Elmer's white glue and Home Depot pine PietenpolThe good thing about
T-88, is that it works just as well on wet wood.
Check the spec
walt evans
NX140DL
----- Original Message -----
From: Clif Dawson
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: Elmer's white glue and Home Depot pine
Pietenpol
Since the last rain. They're growing in his back yard. :-)
I'm using the equivalent to T-88 but when you think
about it how much moisture is going to get past the
varnish encasing everything? Eventually yes but it
could be many years. Possibly never for a hangered AC.
Good for you Jack. That's a lot of work crammed into
a half a year.
Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Phillips
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: RE: Elmer's white glue and Home Depot pine
Pietenpol
Mike has morals? Since when?
Jack Phillips
NX899JP
Finally an honest to goodness certified Commercial Pilot today.
Passed the checkride this afternoon, only 38 - =BD years after I got my
Private license.
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[mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of walt
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:36 PM
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Elmer's white glue and Home Depot pine
Pietenpol
Thanks Mike,
You always put things into chrystal clear perspective.
Nice to have someone around to use as a "standard".
I know that many things on my Piet reflect your building practices,
and Morals.
thanks
walt evans
NX140DL
----- Original Message -----
From: Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC]
To: pietenpol-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:00 PM
Subject: Elmer's white glue and Home Depot pine
Pietenpol
A number of years ago when I first started going to Brodhead I
noticed a nice Continental powered Piet
built by so-and-so. It was a bit streamlined and had wheel pants
and attended on a regular basis.
One year after I left the fly-in I got a phone call from a friend
who said that ole so-and-so stall-spun his Piet
into the trees nearby the airport at Brodhead. The tall pines
cushioned the impact and the owner/pilot
survived with no hospital visit required. The recovery crew said
that the entire airplane was built with
white Elmer's glue and regular white grade pine that you'd get at
Lowe's or Home Depot. He'd been flying
like that for years, given many rides, and gone cross country
quite often. That was his choice and he
flew many enjoyable hours but.....again it is the builder's choice
and if you know how to pick out wood
you can have a pretty safe airplane...otherwise use the accepted
standards of wood, steel, welding practices,
and other fabrication methods that are known, tried, and true.
I didn't want to research every single decision
ad-nauseum so I stuck to what was pretty much FAA accepted
practices and materials. I didn't want to hurt
my brain by re-inventing the wheel. Cosmetically though I took
artistic license with things like raising the
turtledeck and cockpit bulkheads by 1" for a more rounded
look.....made my landing gear wider for more
stability, made my deck angle that of what I was used to..an
Aeronca Champ....put my luggage where Pietenpol
put gasoline and installed a nose tank instead...and chromed up a
few items just to annoy the purists.
Mike C.
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