Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
well..... it's official!After a long summer break, I'm back to working on the GN-1. Out here inArizona it just ain't fun to work in the shop when it's 115 degrees outside.I quit working on the project back in June.Today it was 75 degrees and just beautiful outside. I rolled out the fuse,blew it off and sat for about 30 minutes just trying to remember where Ileft off and what I was gonna do next.I figured it all out and commenced to cutting a piece of 1/4" Okume (sp?)plywood for the very front turtledeck former/seatback.Knew it had to be 8" tall and 24" wide but the curve was freehanded til itlooked about right. Gotta love the 'Camper huh?!Mixed up a batch of T-88, glued and clamped it in place and logged my firstentry since June. Building season has begun!DJ Veghwww.raptoronline.comMesa, AZN74DVThis email has been scanned for known viruses and made safe for viewing by Half Price Hosting, a leading email and web hosting provider. For more information on an anti-virus email solution, visit .________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I think Chris is right (again - I haven't found him wrong, yet. I'm gladthe Fisherman didn't succeed in driving him from this list). When I wasmaking my eyebrows, I looked at a J-3 on our field and noticed that theright front cylinder's top middle nut was loose (by sheer coincidence thisis the nut that was holding down the eyebrow bracket). I notified the ownerand he tightened it up, but it didn't occur to me that the aluminum bracketwas to blame.I made my brackets out of .063" 2024-T3, and one of them is trapped betweenthe cylinder base nuts and the PAL nuts, but on the other side there wasn'tenough stud sticking out to even put PALnuts on, much less a bracket underthem. I guess I'll need to go back and make the brackets out of 4130, justto be safe.Thanks Chris,Jack -----Original Message-----