Original Posted By: shad bell
Pietenpol-List: Shad's Piet fly-in
Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet fly-in
Original Posted By: "tools"
Tim wrote:>Lastly the Piet spar design is very forgiving and already overbuilt.While I would generously characterize the Piet spar design as 'forgiving'since thousands of them have been built over the years with NOcatastrophic structural failures and very satisfactory flight operationsover thousands of flight hours by untold numbers of pilots,I would not characterize the spar design as 'overbuilt'. Several peoplehave independently run calculations on the spars as designed, and havefound them'adequate', but not 'overbuilt'. If anyone intends to modifythe wing loading, spar design, airfoil, lift struts, or other aspects ofthe Piet wing- I strongly advise that they perform a basic structuralanalysis of what they intend to do and then draw their own conclusions.The Piet fuselage, on the other hand, is widely accepted as being'overbuilt'.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at http://www.flysquirrel.net/rogueairparts ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet fly-in
Tim wrote:>Lastly the Piet spar design is very forgiving and already overbuilt.While I would generously characterize the Piet spar design as 'forgiving'since thousands of them have been built over the years with NOcatastrophic structural failures and very satisfactory flight operationsover thousands of flight hours by untold numbers of pilots,I would not characterize the spar design as 'overbuilt'. Several peoplehave independently run calculations on the spars as designed, and havefound them'adequate', but not 'overbuilt'. If anyone intends to modifythe wing loading, spar design, airfoil, lift struts, or other aspects ofthe Piet wing- I strongly advise that they perform a basic structuralanalysis of what they intend to do and then draw their own conclusions.The Piet fuselage, on the other hand, is widely accepted as being'overbuilt'.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at http://www.flysquirrel.net/rogueairparts ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet fly-in
Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet fly-in
Original Posted By: "Greg Cardinal"
What's the airport ID please?ToolsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 8#366688le, List Admin.________________________________________________________________________________
What's the airport ID please?ToolsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 8#366688le, List Admin.________________________________________________________________________________