Fwd: Pietenpol-List: Merry Christmas and Thank You

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Fwd: Pietenpol-List: Merry Christmas and Thank You

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Original Posted By: Ryan Mueller
Yep. Tacking the landing gear is the #1 reason that we are building the mock-up.Captain said that whole fuselage only took $24 worth of 2x4's, which we rippedon the tablesaw, and we already had some scrap 1/8" & 1/4" plywood. Can'twait to sit in it.Tucker[quote="at7000ft"]Wow, have never seen a full length fuselage mock cockpit, butits just scrap wood, why not? As I have said one of the best things about buildinga mock fuselage besides testing seating size and angles is learning howthe whole thing goes together before you start cutting up the expensive wood.Off to a great start Tucker.And one other thing, turned upside down it makes a great landing gear buildingjig (I tack welded my parts which were bolted to it and if it started to burnI just dumped some water, or beer on the wood and keep welding), so don't throwit away too soon.rickOn Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Tucker wrote:> > I'm really excited now. Spent last week at my grandpa's (Captain) hangar andstarted building the fuselage. OK, it's just the mock-up fuselage, but we arebuilding it to specifications with the correct size longerons and braces. Thatway I'll get more practice fitting the joints and discovering any problems beforewe do the real thing. Here are a couple of pictures.> > --------> Tucker> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 331#325331 (http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 331#325331)> > > > > Attachments:> > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0011_158.jpg (http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0011_158.jpg)> http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0007_199.jpg (http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0007_199.jpg)> http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0006_107.jpg (http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0006_107.jpg)> http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0009_122.jpg (http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_0009_122.jpg)> > > > > ==========> st" target="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List> ==========> http://forums.matronics.com> ==========> le, List Admin.> ="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution> ==========> > > > -- Rick HollandCastle Rock, Colorado"Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers, that smell bad" > --------TuckerRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 21:54:08 -0600Subject: Fwd: Pietenpol-List: Merry Christmas and Thank You
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