---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 11/10/15: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:07 AM - Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge (Bill Church) 2. 06:22 AM - Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge (wheelharp) 3. 09:52 AM - Re: Ethiopian Piet type video (AircamperN11MS) 4. 10:53 AM - Re: Re: Ethiopian Piet type video (Jack) 5. 06:28 PM - Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge (Bill Church) 6. 06:28 PM - Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge (Bill Church) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:07:50 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge From: "Bill Church" Jon, No, the plans do not show 28ga aluminum. They call for the use of 6-ply hard cardboard or 1/16" plywood. Don't think anybody has used the cardboard option for many years, though. Some have used aluminum, but there are issues to contend with if you choose to go that route. One issue is figuring out how to attach the aluminum to the wooden ribs. Glue will not work (in the long run), and nails will eventually work their way out. Another issue is that aluminum and wood will expand and contract at different rates, as the temperature rises and falls. Bill C. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449127#449127 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:22:46 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge From: "wheelharp" Bill, I agree with you on all the reasons not to use aluminum, but I wonder what the reference to aluminum is on the wing drawing in the flying and glider manual? Personally, I will probably just use the best quality ply I can find, apply it in the middle or upper humidity range I expect it to live in on average (so if any change occurs it will err towards tightening) and then seal it asap. -------- Jon Jones Ironton, MO Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449128#449128 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:52:05 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ethiopian Piet type video From: "AircamperN11MS" Ray, Thanks for contacting him. I do not have facebook. It is great that he is offered this site as another resource to him. We need to also let him know about www.westcoastpiet.com as well. As others have said, if he reaches out to us, we should do everything we can to help him with his quest. Asmelash has great ambition and a great drive. He has proven that to me. When I look at the Youtube video, I can't help but wonder which of all those young faces in that group he is influencing????? I wonder who influenced him? I wonder if a plane from this group is what gave him inspiration? Maybe he had seen Mike Cuy's, Gary Boothe's, Tools, or even my plane? Hard to say. But we all are the guys and gals who are keeping Bernie Pietenpol's dream alive. It looks like it may be his turn in Africa to keep the dream alive. I hope to see him on this forum asking questions. Cheers all, -------- Scott Liefeld Flying N11MS since March 1972 Steel Tube C-85-12 Wire Wheels Brodhead in 1996 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449129#449129 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:53:55 AM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ethiopian Piet type video From: Jack Scot and Ray I mentioned WestCoast Piet to him also... Sent from my iPad Jack Textor > On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:51 AM, "AircamperN11MS" wrote: > > > Ray, > > Thanks for contacting him. I do not have facebook. It is great that he is offered this site as another resource to him. We need to also let him know about www.westcoastpiet.com as well. > > As others have said, if he reaches out to us, we should do everything we can to help him with his quest. > > Asmelash has great ambition and a great drive. He has proven that to me. When I look at the Youtube video, I can't help but wonder which of all those young faces in that group he is influencing????? I wonder who influenced him? I wonder if a plane from this group is what gave him inspiration? Maybe he had seen Mike Cuy's, Gary Boothe's, Tools, or even my plane? Hard to say. But we all are the guys and gals who are keeping Bernie Pietenpol's dream alive. It looks like it may be his turn in Africa to keep the dream alive. > > I hope to see him on this forum asking questions. > > Cheers all, > > -------- > Scott Liefeld > Flying N11MS since March 1972 > Steel Tube > C-85-12 > Wire Wheels > Brodhead in 1996 > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449129#449129 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:28:29 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge From: "Bill Church" Hmmm... I never noticed that before. The Flying and Glider plans actually do say to use 28ga aluminum on the leading edge of the wing. I have no idea how anyone manages to actually build an airplane using only the plans in the Flying and Glider reprints. Those drawings are so small. Bill C. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=449131#449131 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:28:30 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Wavy Okoume Plywood Leading Edge From: "Bill Church" Hmmm... I never noticed that before. The Flying and Glider plans actually do say to use 28ga aluminum on the leading edge of the wing. I have no idea how anyone manages to actually build an airplane using only the plans in the Flying and Glider reprints. Those drawings are so small. Bill C. 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