Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Mike Lund"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Landing gear follies>>Mike,>>I just looked up my '33 drawings for you. The ash is on Drawing #1. There>are two and are just ahead of the 10" mark from the firewall and 371/2"mark>(10 + 271/2") and are shown in the bottom view as well as the top view>looking down. The ash supports the structure when landing. The back of the>front seat (with a "V") is glued to the top of the white ash. And guess>what...when I crashed the undercarriage collapsed totally and the ash>survived.>>Regards,>>Domenic>>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Mike Lund"
Mike,I have a correction to my last posting on the "ash location". It is inlinewith the vertical clusters and the front seat back is glued to the sideclosest to the pilot.DomenicFly "Low and Slow", by the seat of your pants.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Domenico Bellissimo
Thanks DominicAint that a co-inki-dink As per my '32 drawings, I have cross members at 8.5" and 37.5". AND, sincemy entire fuse is 3/4" ash they are already there. I just need to laminateanother piece onto the side of each.For ONCE an after-its-done modification will be easy Mike-----Original Message-----