Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Rob Hart
I bought a partially completed project with the fuselage completed. It is thelong fuselage version and the seats, skins, bulkheads, etc are all together.As far as I can tell, everything is to the plans. I just got the control stickmechanism built (to the plans) and it won't fit in the airplane!I can not get it down between the seats, with all of the welded bits andpieces on it. I wound up cutting the main torque tube in two and fabricating asplice out of 4130 tubing. (It goes down in there great in two pieces!)Is this normal or do I have something really weird here? Is this part supposed to be built into the partially completed fuselage?Bob Seibert________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Gordon Brimhall
I had the same problem, but I thought that it was because I had loweredthe seat a bit. In fact, I simply cut a small wedge out of the rearseat frame so that I could slip the torque tube down. A small plate wasthen added to the front of the seat frame. I think that there is aprogression in building, and my guess is that the tube is supposed to beattached to the floor before adding the other stuff. -CarmenSeibert wrote:> > I bought a partially completed project with the fuselage completed. It is the> long fuselage version and the seats, skins, bulkheads, etc are all together.> As far as I can tell, everything is to the plans. I just got the control stick> mechanism built (to the plans) and it won't fit in the airplane!> I can not get it down between the seats, with all of the welded bits and> pieces on it. I wound up cutting the main torque tube in two and fabricatinga> splice out of 4130 tubing. (It goes down in there great in two pieces!)> Is this normal or do I have something really weird here?> Is this part supposed to be built into the partially completed fuselage?> Bob Seibert-- ----------------------Mr. Carmen A. NataliePresidentCA Natalie Associates, IncCANA WebSystems100 State Street Suite 1040Albany, New York 12207http://www.cana.comphone 518.436.4932fax 518.436.4933----------------------________________________________________________________________________________