Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: joe czaplicki
>Hi,>I'm getting ready to purchase the Pietenpol plans for my first homebuilt>project. I live in Chillicothe, Ohio. I would love to take a look at>your plane sometime if I get up your way. Congratulations on Oshkosh.>I hope it's true that a person with "average Skills" can build a>Pietenpol! Because I'm About as average as you get.>thanks, LarryLarry- It's TRUE !!! Your first step is a good one: look at as many Pietsas you can and take pictures, notes, measurements, hints, etc. becauseevery guy has something unique they learned and can pass that alongto you. Get the videos from Kim Stricker (see Grant's BPA websitefor Piets), try to make it to the Piet fly in at Brodhead, and the bestmoney you can ever spend is on the Tony Bingelis books from soldthru EAA to answer your questions when the experts aren't around.The other catch is that if you build some parts exactly like the plansshow, they will flat out not fit. There are some metal fittings with 'ears' on them that with another 1/2" of length can mean the differencebetween getting a bolt in the hole or not. To answer your question- yes, you may visit my Piet on one ortwo days notice and if you'd like I know of several other Piets in thisgeneral area: Frank Pavliga's Sky Gypsy at Barber Airport in Alliance,OH,Earl Myers has an almost ready to fly Sky Scout at his house in Louisville, OH, Will Graff has a well-flown Model A Air Camper atWadsworth Municipal Airport near Wadsworth, OH, and Dan Shotwell isbuilding a Piet in his basement in Litchfield, OH. Welcome andbest wishes !Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Richard DeCosta"
Michael D Cuy wrote:> > >Hi,> >I'm getting ready to purchase the Pietenpol plans for my first homebuilt> >project. I live in Chillicothe, Ohio. I would love to take a look at> >your plane sometime if I get up your way. Congratulations on Oshkosh.> >I hope it's true that a person with "average Skills" can build a> >Pietenpol! Because I'm About as average as you get.> >thanks, Larry> > Larry- It's TRUE !!! Your first step is a good one: look at as many Piets> as you can and take pictures, notes, measurements, hints, etc. because> every guy has something unique they learned and can pass that along> to you. Get the videos from Kim Stricker (see Grant's BPA website> for Piets), try to make it to the Piet fly in at Brodhead, and the best> money you can ever spend is on the Tony Bingelis books from sold> thru EAA to answer your questions when the experts aren't around.> The other catch is that if you build some parts exactly like the plans> show, they will flat out not fit. There are some metal fittings with> 'ears' on them that with another 1/2" of length can mean the difference> between getting a bolt in the hole or not.> To answer your question- yes, you may visit my Piet on one or> two days notice and if you'd like I know of several other Piets in this> general area: Frank Pavliga's Sky Gypsy at Barber Airport in Alliance,OH,> Earl Myers has an almost ready to fly Sky Scout at his house> in Louisville, OH, Will Graff has a well-flown Model A Air Camper at> Wadsworth Municipal Airport near Wadsworth, OH, and Dan Shotwell is> building a Piet in his basement in Litchfield, OH.> Welcome and> best wishes !> > Mike C.Thanks for the info. The next time I get ready to head up to your areaI'll make sure to give you a heads up a few days in advance.Once again, thanksLarry________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
____>>Dean, I'm Going to go to the MERFI flyin in Marion this weekend would itbe possible to stop by and look at your project on my way. Also, your>welcome to come along to the Flyin. I'm going up Friday and Sunday.>thanks, LarryGuys- I will have my Piet at the MERFI fly-in (assuming good weather)Saturday by mid-morning and will be leaving about 24 hours later.MIke C>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: William Conway
>Dean, I'm Going to go to the MERFI flyin in Marion this weekend would it>be possible to stop by and look at your project on my way. Also, your>welcome to come along to the Flyin. I'm going up Friday and Sunday.>thanks, Larry>Hi Larry,I'm going to MERFI on Saturday, but I'll probably be around Friday evening or Sunday if you want to stop by. Give me a call 614-792-6315 for directions________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: shad bell
Shad,If you can, please post the dates of the differant fly-ins and locations for those of us that are fairly new to this part of the world. I live in Tennessee and as time permits I want to attend as many fly-ins as possible with my Piet. GeneN502R ----- Original Message -----