Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walter evans"
I have been studying the EAA 32-33 reprints of theFlying & Glider Manual. My questions are about howwood side to side fuselage struts interfere with theinner lower engine mount fittings and the rear innercenter wing strut fittings. Are theese fittings bolted in place on the fuselagebefore the two fuselage sides are joined together?Dothe interfereing side to side struts have very largecorner blocks to connect to the fuselage sides besidesthe plywood gussets? I have searched the archive and have not found anydiscussion about this. I was at Brodhead last julyfor the meet, wish I had been aware of this questionat that time. Thanks Larry Reiss Omaha NE reiss_machinist(at)yahoo.com________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By:
Larry,If you're speaking of the brackets that attach the center struts to the topof the fuselage,,,I put the outter ones in the center of the diagonal brace,on the outside of the side ply. And the inner ones on the inner side of thediagonals( picture the top ply and cross pieces not there)I just slotted the ply , with my Dremmel Tool, where the bracket popsthrough.If this is what you are talking about, let me know, and I'll send you a picof what I did. Right or wrong, you can see mine.walt---------------------------------------------------------- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: javier cruz
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: fuse fittings & side to side strutsIn a message dated 4/14/01 3:48:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, reiss_machinist(at)yahoo.com writes:> I have been studying the EAA 32-33 reprints of the> Flying & Glider Manual. My questions are about how> wood side to side fuselage struts interfere with the> inner lower engine mount fittings and the rear inner> center wing strut fittings.> Are theese fittings bolted in place on the fuselage> before the two fuselage sides are joined together?Do> the interfereing side to side struts have very large> corner blocks to connect to the fuselage sides besides> the plywood gussets?> I have searched the archive and have not found any> discussion about this. I was at Brodhead last july> for the meet, wish I had been aware of this question> at that time.> Thanks Larry Reiss > Omaha NE reiss_machinist(at)yahoo.com> > > Larry,I was at Broadhead last year also and had pictures of my aircamper.If I am interpreting your question correctly, the cross members you are refering to are trimmed short for clearance of the engine mount plates etc. and I think I read that somewhere in the text of the 32 manual. Are you building or going to build the 32 version? The 32 version is good, but there are many improvements made in the 33 version (plans from Don Pietenpol, Improved aircamper). Doug Bryant Wichita Ks ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:33:31 -0700 (PDT)