N34KP's rebuild

[Richard Roller]

I have to scarph 2 pieces together for the floor board. Here goes nothing!

[taildrags]

Wish I lived closer to you. I have the plywood that you'd need without having to scarf it. I have the plywood for the sides, too. Leftovers from the Piet project that Corky started but never finished.

-Oscar

[Richard Roller]

I appreciate the thought, Oscar. I have the sides and everything else. I just didn't have the 1/4" for the floor. I ordered 2 pieces of 1/4" x 2 x 4 because it saved me a bunch of shipping cost.

Speaking of shipping cost. I'm doing a road trip to Wicks tomorrow, for lift struts. It's 5 hours away. Shipping for the struts, from one side of Missouri to the other, was going to be $280! Over half of the price of the struts!

[Richard Roller]

The second one (left) turned out nicer than the first. I'll clean up the first one and glue tomorrow.

[Richard Roller]

Attempting to glue the two pieces together.

[taildrags]

"Do or not do. There is no try." -Yoda

[Richard Roller]

No X wings here! In a swamp, or otherwise!

[Richard Roller]

I was mulling over a change to the engine mount brackets at the firewall. I've decided to increase the brackets bolt patterns by one bolt, both horizontally and vertically. So I pulled the existing corner gussets off and I'm gluing new ones on sized to the new bolt pattern. This is in case I decide to change the engine installation down the road.

[taildrags]

Now there's a forward-thinking man...

-Oscar

[Richard Roller]

Years ago I redrew the steel tube drawings stretched to the long piet length. My thought was to use a 60° V6 on it. I'll probably never built it. But who knows, a V6 on 34KP?

[Richard Roller]

I picked up a piece of white ash today make the engine bearers and landing gear stations pieces today.

[taildrags]

...and who doesn't love a nice piece of wood? Especially if it has an airplane part inside it!

-Oscar

[Richard Roller]

I forced myself to do something today on the Piet. I cut out the ash cross members for the landing gear and started the glueing of the forward cross piece. The floor board is ready to glue on as soon as I get the rear one in.

[Richard Roller]

Forward cross piece glued in.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Thanks for taking the time to document this. It will be a good resource when I get there.

[Richard Roller]

The rear post is in and I'm fitting the floor board.

[taildrags]

Well come on, Richard... floor it!

-Oscar