> > Pietenpol-List: Another day of welding progress on my steel-tub

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Original Posted By:> > flight.jake(at)gmail.com
Nice work Doug! I also enjoyed the Tomahawk, got my private in one out of Elyria, it was a great little plane! Ryan MichalsSent from my iPhoneOn Dec 3, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Doug Dever wrote:> We used to call them trauma hawks when I was teaching. (Don't look back at the tail during a stall.) :0 My dergatory comment. > Sorry, couldn't resesist. Please keep pics coming as I have decided on a steel fuse.> > Doug Dever> In beautiful Stow Ohio> > > > Subject: Pietenpol-List: Another day of welding progress on my steel-tube Piet...

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> > To: pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com> > om>> > > > Hello good Piet-ple,> > > > Just a quick update after a weekend of progress..... > > > > Mike from "Ready Weld" came by Friday and executed more of his magic. My process is to adapt the design (because so little detail for the steel-tube fuselage is on the plans) cut, fit, and prepare the parts. I then choose to have a professional come for the welding. In this way I can enjoy the building, cutting, fitting aspects of the project and don't run the risk of screwing things up with my lack of welding skills - just a choice of how I am doing things.> > > > This bellcrank assembly will allow the elevator cables to run on the outside of the fuselage for more of an olde-timey look.> > > > I adapted a step from a Piper Tomahawk on the left side. I learned to fly on a Tomahawk (insert derogatory/inflammatory comment here - too bad I LIKED flying that plane) so I wanted to include a piece of a Tomahawk somehow on my Piet. The step was the part I chose as I needed a step anyway and the part has seemed to adapt quite well (IMHO).> > > > The other area I had prepared was the aft fuselage and mounts for the horizontal tail. Mike did an especially nice welding job in this area.> > > > Having fun in my indoors/heated garage in rainy Seattle......!!> > > > --------> > Jake Schultz - curator,> > Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)> > > > > > > > > > Read this topic online here:> > > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 753#389753> > > > > > > > > > Attachments: > > > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/1_be ... ed_373.jpg> > http://forums.matronics.com//files/2_be ... de_685.jpg> > http://forums.matronics.com//files/3_ho ... ts_422.jpg> > http://forums.matronics.com//files/4_to ... ep_131.jpg> > http://forums.matronics.com//files/5_step_163.jpg> > > > > > > > > ============================================================================================================================================> ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Another day of welding progress on my steel-tubePiet...