Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: w & b Pieters,For those who might be interested, I towed the fuse to the airport today. Assembled all the parts and put scales under all wheels after leveling. Did it twice to be sure. Maybe I made the same mistakes each time. Anyway here are the figures.Empty weight. 574 lbsOn the W & B I measured 7 inches from leading edge to axle center of the mains. From the mains 169 in to the axle center of the tail wheel.Left wheel 279 Right 281Tail 14I figured my empty CG to be 11.12 inchesHow close am I ?Corky in La feeling pretty good tonight. I'll write the Fedman tonite to come take a look.________________________________________________________________________________

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Corky, Thanks for the update, I'm getting very close to the same point myself.Just finishing up the thousand things waiting for my" Cover-It" hanger to come.so much stuff, so little time.Corky, have you posted any pictures?walt----- Original Message -----

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Original Posted By: Isablcorky(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: w & b John,The plumb line from the leading edge measured 7 inches FORWARD of the main gear axle center.Corky________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "LAWRENCE WILLIAMS"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: w & b In a message dated 8/4/02 6:28:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Isablcorky(at)aol.com writes:> On the W & B I measured 7 inches from leading edge to axle center of the > Corky, when you measured the distance from the LE to the main gear axle-- did you make that measurment with the plane on its wheels-- or did you hike the tail up so the plane was in level flying configuration and then take the measurment (( which I 'm guessing is the correct way))?Henry Williams________________________________________________________________________________