Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "aerocarjake"
One more thing.I think the numbers you mentioned must be reversed. In differential aileron control,the "up" deflection is typically greater than the "down" deflection. Thegeometry of the Pietenpol aileron horn would produce a greater "up" deflectionthan "down", for a given input.Bill C.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Steel-tube fuselage update - fuselage dolly

Original Posted By: Mario Giacummo
Hello good Piet-ple,Happy New Year to you all..... The holiday break gave me a nice long period to work on my Pietenpol project. Themajority of that time was spent building a "rotating dolly" for my fuselage.This dolly will allow better access for the welder to install the landing gearattach fittings. The dolly will then be used during the sandblasting, priming,painting, and eventually the fabric covering process. The pivot assembly isa ball-bearing pivot from a dolly wheel assembly, so the whole fuselage rotateswith just a touch of a finger. I can stop/lock the rotation with a steel pininto a number of set positions.I have been coordinating with a company called "Applied Finishing" in Everett,WA who will be painting all my metal parts. I have the first batch almost readyto go. By using a vendor to do the painting I do not have to invest in an aircompressor or painting booth, guns, etc. They will be using aircraft epoxy,all FAA approved coatings.I next modified my passenger stick (as Mike Cuy and other Pietenpol builders havedone) to make it removable. A friend machined slot into an aluminum bar thatwill slip into the lower portion of the stick. This will allow the passengerstick to be removed for those who do not want "stick time" or for times whenI carry extra gear in the forward cockpit.Here's to fun and more good progress in 2014....!Jake--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ttachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/pax_ ... __________

Original Posted By: "Clif Dawson"
Excellent work, very nice!Ray KrauseSkyScout coming alongSent from my iPad> On Jan 2, 2014, at 1:41 PM, "aerocarjake" wrote:> > > Hello good Piet-ple,> > Happy New Year to you all..... > > The holiday break gave me a nice long period to work on my Pietenpol project.The majority of that time was spent building a "rotating dolly" for my fuselage.This dolly will allow better access for the welder to install the landinggear attach fittings. The dolly will then be used during the sandblasting, priming,painting, and eventually the fabric covering process. The pivot assemblyis a ball-bearing pivot from a dolly wheel assembly, so the whole fuselage rotateswith just a touch of a finger. I can stop/lock the rotation with a steelpin into a number of set positions.> > I have been coordinating with a company called "Applied Finishing" in Everett,WA who will be painting all my metal parts. I have the first batch almost readyto go. By using a vendor to do the painting I do not have to invest in anair compressor or painting booth, guns, etc. They will be using aircraft epoxy,all FAA approved coatings.> > I next modified my passenger stick (as Mike Cuy and other Pietenpol buildershave done) to make it removable. A friend machined slot into an aluminum bar thatwill slip into the lower portion of the stick. This will allow the passengerstick to be removed for those who do not want "stick time" or for times whenI carry extra gear in the forward cockpit.> > Here's to fun and more good progress in 2014....!> > Jake> > --------> Jake Schultz - curator,> Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 467#416467> > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/pax_stick_815.jpg> http://forums.matronics.com//files/part ... nt_134.jpg> http://forums.matronics.com//files/fuse ... ly_139.jpg> > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________