Original Posted By: Craig Aho
Subject: Pietenpol-List: thick axel weightChris, Thank you for doing the thick axel weight calculation. Even with my thick-walled axel my empty weight came out to 632 lbs. so you canstill build a decent weightPiet with that and a 3-piece wing like I have. I've had quite a few hard landings over the years and I'm pleased that the axelhas stood my tests these pastcouple hundred hours. One item I'd like to add is that I believe it to be important to keep the X bracecables under the belly of the Jennytype gear very tight. I had some slight loosening of those cables a few yearsago and didn't catch it on my preflightslike I should have so the gear was flexing just a touch over time and in time itbroke the bent tabs on one end of oneof my spreader bars. I replaced both spreader bars w/ new. Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________