Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
Subject: Pietenpol-List: motor mt strut tab>>ok, let me fine tune my question.>is the strut tab on the motor mt just on the outside>of the fuselage, or do I leave it on the inside one>also. making it a total of 4 tabs sticking up for the>angled strut up to the wing.>on the plans it calls for 4 upper mts that have no>tab, but shows the one with the tab in the sketch>below it, but has no qty on it.>thanks del>>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Paint Gun
Pietenpol-List: Re: Paint Gun
Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Ken,I have no idea which gun I have. It's one I purchased from CTC and it ishigh pressure. The only thing is at 60-65 #'s there was too much loss to theair and overspray. The surface was a little grainy or dry/powdery one mightsay. When I reduced the pressure to 30-35 #'s the surface was smooth andshiny like it should be with a lot better coverage.Dom.________________________________________________________________________________
Ken,I have no idea which gun I have. It's one I purchased from CTC and it ishigh pressure. The only thing is at 60-65 #'s there was too much loss to theair and overspray. The surface was a little grainy or dry/powdery one mightsay. When I reduced the pressure to 30-35 #'s the surface was smooth andshiny like it should be with a lot better coverage.Dom.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: motor mt strut tab
Original Posted By: del magsam
Del,I think this is one of the confusing things about a design that has beenaround for a long time. The folks that draw an improvment in the 60's or70's think that everyone knows the plane up till then. It took me quite awhile to figure out what people were doing when building. What it is ( andI still might be wrong) is that the original design was for the upper enginemount brackets to only have a center tab to follow the firewall down. Thesebkts were used when the cross wires were used on the right side of thevertical struts to control fwd and aft movement of the wing center.Stories said that flying in one of these , made you feel all caged in.Then they got rid of the X wires by adding the angle " struts" that wentfrom the vert. struts down to the upper engine bkts. ( These had the extratabs on top). They just happen to put them all on the same print. My firstimpression when I looked at the prints was that ,,",they are all on theprint, so I have to make them all". What I'm doing is...putting brackets on the upper engine mount bkts thathave extra tabs. And bkts on the fwd wing attachment having extra tabs. two pairs of tabs up at the front,,,and two pairs of tabs up at the wingleading edge.) Then make an adjustable tube to run between the two with abolt at each connection point.walt evans-----Original Message-----
Del,I think this is one of the confusing things about a design that has beenaround for a long time. The folks that draw an improvment in the 60's or70's think that everyone knows the plane up till then. It took me quite awhile to figure out what people were doing when building. What it is ( andI still might be wrong) is that the original design was for the upper enginemount brackets to only have a center tab to follow the firewall down. Thesebkts were used when the cross wires were used on the right side of thevertical struts to control fwd and aft movement of the wing center.Stories said that flying in one of these , made you feel all caged in.Then they got rid of the X wires by adding the angle " struts" that wentfrom the vert. struts down to the upper engine bkts. ( These had the extratabs on top). They just happen to put them all on the same print. My firstimpression when I looked at the prints was that ,,",they are all on theprint, so I have to make them all". What I'm doing is...putting brackets on the upper engine mount bkts thathave extra tabs. And bkts on the fwd wing attachment having extra tabs. two pairs of tabs up at the front,,,and two pairs of tabs up at the wingleading edge.) Then make an adjustable tube to run between the two with abolt at each connection point.walt evans-----Original Message-----
RE: Pietenpol-List: motor mt strut tab
Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands
I only did one tab per side on the upper engine mounts. I have seen it donewith two per side as well. Two is stronger than one. I still retain the xbracing although I suppose I could remove it.Steve E.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:21:03 -0700 (MST)
I only did one tab per side on the upper engine mounts. I have seen it donewith two per side as well. Two is stronger than one. I still retain the xbracing although I suppose I could remove it.Steve E.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:21:03 -0700 (MST)