Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Doug
to all:This is a question for you guys that are way more advanced than me inassy or flying.When rigging the Aircamper, do you take the wing struts length as drawn,assemble them, and bolt them on?When building a fisher 404, I had to set the fuse in a jig and allignthe wings(top ones first), get them prefectly alligned, then cut thestruts to fit. Then allign the bottom, and cut the "N" tubing to fit.I'm just kind of thinking ahead and wondering what I'm up againstthankswalt________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Michael Cuy
>> to all:> This is a question for you guys that are way more advanced than me in assy or> flying.> When rigging the Aircamper, do you take the wing struts length as drawn,> assemble them, and bolt them on?Walter- I would advise waiting until you get your wings on and supported to theposition you want them: iezero dihedral, 1 deg. 1.5 deg. or any washout THEN measure with a steel tapebolt hole to bolt hole-thenmake up your struts. If you raise your cabane struts 2" (as many builders doto facilitate entry and exitfrom the cockpits) then the plan length won't work. Strut mat'l is tooexpensive to cut wrong:))If you are using struts with adjustable fork ends your fudge factor is moretolerant to the exact length.If you can, at least make the rear strut adjustable so that should youexperience a 'wing heavy' conditionyou can land, crank in or out a few threads, and go fly again. (as opposed toputting a fixed alum. trimtab somewhere.) Mike C. to all:This is a question for you guys that are way more advanced than me inassy or flying.When rigging the Aircamper, do you take the wing struts length as drawn,assemble them, and bolt them on?Walter- I would advise waiting until you get your wings on andsupported to the position you want them: iezero dihedral, 1 deg. 1.5 deg. or any washout THEN measure with asteel tape bolt hole to bolt hole-thenmake up your struts. If you raise your cabane struts 2(as many builders do to facilitate entry and exitfrom the cockpits) then the plan length won't work. Strutmat'l is too expensive to cut wrong:))If you are using struts with adjustable fork ends your fudge factor ismore tolerant to the exact length.If you can, at least make the rear strut adjustable so that should youexperience a 'wing heavy' conditionyou can land, crank in or out a few threads, and go fly again. (asopposed to putting a fixed alum. trimtab somewhere.) Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________