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1. 12:48 AM - Re: jury struts (Clif Dawson)
2. 05:25 AM - insurance when hopping rides (Douwe Blumberg)
3. 07:10 AM - Re: insurance when hopping rides (tools)
4. 07:58 AM - Jury struts... (G Hansen)
5. 02:18 PM - Re: insurance when hopping rides (Don Emch)
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Yes, from the center.
As per chuck's message relating to Douwe's 6"
offset. This is obviously good. It certainly hasn't fallen
apart. :-) I think a foot is a bit much but there are
successful Piets with what appear to be that much.
You could offset either up or down for effect but up
will make for shorter vertical arms, saving a few
ounces. :-). I think it looks better too.
Clif
Cliff, to clarify, you mean offset from the center of the strut,
correct? Also could you specify how far, an inch, foot? Is it best to
offset up or down the strut?
Thanks!
Sent from my iPad
Jack Textor
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| Subject: | insurance when hopping rides |
Hey all,
How does liability work when "hopping" rides, like at Brodhead?
What type of insurance covers this, or does it?
Douwe
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| Subject: | Re: insurance when hopping rides |
Do you mean if you're flying someone else's plane? In the case of what I HAD (just
got a note saying they're not covering planes any more so I'll have to change
companies...), there was a clause that anyone else could fly my plane and
be covered if they had a tail wheel endorsement, 300 hrs total, I felt they were
qualified and some 10 hours in a Piet.
If you just mean giving rides, as along as it's "not for hire", or "giving instruction",
it was no big deal.
Tools
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When I built my Piet many years back I used Aeronca Champion front strut
material for the front struts. The welded-in small bushing for the jury
strut attachment wound up a few inches outboard of center as a matter of
course, and this was not considered a problem. Salvaged rear Taylorcraft
struts became my rear struts and small bushings were welded in to match
those on the front struts. I had always intended to use jury struts
because I had flown a friend=99s Piet that didn=99t have
them. His struts seemed to have a definite harmonic vibration related to
engine rpm (the propeller was not out of balance or track) and, from an
engineering standpoint, jury struts dramatically increase the resistance
to buckling in compression. The positioning of my jury struts off center
was a happy coincidence in that it established different harmonic modes
over the strut length. This was not realised at the time, but sometimes
good things just happen.
Regardless of what some may say, it is prudent to use jury struts on a
high wing airplane, unless the lift struts are of relatively
=9Cfat=9D cross section (i.e. Luscombe (metal wing),
Cessnas, etc.). Most high wing light planes over the years have them
because the lift struts are relatively slim thin-wall streamline tubing,
susceptible to buckling under compression loads (negative g in flight or
heavy snow loads, etc.).
Cheers,
Graham Hansen (Pietenpol CF-AUN in Alberta, Canada)
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| Subject: | Re: insurance when hopping rides |
Douwe,
I have insurance through SAU. They specialize in homebuilts among other unique
flying machines. I have an included amount for passenger liability. With lawsuits
the way they are now though it probably is not possible to carry "enough"
insurance. So you just get the amount named in your policy for passengers
then go have fun and don't worry about it! At least that's my Risk Management
strategy. If I couldn't carry passengers I wouldn't fly. :-)
Don Emch
NX899DE
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