Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
The list is slow this morning, so I will put this out for comment and general information.Don't know how others have handled(pun intended) this problem. I thoughta long time about how to reinforce the handle the pilot grabs as he getsin or out of the back pit. My Grega has a similar handle but I can't look insidethe C/S to see how it is reinforced. The brackets are .058X5/8 tube and 16gaplate. They are screwed to the handle through the ply and spruce and boltedto the C/S spar(vertical center only) with AN3 hardware.Skipskipgadd(at)earthlink.net________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Center section handle bracket
RE: Pietenpol-List: Center section handle bracket
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Skipp, that certainly looks more than adequate. That is certainly a veryhigh load area as the pilot puts his entire weight on it during ingress andegress. I made mine as a =BC=94 plwood box, going to a laminated spruce bow asshown below, and I believe you could use it to pick up the entire airplane.Jack PhillipsNX899JP =93Icarus Plummet=94Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____
Skipp, that certainly looks more than adequate. That is certainly a veryhigh load area as the pilot puts his entire weight on it during ingress andegress. I made mine as a =BC=94 plwood box, going to a laminated spruce bow asshown below, and I believe you could use it to pick up the entire airplane.Jack PhillipsNX899JP =93Icarus Plummet=94Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____
RE: Pietenpol-List: Center section handle bracket
Original Posted By: Jack Phillips
Jack, Thanks for the picture, it looks really stout. My fuel tank is next, arethere any baffles side to side?Skip----- Original Message -----
Jack, Thanks for the picture, it looks really stout. My fuel tank is next, arethere any baffles side to side?Skip----- Original Message -----
RE: Pietenpol-List: Center section handle bracket
Original Posted By: Ben Charvet
Pietenpol-List: Re: Center section handle bracket
Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
I know it's not a truly all wood idea- but what I ended up doing after lookingat the wing flop I had with my project a while was- scrap it and get some light1/2" galvanized EMT I think it's called conduit. kept working it into a bowtill I had a curve I liked that went from one root rib to the other on the wings.bentsome light steel to make clips that could be screwed into the rib tailsso it all faired in.and made 2 short ribs from Aluminum sheet- (actually cutem out from some surplus aluminum signs I had)that fit the back of the rear centersection spar and tapered to the width of the EMT. left tabs on them thatlapped the top and bottom of the conduit and riveted them to it with stainlesssteel pop rivets. and a couple bolts from the ribs to the spar give lots ofstrength. also used a straight piece to bridge across the bow in the center withenough width and room for a grab handle - brazed it on after fitting the ends,andafter final installing the wings and rigging- doped and fabric coveredthe area as well as the root gaps on the wing.looks like a one piece wing now.would take a little more work to get the wings off but unless I need to do seriouswork i don't plan on that anyway.did away with gap seals and came out prettyclean and simple-I wouldn't want to swing my 210#'s from it but sure feelsstrong and solid using it to steady myself getting in and out.not to Grega drawingsbut it works for me RaymondRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
I know it's not a truly all wood idea- but what I ended up doing after lookingat the wing flop I had with my project a while was- scrap it and get some light1/2" galvanized EMT I think it's called conduit. kept working it into a bowtill I had a curve I liked that went from one root rib to the other on the wings.bentsome light steel to make clips that could be screwed into the rib tailsso it all faired in.and made 2 short ribs from Aluminum sheet- (actually cutem out from some surplus aluminum signs I had)that fit the back of the rear centersection spar and tapered to the width of the EMT. left tabs on them thatlapped the top and bottom of the conduit and riveted them to it with stainlesssteel pop rivets. and a couple bolts from the ribs to the spar give lots ofstrength. also used a straight piece to bridge across the bow in the center withenough width and room for a grab handle - brazed it on after fitting the ends,andafter final installing the wings and rigging- doped and fabric coveredthe area as well as the root gaps on the wing.looks like a one piece wing now.would take a little more work to get the wings off but unless I need to do seriouswork i don't plan on that anyway.did away with gap seals and came out prettyclean and simple-I wouldn't want to swing my 210#'s from it but sure feelsstrong and solid using it to steady myself getting in and out.not to Grega drawingsbut it works for me RaymondRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Re: Pietenpol-List: high altitude Piet
Original Posted By: mark lee
Hey all,Not sure if it'll ever happen, but a move to the high country of ColoradoMIGHT take place one year in the future. The closest airports are BuenaVista at 7900 feet and Salida at 7400 feet elevation. (8000ft and 7000ftlong respectively!)My piet has standard wings, but a new C-90 turning a Cloud Car prop. Theapproaches to both these fields open as they're in the middle of the samevalley. Do you think I'd be okay? I remember "Mountain Piet" was based out of Buena Vista, and with hisreduced Subaru, he did fine while it flew, though it was turbocharged.I'm sure I could find lower fields, but they start getting farther andfarther away, which makes things less enjoyable and convenient.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:26:32 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: high altitude Piet
Hey all,Not sure if it'll ever happen, but a move to the high country of ColoradoMIGHT take place one year in the future. The closest airports are BuenaVista at 7900 feet and Salida at 7400 feet elevation. (8000ft and 7000ftlong respectively!)My piet has standard wings, but a new C-90 turning a Cloud Car prop. Theapproaches to both these fields open as they're in the middle of the samevalley. Do you think I'd be okay? I remember "Mountain Piet" was based out of Buena Vista, and with hisreduced Subaru, he did fine while it flew, though it was turbocharged.I'm sure I could find lower fields, but they start getting farther andfarther away, which makes things less enjoyable and convenient.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:26:32 -0700Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: high altitude Piet