Brodhead Pietenpol Association

We are building a Corvair powered Pietenpol and have been donated an engine mount similar to the one in the attached photograph (not ours, but appears to be the same as our donated version) However, it looks very different from the version in the drawing dated 3/15/67 in a pack from Brodhead. One ma...

What are members opinions on the alternative ways of installing the tail post - add a tail post to both fuselage sides, chamfer down to 1/2 ", glue together at same time longerons are glued together OR glue longerons together and add one piece/solid tail post.?

We are an EAA Chapter in Sonoma , CA, just starting to build a Pietenpol. We have completed the fuselage sides using a jig , without any heat treatment of the longerons to aid bending. We are about to set up the fuselage and are wondering if we should use heat treatment - steam, hot water - help the...