Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Oscar,Thanks for all your writings, musing, observations and advice. I don't respondto your postings very often because they don't elicit direct responses. But theyare very enjoyable and make me think about the wonders of flight and all thejoy it brings me and others.Thank you,Ray KrauseBuilding a SkyScout...almost here.Sent from my iPad> On Aug 2, 2016, at 8:44 PM, taildrags wrote:> > > Excellent, Terry; thank you for sharing the article. I consider quick, casualreads like this to be the equivalent of taking my magazines to the office breakroom (or "reading room") for others to enjoy after I'm done with them, theintent being to hook them on airplanes and flying too. The article really makesit sound like affordable, fun, simple flying can still be done and a lot ofnew pilots and builders can be brought into the fold if a simple, basic, affordableairplane like the Air Camper is available.> > I fly out of a towered field with scheduled commercial flights, so there is atall security fence around the place, you need a badge to get in, and there isa general feeling of "I'd better not do any little thing wrong or security willcome screaming over here". So it's no surprise that other than several timeswhen I've had guests over to my hangar, I've never in five years seen a youngsteranywhere inside the fence and I've never had any curious people otherthan fellow hangar renters come over to look inside my hangar. Not even anyonepeering in through the fence, from outside. As much as I love the experienceof sliding open my hangar doors and poking around the airplane, I would evenmore love to share it with others. There is just something about sticking myhead down into the forward cockpit when I'm preflighting the airplane and catchingthe faint scent of avgas, engine exhaust, maybe a hint of wood and fabric...the smell of an airplane. I started my journey i!> n aviation in an old classic, and now that I have one of my own, I realize thatit needs to be shared or it's not really doing what Mr. Pietenpol intendedfor it.> > --------> Oscar Zuniga> Medford, OR> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"> A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 140#459140> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Original Posted By: "womenfly2"
The drawing is on the Westcoastpiet site under 'Landing Gear', 'Wire Wheels', and'Drawing based on Ken Perkins hubs'. The rings for the spokes are shown tobe welded to the axle hub on their inner faces only. You can see it here:http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Wir ... -----Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 power, 72x36 Culver propRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
The drawing is on the Westcoastpiet site under 'Landing Gear', 'Wire Wheels', and'Drawing based on Ken Perkins hubs'. The rings for the spokes are shown tobe welded to the axle hub on their inner faces only. You can see it here:http://www.westcoastpiet.com/images/Wir ... -----Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 power, 72x36 Culver propRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Original Posted By: "bdewenter"
You can weld both sides if you want but one weld fillet with a cross section equalto the parent metal thickness (.090") is fine. A 2nd weld fillet is just aoption.BTW, the head end of the spokes have a taper from the underside of the head tothe spoke shaft diameter. You should match this when drilling your hub flangefor the spoke to set correctly.REF to drawing attached: countersink the 20X 0.157" holes on the outside of thehub assembly.WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
You can weld both sides if you want but one weld fillet with a cross section equalto the parent metal thickness (.090") is fine. A 2nd weld fillet is just aoption.BTW, the head end of the spokes have a taper from the underside of the head tothe spoke shaft diameter. You should match this when drilling your hub flangefor the spoke to set correctly.REF to drawing attached: countersink the 20X 0.157" holes on the outside of thehub assembly.WF2--------Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Original Posted By: "aviken"
Mike,I was wondering where you were. Glad to see you back. Updates on flying? Your Pietenpol?Give us the scoop!--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Mike,I was wondering where you were. Glad to see you back. Updates on flying? Your Pietenpol?Give us the scoop!--------Semper Fi,Terry HandAthens, GARead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: wire wheel hub question
Original Posted By: Michael Cuy
Hi The hub question , I welded both sides, it is a little difficult to weldthe outside near the edge but I felt it was needed. just set the plate in fromthe edge to give a shelf for the weld. Something I did to help the spokes align easier with the wheel and not bindon a straight sided hub. I am a farm boy and John Deere makes a disk harrowfor years using spool between the cutting blades, on each end of the spool theoutside portion is a concave shape plate that can be cut off and used forthe hub plate . Works well for the hub and the steel is tougher than hell .Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Hi The hub question , I welded both sides, it is a little difficult to weldthe outside near the edge but I felt it was needed. just set the plate in fromthe edge to give a shelf for the weld. Something I did to help the spokes align easier with the wheel and not bindon a straight sided hub. I am a farm boy and John Deere makes a disk harrowfor years using spool between the cutting blades, on each end of the spool theoutside portion is a concave shape plate that can be cut off and used forthe hub plate . Works well for the hub and the steel is tougher than hell .Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________