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1. 04:43 AM - Position of ash struts, extended fuselage (Harvey Plummer)
2. 08:20 AM - Re: Re: Patricia's Pietenpol (Ray Krause)
3. 08:33 AM - Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage (Catdesigns)
4. 08:35 AM - Re: Progress (oldbird)
5. 09:23 AM - Patricia's Piet (Douwe Blumberg)
6. 11:53 AM - Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage (Harvey Plummer)
7. 12:53 PM - Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage (Catdesigns)
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| Subject: | Position of ash struts, extended fuselage |
On the extended fuselage (Corvair Engine) should the ash strut be 10" or 12" from
the front of the fuselage? Is that dimension to the rear edge of the strut?
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Harv, 485PB
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| Subject: | Re: Patricia's Pietenpol |
Patricia,
Very nice plane, thanks for the photos!
I love the prop, did you carve it yourself? Also, could you give a few details
on the cowling, especially the front end?
When will you be flying?
Thanks,
Ray Krause
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| Subject: | Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage |
Are you talking about the ash cross brace on the floor? If so, on the long fuselage
it goes at the intersection of the two front diagonal braces which is 12
inches behind the first vertical brace (firewall). The long fuselage plans show
it correctly. This has the effect of pushing the firewall forward 2 inches.
I centered the ash brace on the intersection of the two braces so I think that
was 12 inches to the center of the board. Keep in mind the center to center spacing
of the two ash crass braces needs to be the same width as the spread between
the wing strut and the lower center section fittings, which is the 28-3/4
inches, because that is the distance between the center of the two spars.
Chris
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Chris
Sacramento, CA
WestCoastPiet.com
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Bob
I hope attached photos will help explain what I'm after. I did not like the idea
of epoxying end grain of wood to outer layer of plywood. I know it will be more
laborious but I like to saturate end grain with West epoxy, then using micofiber
thickened West (becomes similar to T-88) to final glue.
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What a beautiful plane, you should be so proud. I'm sure she'll pass with flying
colors. And please yes send us all the details
Douwe
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| Subject: | Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage |
Thanks for the response. I was going to do what you have suggested, however after
this post I thought I might send the question to Andrew Pietenpol. His response
was the front ash board should be centered at 12" from the front, but the
second MUST be 27-1/2" behind the first.
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Harv, 485PB
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| Subject: | Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage |
That is true and I should have been a bit more careful in my response.
If you look at the page with the landing gear drawings it clearly states the ash
beams are 27-1/2 inches apart center to center. But this has always bothered
me because it forces the wing struts to be out of parallel (bottom narrower
then the top). This is only a problem when you move the wing back to adjust the
CG after you build your wing struts. In reality there are a bunch of Piets
built this way so obviously it makes very little difference.
I assumed this was an anomaly on the plans (I don't want to say it is an error
because it might be that is the true dimension) and I like keeping everything
parallel so I simply built my landing gear to fit between the axle and the landing
gear/ lower strut fitting. I have no idea what the length of each gear leg
is as I never measured.
Sorry
Chis
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Chris
Sacramento, CA
WestCoastPiet.com
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