Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Larry Neal
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 09/23/01In a message dated 09/24/2001 1:54:27 AM Central Daylight Time, pietenpol-list-digest(at)matronics.com writes:>Have you flown your airplane yet? How does it fly? The reason I ask is that you are setting yourself up for severe 'pitch-down' forces If you look at most (not all) airplanes, you will note that there is a slight nose UP, or sometimes even an inverted airfoil to the horizontal stab. Zero degrees would have been better, I think.Ed ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:57:03 -0500

Original Posted By: "Alan Swanson"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 09/23/01Ed I'm just now working on fastenening in the tail feathers . I madethe spacers as per the plans and like Al, realized when trying to fitup the horizontal stab that something is is not quite right. The planscall for 3/16" spacers at both the center beam and the leading edgewhich can't work because there is a 1/4" difference in the thicknessesas I'm sure you know.Thanks for your input I will plane the center beam spacer down to 1/8"which should put it at zero incidence. I haven't made the front spaceryet . Ed G.________________________________________________________________________________