Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Pietsrneat(at)aol.com
I did use Gorilla Glue (my hangar mate's, not mine) on one place on 41CC and it was an excellent application. I fabricated new metal straps to support the fuel tank from the X-members ahead of the passenger's panel and needed to reattach the strips of felt padding that came off the old straps. Gorilla Glue! The felt is very coarse and porous and would have required gobbing on any other glue, but I simply dampened the felt, applied Gorilla Glue, and clamped the felt to the metal straps with some clothespins, knowing that the glue would foam up into the felt and make it grab. It did.Like I said, it does have a place and this is one.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ct ... 6,ptnrdata 0601&tcode=wlmtagline________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: "Phillips, Jack"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Icarus Plummet axle failureJack,I went back in the archives and read your account of the .120 wall thickness axle failure.Mike Cuy commented at that time his axle was ".20 to .250" wall thickness. I went back and looked at the F & G manual, and BHP said to use 12 gauge chrome moly tube, which equates to only .109" wall thickness. I wonder if youraxle failure was more a function of the welded guide tube (cracks) than it waswall thickness of the axle. I am thinking I will stick to the .120 tube and get it magna-fluxed after I weld on the guide tubes. I will not drill through the axle, but just weld the guide tubes on the bottom. Comments? Dan HelsperPoplar Grove, IL.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Icarus Plummet axle failureDate: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:56:08 -0500