Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Ken Anderson"
Ted notes->I detect that the front cables tighten and loosen at different rates >between>full back and full forward on the control stick. I wonder if anyone has>offset the cable attachpoints on the stick to account for this and keep the>tension even?Well, I believe John Dilatush did that on "Mountain Piet", among others. I have pictures of his airplane on my website at http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/John_piet.html but I didn't get any pictures of the area behind the pilot's seat where the control horn is located, and the ones that show the elevator and tail group really don't show the full deflection scenario but I'm almost certain that John said his cables don't rub the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer and the cables both maintain tension through the full range of stick travel fore and aft.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Lostman"
[quote="Ray Krause"]"Lost man",The paint scheme on your Piet is stolen from mine, although I'm just in the processof finishing mine! It's amazing how people can steal things like that! Anyway,nice to have a twin Piet around.Ray KrauseThat paint scheme is very close to what mine had on it. In fact I will be goingall red on the turtle deck when it's finished as well. Wish the picture was upsidedown but it appears to be a nice Scout. How far along are you now? Is it flying?Kenneth--------I own a Teenie Two, remnants of an Avid, a KR2, hang glider and paraglider as wellas my 1997 Pietenpol Air Camper. I'm also scratch building a Sonerai IIL.As a CFII/MEI I love sharing the gift of flight with just about anyone that willfly with me.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: elevator cable tension