Pietenpol-List: Anyone near Beaumont TX?

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:26 pm

Original Posted By: "Mark Roberts"
Hi Jack,Where did your axle fail? At the anti rotation add on?jack(at)bedfordlandings.c wrote:> That would be me. My original axle was 1-1/2" OD, .120 wall. My new axle> is 1-1/2" OD, .188 wall, heat treated after welding to 160,000 psi ultimate> strength.> > The thin wall axle is ok if you don't have brakes and the wheels are very> close to the V-blocks of the undercarriage. The problem comes when brakes> require moving the wheels further outboard, which dramatically increases the> moment applied to the axle. Add a stress riser, such as a guide pin to> prevent axle rotation, and you can find yourself in the same situation I> did.> > Jack Phillips> NX899JP> Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia> > ----------NX321LRFully AssembledTail assembly and ailerons covered and painted.Wings covered and primed, one paintedMitsubishi PoweredRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Anyone near Beaumont TX?

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:58 pm

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
MIGHT be looking at moving to Beaumont... Anyone near there?MarkRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

matronics · Post by **matronics** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:16 pm

Original Posted By: "Mark Roberts"
Oscar,This just in... From this mornings EAA email.https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/8 ... -------Tom KreinerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Anyone near Beaumont TX?