Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "ldmill"
>I have my fuselage blocked up and my axles set where the longeron will be >at 51in. The 56 looked a bit narrow so i moved the wheels out to 60in. To >me this still seems narrow. I really enjoy the building process but will be >much glad when this gear is done. Steve S Jack, Steve was asking about the split steel gear, not the wood Jenny-style gear as you have on your plane. On my plans, the split gear is shown as 56" center to center between the wheels. However, the wheels shown on the plans are much more like ATV tires than motorcycle wheels. I think that Don Emch has split gear and motorcycle tires, maybe he will chime in and discuss how he built his landing gear.>> I see no reason not to make that dimension a bit wider to give better > stability while taxiing and during take-off or landing roll-outs...>> Steve, maybe you should block up your fuselage with saw horses (or > whatever it takes) to the proper stance and height to the top longeron > that the plane will have while sitting on the ground, and then take the > measurements for your landing gear so that you can build it to make it sit > like it should.>> --------> Billy McCaskill> Urbana, IL> tail section almost done, starting on ribs soon>>> Read this topic online here:>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 711#311711>>> ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Review of Blakesburg Antique Aircraft Association flyin

Original Posted By: Rick Holland
Went to Blakesburg, Iowa this year for the 4th year in a row - the big differencebeing that I actually got to fly myself there this time. I flew the GN-1 inon Saturday, September 4th. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! Severe clearwith winds out of the west at about 6 mph - direct crosswind for the north/southgrass strip. As I landed, I noticed there was a crowd of around 75 - 100 folks in the "peanutgallery" critiquing landings - which means that mine was definitely not asgood as I'd have liked it to be - but hey - nothing got damaged... Taxiing to the assigned parking spot on the south east side of the field - itwas like going down the red carpet in Hollywood - about 100 people lined the runand camera's were snapping. They pretty much did this to every non-spam-canplane that landed, but it sure made the old girl happy as she putt-putted pastthe line of Fairchilds, Curtiss Robins, Howard DGA's, Stearmans, Meyers, anda host of other golden oldies. Talk about a slice of heaven! I had probably 75-80 people stop by the plane and talk to me about it - it wasamazing how many had actually either built a Piet, were building a Piet, thiergrandpa/uncle/dad had build a Piet - or were thinking about building one. Therewas a ton of interest in this design. The old girl didn't win the dead grass award for the day - but she sure came awayhappy knowing that even though she's getting a little old - she's can stillturn a young man's head... Cheers!Lorin--------Lorin MillerWaiex N81YXGN-1 N30PPRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/blak ... ______Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:02:02 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Split Axel gear width