Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Carl Loar"
Hay, Pietenpol builders:I have a question for the list. The Flying and glider manual 1932 plans use a tail skid made of the 4th leafof Ford T front spring. I plan to use this spring building up my tail wheel assembly. I bought a Model T front spring at a car show flea market, not sure Igot the whole thing, there were 5 leaves in the spring I bought. The leaf that looks about the right size was the middle leaf. It is 28" long and has a hole in the center. I figure to use that hole as one of my 3 holes to mount to the fuse. That would give me a spring 15" long assuming I use it as the bolt hole closest to the front of the A/C.The question I have is where is the 4th leaf counted from? The top or the bottom.Hope to see some of you at Sun and Fun. I will be at any Piet forum and most if not all of the Corvair forums.Skip in Atlanta, currently working on main L/G. --- Cinda + Skip Gadd--- csfog(at)earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Skip, It doesn't matter which spring you use as they cut pretty easy with ahacksaw. I purchased two leaf springs from a local spring supplier and cutthem to size. I bent them to shape per Tony B.'s book in a bench visestrapping a long two by four to the end for leverage. Use a good bit on slowspeed to drill your holes. I attached it to the fuse using a technique likeMike Cuy used.For a drawing of how he did it, use this link to go to my site.http://cvl.virtualave.net/mikedraw.htmAlso, I used two springs for strength as I felt one spring would have tomuch give.CarlPlease visit my website atwww.megsinet.net/skycarl-----Original Message-----