Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Mike Townsley

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I would think that using Flybaby-style gear and flying wires would go verywell ... along with Flybaby-style wings, fuselage, empennage, plans...(Sorry, but I can't resist making these assinine comments.)On a more serious note, anyone thinking about building (and, moreimportantly, flying) such a "Pietenpol Inspired" aircraft had better knowwhat they are doing. There's a "whole bunch of aeronautics" going on when aplane takes flight (that's a technical term). I am an engineer by training,BUT not an aeronautical engineer, and I don't profess to have any realknowledge of that science - so I'm building to the plans, because I knowthey work. While the IDEA of different variations of "Pietenpol Inspired"planes is interesting, I wouldn't even think about building and getting inone that I had designed myself, number one, because I don't know how to doit, and number two, because you are no longer dealing with a proven design.Instead, you are designing a new craft, with ideas borrowed from an existingdesign.Now, if everyone was like me, we would never have any new aircraft designs.So, hats off to all those that explore new territories. Just know yourlimits, and be safe.Bill C.-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "jimd"
Used my head for once.Sent note to Chad Wille asking him what should be done, he answered;"The lower wings are built just like the uppers. The plywood is on the top sideonly, glued to fillers on the top of the spar and ends on top of the leadingedge, about an inch or so on top of it, where you feather the 1/16 lip to blendwith the leading edge shape. All wood joints on wood airplanes are alwaysglued, regardless of the additional use of nails, bolts, staples, etc. You don'tneed to scarf your 1/16 ply joints, just butt them together on a rib or witha wood backing if they don't line up on a rib."Now I know.JimRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: About that idea for a low-wing Piet

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
Theres a european outfit that sells a low wing pietenpol-ish planewww.aerolab.itJimRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________