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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Alex Sloan" <alexms1@bellsouth.net>
Jack,
What thickness of metal did you use for this and are there more pictures
available?
Thanks
Alex Sloan
----- Original Message -----
From: <pietflyr@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: One piece landing gear reinforcement straps and
brackets
That is sort of what I did on mine. I built the solid axle version and this
method might not work for the split axle gear, but I made the straps run
under the fuselage and incorporated the fitting that the lift strut attaches
to on each end of the strap. The lift strut fittings were actually a
sandwich made of three pieces. the top piece was a lug welded to the outer
landing gear attachment fitting. The middle piece of the sandwich was the
end of the underbelly strap, and the lower piece of the sandwich was the end
of the undercarriage bracing wire fitting. This ties the landing gear and
lift struts together and should anything break, the airplane is suspended on
the steel straps running under the fuselage. See attached photo showing the
"sandwich" while the fitting was under construction. I apologize for the
long download.
Jack Phillips
Raleigh, NC
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> From: At7000ft@aol.com
> Date: 2004/06/22 Tue PM 04:47:30 EDT
> To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: One piece landing gear reinforcement straps and
brackets
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> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: At7000ft@aol.com
>
> Instead of building 4 bottom landing gear attachment brackets and then
adding reinforcement straps and welding them between each pair of brackets,
has anyone tried making one-piece straps going the full width of the
fuselage which incorporate the brackets?
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