Original Posted By: "Mike Lund"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: 2" ash bearersThere's been a discussion about the purpose of the two pieces of 1x2 ashtransversely mounted inside the bottom of the fuselage. Those twopieces not only provide a place to bolt the landing gear, they are alsocrucially important for carrying the tension loads of the wing struts.If they get moved a short distance for some reason, be absolutely surethat the strut mounts (and the intersection of the fuselage-sideverticals) go with them.Mike Hardaway________________________________________________________________________________