Original Posted By: rdecosta(at)autoeurope.com (Richard DeCosta)
Larry - I'm ever so slowly building a Piet in a basement in Dublin, OH (Columbus area). I have wing ribs done and am working on the tail. When you drive north to visit Michael how about swinging by my place, I'd love to ride along.Dean Dayton - deandayton(at)hotmail.com614-792-6315>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:34:50 -0400>From: Michael D Cuy >Subject: Ohio Piets>To: Pietenpol Discussion >Reply-to: Pietenpol Discussion >>>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. >________________________________________________________________________________