Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Fisherman Caye

Original Posted By: "Fisherman Caye"
One comment! If you plan to get your "Piet" judged at Oshkosh it must byflown.You can either fly in or truck in then it must be assembled and flown beforethe judging deadline. Most are flown in. Less than one every 5 years havebeen trucked it.We have helped assemble these trucked in planes but in 30 years, only onehas won. We and the owners spent almost the entire week getting it to run soit could be flown. They only beat the judging deadline about 5 minutes. Thiswas an antique.I believe that experimentals have to have their test time flown off beforejudging. But what do I know, I only fix them.Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, OshkoshEditor, EAA Safety Programscgalley(at)qcbc.org or experimenter(at)eaa.orgAlways looking for articles for the Experimenter----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Michael Brusilow"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Craig visit to Chapter ??? up in West Palm Beach area.Pa...Hi Ray,Welcome back,I think the steel they used earlier was tha alloy 1025. 1025 was used in the Piper Cubs, Taylorcrafts, etc. for many years. I don't know when 4130 came along but it is relatively new.Its the same story, everyone gets bent out of shape over aircraft plywood. I doubt that Cherry Grove Minnesota had any aircraft plywood. I doubt it had yet been noted as aircraft ply in 1929. Anyway I used Marine 4mm and 6 mm inplace of 1/8" and 1/4". It was about 1/3 price of aircraft and is beautiful ply.People tend to think about things in light of todays technology. Most of which did not exist in the 1920's or 30's.Anyway, its great to read your message Ray.Cheers, Jim________________________________________________________________________________