Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Pietenpol-List: obsolesenceI'm sorry if this offends anyone on this list but something needs to bedone about the obsolete contents of the Pietenpol plans if this designis expected to live into the future, The simplicity of the Piet luresfirst time builders and yet the plans call for brazing of steels whichare long since obsolete and materials which no longer exist. We have ourown people thrilled about how well their brazing skills are only to findout they have to throw their crafts in the scrap pile myself included.We have builders wondering what the hell a #326 turnbuckle is or a # 1667 streamline tubing or 14 gauge hard wire. I for one am very tiredof building parts to the plans only to find from the list that they areno good even though they are perfect according to the plans I'm workingfrom. I would gladly pay twice the money up front for a set of updatedplans than to keep throwing my hard fought work in the scrap pile. Veryfew Piet builders have local mentors that can help them avoid the knownpitfalls of building a Piet. Why did I pay good money for obsoleteplans?. There is not one steel part on my Piet so far that I have notmade at least twice. Something needs to be done to bring the Piet plansup to where a novice bullder can build a Pietenpol from the plans.Ihave been in contact with other Piet builders and I'm not the only onewith this opinion. I really feel that it's time to put pressure on thepeople who are selling the Pietenpol plans to bring them up to todaysstandards. Again if this offends anyone I appologizebut I'm a first time builder and this crap gets really frustrating. Ed G.________________________________________________________________________________