Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Peter Denny
Thanks -----To Dick and Marge for the Fisher Horizon photos. This might work for folding wings, if done well.To Warren for leads on the Brits -- seems like some form of "quick attach" devices might be helpful.To Larry for comments on the 3-piece wing. I found a modification of the 3-piece wing plan at "Yesterday's Wings and Aero Museum". I don't know alot about it, but they say it allows the wings to be "assembled and broken down by one person while minimizing the time for transporting and storing in a hanger". Sounds good to me.........I look forward to meeting you all in person - sometime in the future.Robert Maynordp.s. While surfing the Web, a found a site that offers a five-cylinder radial engine that should work on the Pietenpol (HCI aviation) I called the folks, and the woman on the phone said that there were two of them at Brodhead!Sounds very interesting..........________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:55:13 -0800 (PST)

Original Posted By: "Greg Cardinal"
Peter,The EAA sells reprints of the old Flying and Glder Manual which was published in the 30's. There was an article in one of those about putting the Piets on floats. I can't remember the year, the 1932 had the original-style Pietenpol in it, maybe it was 1933? You can look these up at the EAA bookstore - they're great reading, and neat historical background, just remember to put away the Flying and Glider manual if you go to build a Piet from plans ordered from Donald Pietenpol! You'll end up confused for sure!Good luck,Gary Meadows________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 12:02:51 -0600