Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Terry Hand

http://rogermann.org/ragwing/designs/rw1/

http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 3668f9b73f

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A flop would help. Do you plan on installing one?

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I would submit to you that your best option is to contact William Wynne or Ryan Mueller, let them look at your numbers and let them propose your best solution. They know the Pietenpol W&B as well as anyone.

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If you can wait a little while, I am aware of a manual that will be coming out in the very near future which will contain cad drawings of the gear you are asking about. I will post more on that soon. How many welders have you asked that turned you down? Have you looked on Craigslist for welders? Whe...

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Have you considered using the 2-part epoxy varnish from Polyfiber?

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/ ... kkey=21475

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Way cleaner than my shop!

Cleanliness isn’t next to Godliness. “Goggles” is. I looked it up. -- Gallagher

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ArthurD, I am curious as to why 4130 was created then and used in aviation if there was little difference between it and 1020. Not trying to smart or argumentative - I am really curious.

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These are not the most period looking of the goggle choices, but I think your glasses should fit pretty well under these tanker goggles.

https://ebay.us/NzwHMs

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I tried to email Scott tonight but it appears he has retired so his old email address appears to be just that - old. Does anyone have current contact info for Scott?

Thanks in advance.

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Have you looked at self-etching primers?

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Luke,

I would post an ad in your local Craigslist as well as the Craigslist areas that you are willing to drive to and place a "Want To Buy" add. DO NOT say it is for an airplane or the price will be jacked up. Just tell them it is for a project. You will get a bite eventually.

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F.O.R.C.E.,

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Don Harper is in Barnwell, SC. Keith Goff is in (I believe) Aiken. I am sure either one would be happy to meet with you. PM me if you need their contact information.

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"The Air Camper airframe is said to be hell-for-stout, but it's up to you to judge just how near to hell you care to build your airframe to test the validity of that saying ;o)" Well put, Oscar (as you typically do so well). Have you considered where you might be able to use the Basswood i...

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I, fortunately, live about 1+15 away from ACS East, so I bought mine there and saved shipping. That is the only place I saw Mahogany gusset material, but others may have a better answer.

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Great comments, Oscar.

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Earl is right about the plans, but let me make a suggestion in general terms as it sounds like you are just starting your project. Assume that there are errors in everything (there aren't). But what it forces you to do is to verify everything, and by doing so you learn the plans better as well as th...

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This does not really answer your question, but since no one has yet answered, I thought that I would put my $.02 worth in. I am quoting below from Tony Bingelis, the late author of numerous books on aircraft construction. "There are two schools of thought about fitting the diagonals. One believ...

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I want to pass along some very important information. I am quoting from a notice that is in this month's BPA Newsletter, with the Associations permission. I am posting it here, in case you have not yet received your newsletter, and maybe have not downloaded the online newsletter. It may be redundant...

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Gary, Do you plan on letting people fly your airplane a fair amount so that is why you need adjustability? If it is for you because of leg length you may be better of making a seat that fits you. The airplane is already tail heavy so adding a mechanism may add weight where you don’t want or need it....

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Is this what you are looking for?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Emergency- ... Swbllcf1DW

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Clay, You made the following statement earlier - “As a subsequent owner of an Experimental Amateur Built Aircraft you will not be able to perform owner maintenance without an A&P license.“ That is an incorrect statement. Subsequent owners of EAB aircraft are allowed to do any and all maintenance...

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Lorenzo,

You read smarter than I do. Your answer makes better sense than my question.

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Are you asking if it is okay to build without having plywood sides at all? Or are you asking if a thinner plywood can be used. Please clarify your question.

Thanks.

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Here is a link to some reference material that may be helpful -

http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co. ... CAMPER.pdf

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For those of you who may be interested in flying in your Pietenpol behind a Corvair engine, or may just be curious, there is a new tool to help you. William Wynne has created a FlyCorvair Youtube channel with tons of information already on it with much more to follow. Click on the link below for a m...

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Ron, Wiley Post was not the only pilot that did that. When I flew in the Marine Corps we had all the engine instruments rotated so that "normal" was all in the same place/clock position and each gauge was marked with a dash of red torque seal at that spot. we would scan all the gauges at o...

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Mike,

In case Oscar does not log in for a few days, here is his website -

http://www.flysquirrel.net/rogueairparts.html

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Mark Chouinard lives in Owasso. Try contacting him through the email below -

hangar10(at)cox.net

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Since no one else has answered, I will try and give you some information. I am still building so I am not a flyer - yet. What is the weight of your proposed engine? That is your biggest issue, making sure that it weighs a reasonable amount. Second, you will have to fabricate your own engine mount an...

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I am not yet flying, but that is essentially what I did. I sacrificed the aft end of two extra ribs I had made, and made what you call a "shorty rib." Seems to have worked.

