Original Posted By: "Richard Gillespie"
05/25/2001 04:18:37 PMHi List,Just to throw in my (deflated) 2 cents' worth. Somewhere on Grant's old BPAweb page, there is a discussion about this issue, biplane versions, usingVW motors, etc. wherein the author (not sure if it's Grant or someone else)states - 'yes, you COULD do any of these things, but you probably won'twind up with a plane that's as good as the original design'. I've heard itagain & again since joining this list & it is also a common thread in theBPA Newsletter reprint compilation that Mike Bell put together for many ofus.Aside from minor modifications to make construction easier, etc., I plan onsticking pretty much with the plans.On another note, a while ago I posted a comment that you got a copy of DocMosher's Pietenpol Owner's Directory if you joined the Brodhead PietAssociation. Unless someone officially says otherwise, THIS IS NOT TRUE!Doc wrote me a few days ago & wanted to know where I got that information,because he didn't have any such arrangement with them. Well is was a pure,out-and-out assumption on my part (& you know what they say aboutassumptions), based solely on the fact that I joined the BPA & lo & behold2 months later I got an unsolicited copy of the Directory. I figured I gotit from BPA, now I'm not sure where it came from.So, just to be clear: I'm a horse's a** for making the statement & ulessyou hear otherwise from Doc or the BPA, It Ain't So.Happy Flying,Kip Gardner________________________________________________________________________________