Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
Dave,The outside vee fitting in the lower right corner of the of figure 6A ispretty clear, 16 gage steel. The other inside vee, outside and insidelanding gear fittings are not very readable, but do look like 16 gage, mostlikely, probably ;Dave,The outside vee fitting in the lower right corner of the of figure 6A is pretty clear, 16 gage steel. The other inside vee, outside and inside landing gear fittings are not very readable, but do look like 16 gage, most likely, probably;)Maybesomeone who actually made this type of gear will write in and say what thickness4130 they used.Skip My Flying and Glider Manuel is a little blurred. It appears that the steel that is used to reinforce the areas around the wood landing gear on page 17 is 16 gage steel. Even with a magnifying glass it is hard to be sure. Can someone confirm that it is 16 gage. Thanks. Dave in Missouri________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: The myths about rib stitchingDate: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:27:28 -0800

Original Posted By: "LAWRENCE WILLIAMS"
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Original Posted By: At7000ft(at)aol.com
Pieters-Just got word that John Ficklen's Piet will be inspected on Saturday!! It willbe based at the Apalachicola, FL airport. His next goal is to have the time flownoff in time to take it to Sun-N-Fun. After that, he's committed to gettingit to B'head for the 75th anniversary reunion.Speaking of the anniversary............... looks like there is NOTHING plannedat OSH for the observance of this venerable old design. What to do??Larryps. Got an e-mail last night from Mike Madrid out in Lompoc, CA that he just boughtan airplane.........it's a Grega, though.________________________________________________________________________________