Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Hatz>Mike & Scott, Was curious to know why you picked the Hatz over the>Piet. As I like both but really like biplanes.>phil>>-->Check out Crusader Toys @>http://www.thegrid.net/crusader/>>_____ ... __________

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Mike & Scott, Was curious to know why you picked the Hatz over thePiet. As I like both but really like biplanes.phil--Check out Crusader Toys @http://www.thegrid.net/crusader/_______ ... __________

Original Posted By: Phil Peck
Hi Phil...That is a tough question. I love the Piet also, for reasons known to all,and I was just inches away from starting to build one. Down here in TX mostof our summer days top 100 degrees (it's still 85 today) with very highhumidity. Temp only falls to mid 80's most nights. So in the final analysis(factoring in my 240 pound butt) climb performance was reason I nixed thePiet. (Please Guys.. I don't mean to come on yourdiscussion group and knock your airplanes in any way, I just want to answerthe man's question).Biplanes have always been my primary interest but most of them (the 2seaters especially) are just too much.... Too much project, horsepower,performance, $$$, and so on. I chose the Hatz for a lot of the same reasonsone would choose a Piet including reasonable cost and amount of work,classic good looks, wide choice of moderately priced engines. Now all I haveto do is learn to weld!-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: Jim Sury
Phil,The reason I am going to build a Hatz is because I have a love affair withbiplanes. Particularly old biplanes. Now my biggest dream is to own a TravelAir or a Waco, but they are completely out of my price range. So that leavesa smaller homebuilt. And of all the homebuilt bipes out there I beleive thatthe Hatz is the only one that really looks like it came from 1929.Now just because I like biplanes doesn't mean that I don't like the Pietenpol.I think that the Piet is a great plane and its only shortcoming is that itdoesn't have two wings. Actually I did think about building a Piet and Iwould like to own one. I am currently selling my Stinson 108-1 and will be inthe market for a smaller plane, like a Piet......Scott________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: jmcnarry(at)techplus.com (John McNarry)
Scott,You should really enjoy the Hatz. I've been up in a Piet and in BobEicher's prize winning Hatz and they were both a blast. The Hatzcontrols were heavier than I thought they would be, especially therudder, but they were still adding gap seals at the time. There is moreroom in the Hatz, too.MikeHatz630(at)aol.com wrote:> > Phil,> The reason I am going to build a Hatz is because I have a love affair with> biplanes.________________________________________________________________________________