Pietenpol-List: Firewall

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 8:30 am

Original Posted By: Isablcorky(at)aol.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: FirewallTom: I suggest you leave the firewall off until you have installed yourrudder petals, cont.column and any other internal fus. items that youcan think of. If you need something rigid up front to hold things squareduring assembly, temporarily staple the firewall on. Then remove itafter your fus. is complete and do the internal stuff. It's tuff workinginside the fuselage when its setting up on your work bench. Leon S.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:05 pm

Original Posted By: "cgalley"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Firewall My Piet's basic fuselage structure is finished and I'm writing to ask about the firewall. What do most Pieters cover their firewall with, i.e. I assume steel or aluminum? Do you put some of that fireproof fabric in between the metaland the plywood firewall bulkhead? I'm building a Model A powered Piet so minealso has the "shelf" area behind the engine...would appreciate any advice.Many thanks!Fred B. ________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 7:21 pm

Original Posted By: Wizzard187(at)aol.com
Does it change when you raise the tail?Cy Galley - Chair,AirVenture Emergency Aircraft RepairA Service Project of Chapter 75EAA Safety Programs Editor - TCEAA Sport Pilot ----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:10 pm

Original Posted By: TBYH(at)aol.com
Stainless or galvanized steel works well. Aluminum is a no,no! Putting fibra-flaxbetween the steel and the wood is also recommended. You used to be able touse asbestos to prevent the heat transfer from the steel to the wood but thatis not PC anymore.Cy Galley - Chair,AirVenture Emergency Aircraft RepairA Service Project of Chapter 75EAA Safety Programs Editor - TCEAA Sport Pilot ----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:20 pm

Original Posted By:
You can't use aluminum the FAA won't accept it. It has to low melting point.I used stainless steel that I engin turned. It looks pretty good.Gal steel wil work and the FAA will accept it.Dale Mpls,----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:29 pm

Original Posted By: Pilots4ETW(at)wmconnect.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Firewall In a message dated 3/1/2005 8:21:46 PM Central Standard Time, ddjohn(at)earthlink.net writes:> You can't use aluminum FAA won't allow on a "certificated" airplane, but still a very bad idea on an experimetal as well.________________________________________________________________________________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:11 am

Original Posted By: Jim Markle
I am getting ready to bend my firewall and prepare it for the attachmentsfor the cowling. Regrettably, I did not look at those details while atBrodhead. What advice can you guys send my way.do I bend forward orbackward? What kind of attachments work best?Gary BootheCool, Ca.PietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear(13 ribs down.)________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:46:30 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:51 am

Original Posted By: Gary Boothe
Hi Gary,The firewall does not need to be attached to the cowling at all. It is attached to the plywood at the front of the fuselage.Greg Cardinal ----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri May 27, 2011 1:08 pm

Original Posted By: Andrew Eldredge
Wow....... I've been working on my Pietenpol for a lot more than 1000 hours. Lookwhat NASA built in that time.....!A spacewalk for the history booksChamitoff and Fincke logged the 1,000th hour spacewalking in support of InternationalSpace Station assembly and maintenance at 4:02 a.m., four hours and 47minutes into the EVA. Spread over 159 shuttle and station spacewalks performedsince construction began in 1998, the total time at the end of today's EVA was1,002 hours and 37 minutes dedicated to the space station.--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:32:00 -0600Subject: Pietenpol-List: Firewall

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:13 pm

Original Posted By: Mark Roberts
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matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:13 pm

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I used fiberfrax under my galvanized steel firewall.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet"Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri May 27, 2011 8:00 pm

Original Posted By: Andrew Eldredge
Hav you checked out ACS pg 311? There are some good products there for coating the firewall. Dick N. ----- Original Message -----

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Sat May 28, 2011 6:47 am

Original Posted By: "amsafetyc(at)aol.com"
I used .016 stainless and Fiberfrax.Dan HelsperPuryear, TN________________________________________________________________________________

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