---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/21/15: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:43:24 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage From: "Harvey Plummer" 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? -------- Harv, 485PB Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446236#446236 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:20:48 AM PST US From: Ray Krause Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: 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 Sent from my iPad > On Aug 20, 2015, at 8:24 AM, pjb wrote: > > > Another photo. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446188#446188 > > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_1179_168.jpg > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:33:23 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage From: "Catdesigns" 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 -------- Chris Sacramento, CA WestCoastPiet.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446243#446243 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:35:14 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Progress From: "oldbird" 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. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446244#446244 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2760_medium_461.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2766_medium_110.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2765_medium_146.jpg ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:52 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Patricia's Piet From: Douwe Blumberg 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 Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 11:53:15 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage From: "Harvey Plummer" 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. -------- Harv, 485PB Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446254#446254 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 12:53:27 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Position of ash struts, extended fuselage From: "Catdesigns" 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 -------- Chris Sacramento, CA WestCoastPiet.com Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=446255#446255 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.