Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Not at a high load area like cabane/strut/LG attach. I would think aft of the cockpit would be good, but a properly done scarf joint is substantial.

braol wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:45 pm I was meaning the wooden fuselage version of the Piet...I plan on covering mine, I was just wondering if the airplane can be flown without the rear fuselage fabric...from a structural, not an aerodynamic standpoint.

Of course it could.

Thanks, Ken. Yes, it is a really good dawn and dusk patroller. :D I built it during the pandemic for something to do thinking the fun would be in the fabrication. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying flying it. Think Cub with lighter controls, the doors open on both sides, and a really ...

FWIW, Bullet (as in slower than a speeding) Flies much better than I anticipated from looking at it. I guess my main concern would be weight and balance. Since many Piets are tail heavy anyway.. it might be a plus.

That's good enough for me. Thanks!

^^^^^ I can't imagine what would be wrong with doing that..
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after all, the stab is wire braced. You can take out minor (and fairly major) imperfections at final rigging.

Westcoastpiet.com

Wow! Now *that's* a treasure trove. Thanks, Oscar..

Yeah, I've searched, but haven't found any info to speak of on what they look like, and where they go on the wing. I just finished making the lift strut fittings, and thought I may as well do the jury strut stuff, too.
Of course, I could wing it (see what I did, there) but don't want to reinvent the ...

Thanks, Ken. I'm not a woodworker, and the only router I have is a little trim router. It was making wooga wooga noises just as I finished the last pocket. I've been surfing the net looking for a bigger one for the main spars.

A little progress.

I keep seeing flops made from the plans mentioned. There certainly aren't any in the drawings I have.. I'd like to make it like the drawing, no need reinventing the wheel if it's not necessary.

am so concerned with visibility that I covered a friend's L2, with the caveat that as long as I am alive it will never be olive drab. Safety of flight item.

I once had a Bellanca 14-13 that was camo with roundels, etc. we called "Spitlanka." It worked *entirely* too well.

That's horrible, Richard.. I'm truly sorry. Yes, you need *something to do.* Maybe build a double wall area with painter's drop cloths and 2X4s you could heat?

Yeah, Ken.. I was the airport kid that hung out there when my parents didn't know where I was. :lol: I was forbidden to mess around with airplanes, "All those things are good for is to get you killed, boy."
The restaurant is still there, but the girls that inherited the property decided they'd make ...

Hi, Ken.. I live on a farm near Elwood. We have a private strip..2II3. Yeah, I can see how the center section spar fittings and wing fittings fit together. What I'm talking about is the apparent interference between the lower 3/16" bolt on the wing fittings and the root rib.. and the center section ...

Back from California, and can (finally) get started on this.
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The interference I was talking about is the center section fittings will hit the main spar scab plates unless they are cleared for them. The lower 3/16 bolt in the ...

Will do. Thanks, Oscar.

Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words.. Thanks, guys!

While I'm planning a couse of action on building the center section, I've searched here (maybe not well enough) for pix of how people have done the flop. I'm *assuming* There needs to be a sub spar aft of the rear spar strong enough for a hand hold and to hinge the flop from?
Any pix of that ...

Thanks for the replies, and especially the pix. :D The interference I was talking about is the center section fittings will hit the main spar butt unless the angle on the lower spar is moved outboard a bit. I'm out in California with the grand kids for Xmas, so don't have the drawings in front of me ...

Thanks, Ken. Looking ahead just a bit, it looks like I can assemble the center section. However, it looks like the lower bolt on the wing fitting that attaches to it would interfere with the wing root rib. Also, the center section fitting looks to me that it would hit the spar unless I clear the ...

RPM is your friend.

While waiting for the wood to come down from Wisconsin, I drew wing fittings on CAD, filled up a 12"X24" sheet, and took the file to a laser/water jet shop. Here are the fittings plus some other stuff that I had made uhh, (gasp) 20 years ago. :shock:
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Thanks, Ken. My main concern is weight and balance. It would be nice to know just how long the mount needs to be, wing location, etc. and get it right the first time.

Sit down by the campfire, grab a beer, and let me tell you a story.. :D
Back in the 90's, Bill Lutton came to my shop and asked if he could help me build a Great Lakes Trainer. (!) I was several years into it by that time and could certainly use the help. He made a job of it, brought his lunch ...