Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "j_dunavin"
il>For those of you building per-the-plans split gear - my gear is straight out of the 1932 plans (except for the wire wheels and brakes) and uses a single 6' strand of bungee on each side.- When the bungee broke on Sunday the 24th, I realized that it is a single point of failure.- Fortunately, the safety cable worked as designed.- For the sake of redundancy I plan to replace the single strand system with donuts.- An additional benefit is that donuts are easier to install.-I'll fabricate the donuts using the neat safety wire clamp tool thingy we bought at oshkosh and use 1/2" bungee.- I'll test a couple of donuts to 500 or 600 lbs before I actually use them on the plane.- If successful, I'll put enough of the donuts on each side to handle a 4 or 5 G landing.Thought about replacing the whole mess with springs but I like the rubber bands.- Will let you know how it works out.Axel--------Kevin PurteeNX899KPAustin/Georgetown, TXRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 1#307521le, List Admin.=0A=0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Original Air Camper & Sky Scout Builders Manual

Original Posted By: Tim Willis
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Original Air Camper & Sky Scout Builders ManualIts not really a necessity. It mostly contains the text from the twoF&G Manual reprints, so if you have those you could bypass it. Howeverit does contain a section of building hints, a write-up on mods forPietenpol's Corvair conversion (including changes to the airframe),and a section of answers to FAQ. I picked up a copy when I bought ourplans, and I'm glad I did. It's a neat thing to have. You shouldeither give the manual or the F&G Manual reprints a read though...The important thing to do is to just buy the plans so you can startbuilding! You haven't really gotten going with anything if you stillhaven't even bought the plans yet. :)RyanSent from my iPhoneOn Aug 5, 2010, at 6:26 AM, "j_dunavin" wrote:>> Do I need it when I order the rest of my plans?>>> Read this topic online here:>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:43:12 -0500 (GMT-05:00)