Pietenpol-List: Heel "Brakes"

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Pietenpol-List: Heel "Brakes"

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Original Posted By: "Speedbrake"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Front seat attach pointMike as always great help and beautiful work! Are those heal brakes? Could youshare any other detail?Thanks!Jack TextorSent from my iPad> On Feb 15, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Speedbrake wrote:> > > A couple more pictures for you John. > > "Pass Seat" photo: the rear of the seat is on the left. Note how there is a woodsupport piece across the seat back from the left side of the plane to theright. At the ends of this piece are two vertical pieces that stand on top ofthe white ash cross member. Also note how the seat bottom side rails also reston these two vertical pieces. The front area of the seat structure is also madein this same type of fashion.> > "Pass Seat2" photo: the rear of the seat is on the right. This is an over viewof the finished product with added center support and gussets, but you can seefrom another angle how the seat structure was assembled. > > My seat top plywood is 1/4" thick and screws onto the structure. This will alsoadd some strength to the entire assembly.> > For future reference; I added a plywood stiffener under the rudder pivot supportbracket shown in "Pass Seat2".> > --------> Mike Perez> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 232#466232> > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/pass_seat_173.jpg> http://forums.matronics.com//files/pass_seat2_798.jpg> > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Heel "Brakes"
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