Brodhead Pietenpol Association

OK thanks Larry.

Looks like I’m roughly on track then.

Cheers.

Good morning/afternoon/evening Gentlemen and Ladies, I’ve just started out on my Pietenpol journey, and today completed my first rib. It’s a thing of beauty, but in the hand it feels a bit heavier than I would have expected. So it’s rib #1, a wing tip rib, that has the extra vertical braces etc. It ...

OK thanks Oscar. I’ll give that idea some thought.

Cheers.

Hi Everyone, I’m considering making a wider wing center section to enable a larger fuel tank. Had no luck so far finding any detail or plans for this idea. I believe that Bill Rewey might have drawn up some plans for a wider center section. Is anyone able direct me to where I might be able to buy/do...

Further question re spar thickness - I’m considering building 3/4” spars using laminations. Most likely method will be to make the spars thicker than 3/4” and then machine them down to the desired thickness. Theoretically, this is a stronger spar than a single piece spar of the same dimensions. 3 pi...

Hi all and seasons greetings from Down Under, I’m just putting my rib jig together and am planning on using 3/4” laminated spars with the spar centreline remaining in the same position as for the 1” spar. There has been various comment on removing one of the plywood spacers etc when using the 3/4” s...