Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Kent Hallsten"
Jack Phillips and I ran into a fellow from Iowa at Oshkosh when Jack waswearing a Piet shirt (I think). He told of buying a Franklin powered Pietfrom Oregon that was green and yellow. When we talked to him a bit, both ofus realized this was the aforementioned airplane. Heavy, Franklin engine andneeded a little TLC. He said he is having a blast with it.Jack, do you remember anything else? I think I got it right.TakeCare,-john--------------------------------------------There were two green and yellow Piets in the Northwest in the past. The oneon the web is the "Newberry" Piet and is still available (and stilloverweight) and the second one was sold months back was the "Skinner" Piet.The "Skinner" Piet has a Franklin 90 and a non-Piet looking tail, and theoverweight "Newberry" Piet has a 65 Franklin that aggravates its' problems.Bill Sayre________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Cockpit mockup / Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 08:36:29 -0500

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Hi Kent,I would strongly advise you TO rake your seatback a little bit. I had toadd a wedge of foam to my seatback to make it comfortable and that puts meeven closer to the instrument panel.The instrument panel is close, but fairly typical for an open cockpit tandemairplane. My brother's Hatz Biplane is similar.I would not make the space in front of the panel any smaller. Altimeterstend to be close to 6" long and you will need room for all the plumbing.Raising the panel is possible as it is not a structural member, but thepanel space is pretty limited anyway and I would make a cardboard mockup ofthe panel and your planned instrument layout, as recommended in TonyBingelis' books.Good luck,Jack -----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Tom,The diagonals on the top and bottom should go in opposite directions. Thishelps add a slight bit of torsional rigidity to the fuselage.Jack -----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: catdesigns(at)juno.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: joining fuse