Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Ed,Orrin Hoopman supplies the same drawing as the ones from Don Pietenpol.This is under an agreement with the Pietenpol family.Can't help you with Doug Bryant.We purchased the drawings for the steerable tailwheel from Replicraft andhave made a very good tailwheel unit that we are happy with.Just got back from working on the Piet out at the airfield. Cut the leadingedge wooden blank. Actually 2 pieces, each 16 feet long that will be scarfedand glued together into one long piece. Once it is scarfed and glued wewill route out the back side between where the ribs will attach, much liketheold Curtis Jenny's were done.Also did a test to see if 1/16 ply 90 deg. birch would bend around theleadingedge without breaking. The 90 deg. ply was able to wrap around withoutbreaking but if we were to do it for real, would soak the plywood in warmwater first as there was some small splintering at the radius when we did itwith dry ply.RodgerPiet in progress________________________________________________________________________________