Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation]"
I have looked very carefully at my gear construction that failed during the EAAlanding, the photo taken shows that all the controls were in the correct position, and tail wheel planted. The side load that hit put a load on the rightgear enough to collapse the lighter than specified tube and the redesigned strutwas made to bypass the left strut at the cross-over.It was at this area thatfolded,and dropped the right wing and prop,The engine wasn't damaged after complete disassembly, and Magniflux job. The gearassembly was NOT as per drawings, an item made, when I got the project. Willbe back in the air soon.Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: "TulsaFlyer"
Hey Jerry... sounds like you and I are pretty close to the same area in our build.You are right on the ribs... getting them built is one thing, then the sanding,sanding, sanding. I applied the polyurethane in batches of 5 ribs. Twocoats on 5 ribs took two evenings. Yep, lots of work. I was all ready to hangmine on the spars when I discovered that the rear spar fit was too snug ...more sanding, sanding, sanding. I'll be glad to get the wing parts lookinglike wings, but I'll just continue to take my time.As for the wood package... I ordered mine in late May and received it in earlyJuly. They claim that it takes a week to cut the wood and 4-5 days to deliveranywhere in the country, so... 2 weeks, right? Mine took more like 5-6. Itdidn't help matters that they kept taking stuff from my order to fill other orders.One day they would claim to have certain items filled, the next they wouldbe on BO... once my wood was cut and ready to ship, the BO items caused furtherdelay. I told them, "cancel the BO items and get the wood on the way."Kind of sucked because I was trying to make the most effective use of my freightfee. Oh well, surely not the first or last snag in this project. Happy building!--------Mark - working on wingsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Landing gear strut design

Original Posted By: Roman Bukolt
Lowell,Will the photo Slick took aid in your defense any with the FAA?Sure looks like it was totally unavoidable. And apparently you weren't the onlyone who was blown off the runway.JodyRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: Dan Yocum