---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 02/19/07: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:28 AM - Re: 3 Piece Wing Plans (Ed G.) 2. 06:05 AM - landings---straight axle gear (Oscar Zuniga) 3. 06:53 AM - Re: 3 Piece Wing Plans (Glenn Thomas) 4. 06:09 PM - Lee Bottom Flying Field (Oscar Zuniga) 5. 06:31 PM - Re: Lee Bottom Flying Field (Don Emch) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:28:18 AM PST US From: "Ed G." Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 3 Piece Wing Plans Hi Glenn...Your last sentence is correct...Use the one piece wing spacing except for the roor rib and scoot them minimally as needed to clear the wires. I'm doing my 1st wing now and just learned something the hard way. The trend according to the list is to align the lift strut brackets on the wing to line up with the struts ( 28 degrees) instead of Bernie's way, to eliminate some stresses. I saw that the British plans which do this move the brackets out 3" but never guessed why. I wanted my lift struts to the plans so I put them in at 28 degrees with the eye in the origional position. When I went to put my ribs on,the bracket interfered with rib # 8. I had to move it outboard 15/16" and then do some creative spacing on all the other ribs. Hope you can follow all this. If I had to do it again I would move the bracket outboard like in the Britt's plans. Hope this helps you and anyone else planning to change the brackets....Ed G. ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenn Thomas To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:34 PM Subject: Pietenpol-List: 3 Piece Wing Plans > Distances between ribs are only shown on the 1 piece wing plans. Have 3 piece wing builders just scooted the first rib from the root in changing position from 11" between the first 2 ribs to 9" keeping the other measurements of the 1 pc wing? ...or does that cause interference with the drag and anti-drag wires? ...or do you just move them to positions that are close to the measurements for 1 pc wing and slide to a place to eliminate interference, record the spacing and repeat symetrically on the other side? Not ready to do this yet, just planning it out. Thanks -------- Glenn Thomas N????? http://www.flyingwood.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p-931#95931 http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:05:36 AM PST US From: "Oscar Zuniga" Subject: Pietenpol-List: landings---straight axle gear Mikeee wrote- >You have to play with each of these variables >to get them like grandma's feather bed......juuuuust right. Mike; I've looked at grandma's feather bed, the frame, and everything else under and around it. Even took the mattress off and checked everything I could think of but I can't seem to find the bungees anywhere on it, nor can I find any way to adjust the inflation. Can you help? PS- I would take it as a compliment if somebody told me that they put on my video but turned down the sound and put on George Strait instead. George is from right here in south Texas, you know ;o) Just get his "50 Number Ones" double CD and you're all set... even if all your exes don't live in Texas. Oscar Zuniga do not archive San Antonio, TX mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net _________________________________________________________________ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600&bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:53:46 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: 3 Piece Wing Plans From: "Glenn Thomas" That's exactly what I was wondering about. I wasn't sure if I needed to create a couple ribs with openings that accomodate the plywood reinforcement and bracket at the lift strut bracket or if that misses the rib. Then I got into the whole spacing issue to figure out where the ribs land on the 3 piece wing and realized that there are no given measurements. I can see that the ribs on the outside of the center section and the ribs for the cabanes will need larger openings for hardware, didn't know if that was the case for the lift strut attach area ribs. -------- Glenn Thomas N????? http://www.flyingwood.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p'007#96007 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:09:00 PM PST US From: "Oscar Zuniga" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Lee Bottom Flying Field Howdy, 'polers; Over the weekend I received a calendar from the Lee Bottom Flying Field folks. Really sound like "our kind" of people. I am either dreaming or at some time in the past I was subscribed to their e-newsletter, the "NORDO News", but can't remember ever receiving it. Any of you Pietenpolers ever make it to their fly-in in September, in Indiana? I know at least two of you must have in the past because in the photo featured on the calendar, a DC-3 is shown touching down on the grass runway and there is a Piet clearly visible in the background, along the flight line. It appears to be the "Last Original" or one just like it. Also in their photos online, there is a Piet shown in one of the photos. Anybody that loves tailwheels, grass strips, and old airplanes as much as these folks, can't be all that bad! Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildrags@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net _________________________________________________________________ Want a degree but can't afford to quit? 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