Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
I have started drawing my fuselage out for the jig, and came across anoddity. I have checked and rechecked my measurments, so I dont it'sthat. The measurment that reads 29 3/4" below and behind the back seatseems to be off. If I do all the measurments from the aft part of thefuse, I get that gap to be and inch short. Is this a misprint or am Imissing something?Another quick question: are the seat bottoms and legs built into thesides when in the jig, or later?I should be getting all my fuse wood from Jean Peters on Wednesday. Hecalled me to confirm something about my order, and we chatted aboutPiets for almost 20 minutes; on his dime! Really nice guy. I haventseen the wood yet, but I highly recommend him for customer service andfriendliness.Richard==http://www.wrld.com/w3builderNow you can buy my CD at MP3.com:http://db.mp3.com/Visitor/order.php3?cd ... Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God." -Gordon Baxter________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands
Richard,I did not recall a problem with measurements along the length of the fuselage,so Ijust went back and added up the fuselage length based the numbers presented onmy planset. I built to the "extended fuselage" shown on the "supplementary plans", butIalso checked the figures from the short fuselage plans dated 1-19-33.In both cased the fuselage-top and fuselage-bottom figures added up to give aconsistent fuselage length.The short fuselage length worked out to 163 inches, the extended fuselage to 172.375inches.I suggest you recheck your overall length, and every measurement.I did the framing for the aft seat bottom after the fuselage was built up intoa boxed3-D shape. Was a bit awkward to do but worked out well.Dick Winkel________________________________________________________________________________