Pietenpol-List: large fuselage for Erkki
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:53 am
Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
Hello Erkki,Welcome to the Pietenpol group!If you're not familiar with their story, a group in Florida pooled theirresources and time and built six Pietenpols labled "big Piets" because whilebasically Pietenpols, they were modified in fairly significant ways to addsome extra room for larger people. They used welded steel fuselages.Not sure who did the engineering, but Barry Davis who watches this listcould fill you in with more detail.There are also some articles about then in the Brodhead Pietenpol Newsletterwhich you should get.I'd also suggest you contact the British Piet group. Great group of guysand very helpful.Except for not having a pop riveted fuselage, there aren't many planessimpler to build (scratch built that is, not a kit) than a Pietenpol. Afterall, that is what it was designed for, an average guy using average toolsand average materials. I'm not familiar with a two seat pop riveted planethat fits your description. I did see some plans for a "sopwith tabloid"(forgot the company's name but you can link to their site through thewww.dawnpatrol site) which is going to seat twopeople side by side, but it's a biplane.I'd suggest you get some plans and study them. Mr. Pietenpol designed asteel tube fuselage which works fine and saves about 20 lbs over the wood,and learning to weld isn't that big a deal, or you can always lean to tackweld and then have a pro do the final welding.Get the three Tony Bingiles books on homebuilding too and you can't gowrong!Good luck, and feel free to ask your questions.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
Hello Erkki,Welcome to the Pietenpol group!If you're not familiar with their story, a group in Florida pooled theirresources and time and built six Pietenpols labled "big Piets" because whilebasically Pietenpols, they were modified in fairly significant ways to addsome extra room for larger people. They used welded steel fuselages.Not sure who did the engineering, but Barry Davis who watches this listcould fill you in with more detail.There are also some articles about then in the Brodhead Pietenpol Newsletterwhich you should get.I'd also suggest you contact the British Piet group. Great group of guysand very helpful.Except for not having a pop riveted fuselage, there aren't many planessimpler to build (scratch built that is, not a kit) than a Pietenpol. Afterall, that is what it was designed for, an average guy using average toolsand average materials. I'm not familiar with a two seat pop riveted planethat fits your description. I did see some plans for a "sopwith tabloid"(forgot the company's name but you can link to their site through thewww.dawnpatrol site) which is going to seat twopeople side by side, but it's a biplane.I'd suggest you get some plans and study them. Mr. Pietenpol designed asteel tube fuselage which works fine and saves about 20 lbs over the wood,and learning to weld isn't that big a deal, or you can always lean to tackweld and then have a pro do the final welding.Get the three Tony Bingiles books on homebuilding too and you can't gowrong!Good luck, and feel free to ask your questions.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________