Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
It isn't much now, but I am starting a web site to follow the progress of my Piet project (right now the only progress is me waiting for the plans, looking for an engine, etc...).However, I do have a very large collection of Piet photos, all/most of which have come from the Buckeye site and others. If there is any objections to this I will immediately remove them. I think it's handy, though, to have 60+ photos all in one place.For those interested: http://www.wrld.com/w3builder/RichardWeb Developer, www.autoeurope.com________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Barry Davis
> Thanks for the supply of photos. Many times the photos answer> questions that come up. I for one hope you will leave them there.Your quite welcome. I should also mention that if anyone that has Piet-related photos they would like scanned or exsisting images they would like available on the web, I have over 550MB of server space here (really!), so just email me with your stuff or snail mail me the pics and I'll put 'em online. If I get enough, I'll just make a separate image page off the main one, with photo credits where needed. If it would help fellow builders, close shots of each of the various components being built would be great to have online.Email: rdecosta(at)wrld.comSnail mail:Richard DeCosta238 Auburn St. #F65Portland, ME 04103Also, I will be visiting the Yesterday's Wings Museum in New Hampshire on Saturday, to get a close look at their Piet, talk to the pilots/builders, and hopefully I'll be taking along a digital camera. Look for the photos next week.Richard > > > > However, I do have a very large collection of Piet photos, all/most> > of which have come from the Buckeye site and others. If there is any> > objections to this I will immediately remove them. I think it's> > handy, though, to have 60+ photos all in one place.> > > > Richard,> > Thanks for the supply of photos. Many times the photos answer questions> that come up. I for one hope you will leave them there.> > Regards,> Dick Winkel> Web Developer, www.autoeurope.com________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: rdecosta(at)autoeurope.com (Richard DeCosta)
Richard DeCosta wrote:> > However, I do have a very large collection of Piet photos, all/most> of which have come from the Buckeye site and others. If there is any> objections to this I will immediately remove them. I think it's> handy, though, to have 60+ photos all in one place.> Richard,Thanks for the supply of photos. Many times the photos answer questionsthat come up. I for one hope you will leave them there.Regards,Dick Winkel________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Richard DeCosta wrote:> > It isn't much now, but I am starting a web site to follow the> progress of my Piet project (right now the only progress is me> waiting for the plans, looking for an engine, etc...).> > However, I do have a very large collection of Piet photos, all/most> of which have come from the Buckeye site and others. If there is any> objections to this I will immediately remove them. I think it's> handy, though, to have 60+ photos all in one place.> > For those interested:> http://www.wrld.com/w3builder/> > Richard> > Web Developer, www.autoeurope.comRichard, Is the addreaa correct http://www.wrld.com/w3builder/ Ihave not been able to get through to your pics on this address. I may bedoing something wrong Ernie________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: travis battreal
After seeing DJ's web site a couple of months ago, I decided to try my handat creating my own site for documenting my progress. I found the varioussites and pictures very useful, everyone has their own way of doing thingsand I picked up some good ideas. Although not as complex as DJ's (i'mlimited to space on my server), I tried to pack in as much as possible. Iapologies for the name of the site, Pietbuilder, but believe it or not,Aircamper, Gn1, etc were all taken, So I had to use Pietbuilder, eventhough it's a GN1. I will add more pages as I progress with the project. http://home.cogeco.ca/~pietbuilder/index.htmKenKen RickardsCole Vision Canada80 Centurion Drive,Markham, Ontario.L3R 8C1tel 905-940-8675 ext 237krickards(at)CVCI.com________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:19:27 -0800 (PST)

Original Posted By: Ken Rickards
lookin good! I especially like the method of clamping the rib gussets with plexiglass...I must admit.. after building a rib and nailing about 150 nails with tweezers anda small hammer, my fingers and eyes hurt.DJ ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: travis battreal
a question that has been asked hundreds of times....basically the GN-1 is a clone of the Piet with the exception of being a tad overbuilt... plywood sides all the way to tail post, larger wing spars, etc.GN-1 was also designed to accept a host of off the shelf parts... things like J-3landing gear, J-3 tank, J-3 engine mount (if using A-65 or C-85), Aeronca controlstick assembly, T-Craft aux wing tanks, J-3 drag-anti drag wing wires,and lots more I am not remembering now.I am building a GN-1/Piet hybrid.... taking the best of both planes.John Grega dies last November, but I suppose his family will continue to sell theplane... if not someone ought to contact them and buy the rights cause we needthe keep the spirit of the GN-1 alive.DJ Veghwww.imagedv.com/aircamper----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: DJ Vegh [mailto:aircamper(at)imagedv.com]
Wish I could say that it was my idea, but my brother built his Hatz ribsthis way and it looked the easiest method to use.Ken-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: del magsam

Original Posted By: Ken Rickards
Just updated my web site with pictures from the Ontario Piet Fly in, atArmstrong Aerodrome, June 14th KenGN1 2992Canada________________________________________________________________________________