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Here is a link to a discussion on the Matronics forum of a similar topic. People posted their solutions - http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=90607&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=loctite This forum is becoming better and better each day, and a lot of it is because...

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Brian, I spoke to the tech guy at Poly Fiber a few weeks ago about this same subject of varnishes to use. He said that there is definitely an issue, as Clay said, with Polyfiber products reacting with products like spar varnish. He did say, though that if you have already used spar varnish (like me)...

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Oscar, I was going to send this in to Pat Weeden for a future Newsletter but this has come up on this forum, so I will post it here AND send it to Pat. This is simply a repeat of a post I wrote on the Pietvair Forum not long ago. I try and exercise my "dual citizenship" on both this and th...

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One More Thing - A good place to go to get questions answered is the FAA Advisory Circular, AC43.13-1B, ACCEPTABLE METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND PRACTICES - AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND REPAIR. I have attached a link to the FAA online copy that you can download for reference in the shop - https://www.faa.gov/...

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From Sportplane Construction Techniques by Tony Bingelis, Pages 50-51 - "One chore remaining is to finish your fittings to a uniform external shape, making sure that all of their edges are smooth and free of saw and file marks. Surface nicks, scratches and gouges, If present, should be dressed ...

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Oscar, I will write it up and send it in to Pat. And yes, after the T88 had dried overnight, I would take my spatula from the dollar store (the kind you would use for flipping pancakes), slowly go around the edges til the rib "popped off" the jig. I would then flip the half-finished rib ov...

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IMG_2636.JPG Like I said, it took me three times to simplify it down to these criteria - - cheap - simple and easy to build - solid enough to consistently build ribs - cheap It fulfilled all 3 (or was it 4) criteria, and was extremely simple. With cheap Harbor Freight clamps, I was able to build my...

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It is very nice of BPA to have a jig to loan, but I would encourage you to build your own. You may need it again, and they really are not hard to make. I made three (yes, it took three to get to one I liked, but I learned in the process). The last one was made from MDF and small nails for aligning t...

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Arthur, I am doing this from memory, so I hope no one shoots me if I don't get this 100% correct. But here goes... A few years ago there was a group of builders in Georgia that built longer and wider steel tube Pietenpols together and they were commonly referred to as the "Big Piets". A co...

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Douwe,

P.F. has had the VG's on for a long time. The flight was done with the VG's on.

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I wanted to add a link here to a post on William Wynne's FlyCorvair.net website. It is an excellent update by Bob Dewenter on his Pietenpol project project, along with nice pictures. I hope that folks will click on the link, read Bob's update and send him some encouragement. Bob doesn't necessarily ...

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I just wanted to pass along info on an event next month that is a great opportunity for someone building, or even just thinking about building and flying behind a Corvair engine - https://flycorvair.net/2018/04/06/flycorvair-spa-joint-workshop-open-house-may-181920/ This is going to be smaller than ...

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Pat,

I posted this on facebook, and got a quick response. For any one interested, the aircraft is registered as N920Y and is on the westcoastpiet website.

Thanks to Scott Liefeld and Gary Boothe.

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It may have a lot of value, or it may have little to no value, depending on who did the build up and how it was done. How many hours on the engine? When was it built up? Who maintained it? Records? Do you have the serial numbers of the heads? Are they the right heads? I am not trying to be a jerk, b...

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In case anyone is looking for a core, I saw this carburetor this morning on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stromberg-NA-S3B-Carburetor-for-Piper-J3-Cub-Taylorcraft-Aeronca-380155-1/323033780564?epid=1073741993&hash=item4b36505154:g:2ZkAAOSwc-tY6Y7h&vxp=mtr It has been my experience on some ...

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Ralph, https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-1-5-in-x-60-ft-Temflex-Friction-Tape-57173-S-10/205523424 People also create cable/wire separators out of phenolic material, heavy leather, or even wood. It just needs to be something softer than the cable it self so that any potential chafing wears the separato...

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Steve, IMHO, the ELT requirement in an experimental airplane is a joke, but it is, technically, a requirement that we all have to live with. My intention is to meet the letter of the law by installing the cheapest 121.5 ELT I can find. Then do as you are doing and have a PLB attached to my person th...

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I have built my cabanes and diagonals, and I chose to use 4130 Chromoly streamlined tubing as opposed to aluminum or wood. I want to corrosion treat the inside of the cabanes and am looking for suggestions. Steve D, I know you mentioned using CorrosionX on your Bonanza. Which version? How would you ...

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Oscar, The front spar is 5.683" and the rear spar is 4.625" due to the smaller space. I would have had to "force" the taller spar into the rear position (Dan Sheridan used the taller spars for both and it fit fine, he said - must be that he has a better jig than I do ;0P ), and I...

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