pics around and realized that everyones was a littledifferent. I ran into confusion withtrying to jointhree different width wood, on a centerline, plus bevel one thickness totheother so the joints could be gusseted. then when the mainbeamthat runs a few inches behind the horz. stab. leading edge, joins thesides (that are routed out) , you run into yet another difference ofthickness'.This had to be gusseted also.I don't knowif you canfollow my ramblings or not.....Even after I finished them , and they came out ok, Iwent backto see if I had missed something very basic.Did any of you have this problem?This is the part of the plane that I mostlyhad to wingit ( sorry)walt________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By:> walter evans[SMTP:wbeevans(at)worldnet.att.net]
Yes, I ran into that too. I ended up stacking two gussetts on top ofeach other to compensate for the differences in the thicknesses. Ithink I'll write a book some day on interpreting the Piet drawings. Itwould probably be a best seller.Bart D ConradBoeing Field ServiceDC-9/MD-80/DC-10 & 737 Heavy MtcPhone: 713-640-5882/713-324-4192Fax: 713-640-5891Pager: 713-318-1625> ----------

Original Posted By: Larry Neal
We ran into this problem too and used two thicknesses of gussets to solveit. It really worked out well.John Langston writes:>Someone brought up the tail surfaces, and that brought back some >thoughts. After I finished my horizontal stab. I looked at all of the >pics around and realized that everyones was a little different.> I ran into confusion with trying to join three different width wood, >on a centerline, plus bevel one thickness to the other so the joints >could be gusseted. then when the "main beam" that runs a few inches >behind the horz. stab. leading edge, joins the sides ( that are routed >out) , you run into yet another difference of thickness'. This had to >be gusseted also.>I don't know if you can follow my ramblings or not.....>Even after I finished them , and they came out ok, I went back to see >if I had missed something very basic.>Did any of you have this problem?> This is the part of the plane that I mostly had to wing it ( sorry)>walt>__________________________________________________________________________________________