---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 02/13/16: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:06 AM - Re: Cabane strut angle with heavy engine (jarheadpilot82) 2. 03:20 PM - Re: Cabane strut angle with heavy engine (planes&bikes) 3. 08:18 PM - Re: Corvair College 36 - San Marcos, TX, 1-3 April 2016 (Steven Dortch) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:06:05 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Cabane strut angle with heavy engine From: "jarheadpilot82" Here is what I would do- 1. Don't guess or ASSUME a cabane angle is correct. 2. Contact Doc Mosher and buy the W&B articles. Or borrow if you can't get him. 3. Do a weight and balance spreadsheet. If you don't know how, have someone help you. 4. Download a copy of the FAA Weight and Balance Handbook. Google FAA-H-8083-1A. It is free to download. Read it. It doesn't matter if you lean 2 inches 4 inches or 6 inches if your gear placement is wrong. That is key. -------- Semper Fi, Terry Hand Athens, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=452791#452791 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:20:48 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Cabane strut angle with heavy engine From: "planes&bikes" I'm in the final trim painting and assembly stage of my A-75-8 powered PIET. I built as closely to the BPA wt/bal data by Wm.Wynn as I could and also used a newsletter item that said BHP had recommended 3" aft sweep of the cabanes and 14" (firewall to crankcase) length engine mount for the small Continental. Per Wm.Wynn, I also wanted solid welded diagonal cabane struts, so to make sure that the wing position and engine mount length were correct, I bent 5/16" allthread into a temporary engine mount held together by cable clamps. I made the allthreads that protruded through the 4 crankcase lugs long enough that I could move the engine fore and aft, and with the aircraft on the scales, played cabane sweep versus engine mount length until I compromised at 17.5" C/G. Final position is sweep 3-13/16" and engine mount 34" (using the same measurement locations as Wm.Wynn stated in his articles). I haven't flown yet, but I'm dead certain of my C/G. See attached photos. -------- Planes&Bikes Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=452801#452801 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/dscn8484_640x480_200.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/028_480x640_218.jpg ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:18:18 PM PST US Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Corvair College 36 - San Marcos, TX, 1-3 April 2016 From: Steven Dortch Axle, is it cool if I forward this to my eaa chapter? Steve D On Feb 7, 2016 9:37 PM, "kevinpurtee" wrote: > kevin.purtee@us.army.mil> > > Friends - Please come join us. Here's the registration link: > > https://corviarcollegeregistration.wufoo.com/forms/cc36/ > > -------- > Kevin "Axel" Purtee > Rebuilding NX899KP > Austin/San Marcos, TX > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=452690#452690 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.