Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "aerocarjake"
All,Hales Landing spring picnic is coming up in about 2 weeks, all Piet builders/flyersare welcome, see attached flyer.We are in the NW corner of WV, 12 miles south of PKB airport.We have 3 flyable Piets on the field (2 actually flying), and 3 more Piet projects.Please contact me or Ed if coming so we can look out for you.SkipP. S. You can buy Yeungling in WV, I have some in the hangar frig, and will gladlypop one or more for any Piet lister who shows.P.S.S Kip, I would seriously consider moving to a more Yeungling friendly state.;o)________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Great Waldo Pepper Ringtone...

Original Posted By: "aerocarjake"
I recorded this from the movie and it works on my phone as my new ringtone. I can'tget Windows Media Player to play it, however, but if any of you can get thisto work on your phone - then enjoy....!For those of you with desk phones, you will have to hum the TGWP song as you listento your traditional phone ring (ha!)--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Great Waldo Pepper Ringtone...

Original Posted By: "aerocarjake"
second try for attachment...--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Great Waldo Pepper Ringtone...

Original Posted By: shad bell
Well, it's not letting me attach the (.amr) file, so if anyone wants to try it,e-mail me directly at: flight.jake(at)gmail.com and I'll send it to you directly.......--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 15:18:45 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: Michael Perez
ryan, what's your e-mail address...?--------Jake Schultz - curator,Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:25:55 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fitting Wings Soon...advise?Now in the process of moving to MY HANGAR to get ready for the trial fits and fittings I too would be curious as to learning who might be interested in holding the wing panels in place while I monkey around with fittings and bolds and things like that. Additionally any advice or suggestions on rigging the wing to hold it while I monkey with the mountings as a nice alterative to holding it.ThanksJohnIn a message dated 5/24/2011 2:29:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, speedbrake(at)sbcglobal.net writes:I am putting the finishing touches on the straight axle fairing and will have the gear re-installed very soon. I Also have the garage ready for the plane to be moved into for fitting of the center section, wings and fabrication of the wing struts and inserts. (aluminum) I want to get the wing,struts and inserts made and attached so I can make the aileron cables as well.Any advice as to rigging, blocking, supporting, (I will be buying 2X4s to support the wings) etc. would be appreciated. I will also be making/installing my wing drag cables...do these get tightened "on the bench"or after the wings are mounted on the fuselage and trued?This phase of the build/assembly is all new to me so any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.Michael PerezKaretaker Aerowww.karetakeraero.com(http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Pietenpol-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Michael,I made some fairly elaborate supports for my wings that allowed me to makeinfinite adjustments of dihedral and washout (neither of which are reallynecessary) and to rig the wings straight and true (which is absolutelyessential) by turning nuts on threaded rods and locking them with jam nuts,as shown in the photo below:Gene Rambo and I did the same thing on his Pietenpol, but just clamped a 2x4to the uprights with C-clamps to accomplish the same thing with much lesstrouble. It's just not as easy to make precise adjustments.Once you have the wing more or less in place, it is useful to have asurveyor's transit to accurately measure the height of the spars at thetips, compared to the longerons which you have painstakingly leveled(remember, building an airplane is just a series of alignment exercises).Using this process, I was able to get my wingtips within 1/16" of eachother, and the plane flies straight and true.Jack PhillipsNX899JP "Icarus Plummet"Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____

Original Posted By: Hans Van Der Voort
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Fitting Wings Soon...advise?Mike- I trammeled my wings before I put them on the airplane. Since you've already got yourleading edge on it might resist you squaring the wing up with your drag and anti-drag bracesbut I'd square them up before you put them on the airplane.Just measure the X-distance between rib bays as you tighten your drag and anti-drag cables tomake sure those diagonal distances are the same so you know your wing is square before you safetywire the turnbuckles and mount the wing to the plane.I can come over and we can work out the wing tip washout and I can verify measurements with youfrom bolt-holes to bolt holes.I set mine up in the level flight position with the top of the longeron level. A digital anglefinder is helpful in setting up flat or dihedral if desired.You may want some weight in the tail so the plane doesn't want to tip forward on you while workingon it.Mike C.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fitting Wings Soon...advise?

Original Posted By: Michael Perez
I made a wing support from 1 1/2 pipe to find out that a simple 6 foot step ladder is much easier to use.Use some seat cushions/pillows to adjust height.see attachedHans-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "Pieti Lowell"
In the olden days I took two sets of conduit that would slide into one an other,I think , 1/2" and 3/4", and with a hacksaw cut one end to fit the wing fittingand the other end of the larger conduit, I sawed a couple slots and with ahose clamp that held the wing in the exact position with infinite adjustments,the lower end of this telescoping pair of conduits cut and drilled to fit thelower mounting. With 4 of these temporary struts I adjusted the wing to it's proper location ,tightened the hose-clamps.Cut and assembled the 4 spars to the final dimensions of the conduit's length andwash-out and dihedral when required.Two Piets are still flying with this type of Bernie engineering.And to this day these conduits help hold up many flowering bushes when wrappedgently using strips of old Dacron, Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Fitting Wings Soon...advise?

Original Posted By: "Gboothe5"
Mike.I also did the cross strut wires after the 4 struts were assembled and welded anddrilled and installed and with about 2" of dihedral, with the clearance holesdrilled in the ends of the struts you may loose a little dihedral.Pieti LowellRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
I inherited just such a set up from Mike and Vic Groah!...still got anotherwing to build before I test them, but it worked on their Piet!GaryStill in Cool-----Original Message-----