Original Posted By: "Richard Gillespie"
****snip****message posted by: "Ian Holland" Hi, JavierI don't know about the rest of the folks, but the wing struts out of4130 are likely not going to happen for me due to cost. Currently, Iam looking at using round tubing (4130) and fairing them...***********When I purchased my Kolb, they supplied a tube wing strut and a plasticstreamlined faring that slipped over the tube. I checked the price for thisfrom Wicks or Aircraft Spruce and it was inexpensive, actually, veryinexpensive.On another topic...A few weeks ago someone mentioned the Sport Aircraft Association (SAA)headed by Paul P.: donations only, no chapters, grass-roots typeorganization. I feel that the EAA has really forgotten the scratch-builtbuilders, the type that work on a budget, experimenting with hardware storealternatives. Maybe they've had to so to serve a larger audience, butthat's really not for me. The SAA is for me, so I sent a letter asking ifthey would add me to their group, asked if I could have the available backissues of their magazine, and dropped in some cash. A few weeks later, on ahand written envelope, I received a thank you note, a membership card (#1500somethin'), and the back issues. They were great! Reprints from the 1950'sarticles from Popular Mechanix on the Baby Ace, actually articles on weldinga fuselodge, building a wooden wing, wooden ribs, construction tips... It'sworth joining.Also, it's all volunteer so those of you that have a lifes worth of wisdomin you head, may I suggest that you sit down, write an article, and send itin. Your article may never make it in Kitplanes, but the SAA, and surelythe rest of us, would use it.Robert HainesMurphysboro, Illinois________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/24/01
Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 05/24/01
Original Posted By: "Robert Haines"
I am quite certain the EAA will publish articles as they are always lookingfor good articles about homebuilding. How can I be so sure? Check thesignature line. So send me a good article or two, I'll be glad to see thatit gets to the right place.Good pictures with high contrast can also needed. The little flashes of thepoint and shoot cameras really don't cut it, but I can salvage almost anyphoto using the latest PhotoShop offering.I prefer articles send by e-mail but like to scan photos to get the highestquality at 300 dpi.Or drop them off during the convention this summer. I will be at EmergencyAircraft Repair.Cy GalleyEditor, EAA Safety Programscgalley(at)qcbc.org or experimenter(at)eaa.orgCy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh----- Original Message -----
I am quite certain the EAA will publish articles as they are always lookingfor good articles about homebuilding. How can I be so sure? Check thesignature line. So send me a good article or two, I'll be glad to see thatit gets to the right place.Good pictures with high contrast can also needed. The little flashes of thepoint and shoot cameras really don't cut it, but I can salvage almost anyphoto using the latest PhotoShop offering.I prefer articles send by e-mail but like to scan photos to get the highestquality at 300 dpi.Or drop them off during the convention this summer. I will be at EmergencyAircraft Repair.Cy GalleyEditor, EAA Safety Programscgalley(at)qcbc.org or experimenter(at)eaa.orgCy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh----- Original Message -----