Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Craigo"
I arrived back home in St. Paul on Sun night after a great week at Sun nFun. Many thanks to Don Hicks, Skip Gadd, Bert Conoly and all of theothers who piched in on the construction of my new fuselage. We managedto get it done in the week. I will be working on it and plan onbringing it to Broadhead.Dick Navratil________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Kent Hallsten
On Wed, 17 April 2002, "Richard Navratril" wrote> I arrived back home in St. Paul on Sun night after agreat week at Sun n> Fun. Many thanks to Don Hicks, Skip Gadd, BertConoly and all of the> others who piched in on the construction of my newfuselage. We managed> to get it done in the week. I will be working on itand plan on> bringing it to Broadhead.> Dick NavratilIt was a real pleasure to meet you and Bert, and toassist with your ply fuselage. You got a good thinggoing - are you going to wait to do the wing until nextyear?CraigCraigLake Worth, FLBakeng Duce NX96CWPeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Craigo"
Dont know at this point. I need to get the other one flying.Dick----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Mike Bell"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: thanks allIn a message dated 04/17/2002 10:48:28 PM Central Daylight Time, horzpool(at)goldengate.net writes:>Dick, It was a great pleasure working with you and also meeting some many of the 'listers' who dropped by the wood workshop at Sun n Fun. You have the beginning of a real nice Piet and I hope you can share progress photos with all of us as you continue the project. Don Hicks ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Richard Navratril"
> [Original Message]> I arrived back home in St. Paul on Sun night after a great week at Sun n> Fun. Many thanks to Don Hicks, Skip Gadd, Bert Conoly and all of the> others who piched in on the construction of my new fuselage. We managed> to get it done in the week. I will be working on it and plan on> bringing it to Broadhead.> Dick NavratilDick,(or should I say Huck)Had a ball helping on your fuse, and it was a great vehicle(pun intended)to demonstrate aircraft woodworking techniques in the wood shop.Bert,Thanks for having me in the wood shop again. I never fail to learnsomething or maybe several something in between all the What kind of woodis that? or What kind of glue is that? questions.It is also nice to put some faces with the names of guys you talk to onthis computer.It took Harry and I two days to get back to Atlanta and me another day toget the 172 back home, because of weather, but that is all part of flying.Sun n Fun was great.Skip, now counting down to Brodhead________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Thank you all for your advice, we really have a great resource of knowledgewith this group.Should probably use springs, but I was planning on putting them behind thepilot seat. I will use split bolts to affix the tailwheel cable to therudder cable, and after about eight inches or so, will splice in the springsso they don't interfere with the rudder cable itself. A nice benefit ofthis (stolen from Larry Williams) is that the split bolts are adjusted tobecome your rudder stops. They simply hit the bulkhead and stop the ruddertravel. I think Larry said he installed a little plywood disk looselythere. A rubber doughnut would work too.One could also precut some cloth patches to cover the cable exit holes, pinkthem, spray them and glue them on using any number of glues. This wouldsave a few grams by the tail, and be inconspicuous.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: helspersew(at)aol.com
The other day I came across some photos of WWI german airplanes where thelanding gear bungees had been replaced with long coil springs wrapped aroundthe axle in a similar manner. I am assuming this expedient was due to theirrubber shortage, but it set me thinking...Though heavier, I wonder if it would work. Over the years, I've heard oftwo incidents with straight axle gears due to broken bungees. Stainlesssteel springs can be had which would virtually eliminate worry over agingbungees and the headache of replacing them every so often.I wonder how much heavier it would be.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: one/three piece wingDate: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:16:16 -0400