Original Posted By: Steve Pugh
Hello all,What is the so-called long fuselage? I have the improved plans and ondrawing no. 1 dated 1 -19 -33 the side view of the fuselage frame givesthe total length of 13 feet 7 inches. Is the the long or shortfuselage? Which is the preferred setup?Thanks Bob B.________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: fuselage long or short
Pietenpol-List: Re: fuselage long or short
Original Posted By: "Hixon, Carl"
The drawing you have is for the short fuselage. The long fuselage drawing= is on the supplementary plans with no date or title block. The drawingshows a fuselage length of 172 3/8". It also shows a better strut attachfitting for the wing. The original strut attach fitting comes down fromthe spar and forms an angle where it attaches to the strut. This puts atwisting moment on the bolts going through the spar. The supplementaryplans show a strut attach fitting that when installed, will be directlyin line with the strut so all attach bolts are in the same plane as thestrut. Much better arrangement. If you use the modified strut attach, don='t forget that you have to adjust the routing on the spar to accomidatethe wider area occupied by the fitting.As to which fuselage is best, how tall are you? If you feel comfortablein a short fuselage, thats what I would build. The longer fuselage wasdesigned primarily to give a longer tail moment to make up for the longer= nose needed for an A-65 or Corvair installation. The main advantage isa larger cockpit. Either one works fine with any of the engines.> Hello all,> What is the so-called long fuselage? I have the improved plans and on> drawing no. 1 dated 1 -19 -33 the side view of the fuselage frame gives> the total length of 13 feet 7 inches. Is the the long or short> fuselage? Which is the preferred setup?> Thanks Bob B.>>________________________________________________________________________________
The drawing you have is for the short fuselage. The long fuselage drawing= is on the supplementary plans with no date or title block. The drawingshows a fuselage length of 172 3/8". It also shows a better strut attachfitting for the wing. The original strut attach fitting comes down fromthe spar and forms an angle where it attaches to the strut. This puts atwisting moment on the bolts going through the spar. The supplementaryplans show a strut attach fitting that when installed, will be directlyin line with the strut so all attach bolts are in the same plane as thestrut. Much better arrangement. If you use the modified strut attach, don='t forget that you have to adjust the routing on the spar to accomidatethe wider area occupied by the fitting.As to which fuselage is best, how tall are you? If you feel comfortablein a short fuselage, thats what I would build. The longer fuselage wasdesigned primarily to give a longer tail moment to make up for the longer= nose needed for an A-65 or Corvair installation. The main advantage isa larger cockpit. Either one works fine with any of the engines.> Hello all,> What is the so-called long fuselage? I have the improved plans and on> drawing no. 1 dated 1 -19 -33 the side view of the fuselage frame gives> the total length of 13 feet 7 inches. Is the the long or short> fuselage? Which is the preferred setup?> Thanks Bob B.>>________________________________________________________________________________