Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Kip & Beth Gardner

Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Hey, Bert, Walt, Kip and the rest of you on this list. Please don't go!I've followed this list since its beginning with Steve Eldridge. Did I spellthat right Steve? Any way, even though time and too much involvement inrunning the BCATP Museum, work and life in general limits my building timeat present to zero, this list satisfies my builders urge.Bernard was a very capable designer. He experimented lots to get the AirCamper where it is today. I'm sure if he was still with us he would beapplying his common sense engineering to the design and modifying it still.For those of you with questions. Study the plans and think. There is a lotthere that is easy to miss with a casual glance.Then ask, someone here will know.Remember that Orin Hoopman was only a teenager when he drew the plans. Thinkabout that.If you have the F&G manuals the plans and some good sense you can build thisaircraft. Help from Tony B and sport aviation groups helps too, but Geezeguy's don't let anyone piss you off of this list.I'm not even sure I'll register my aircraft as a Pietenpol when it isfinished, but somewhere on it will state and give credit to the inspiredcreations of B.H.Pietenpol that set the design.Hey Corky, remember when you almost gave up and sold yours? You have been agreat inspiration to the rest of us! We are still hoping for a report on howmuch better it carries you solo.Have a great spring and summer.JohnI might even think about Fisherman as I cast a line......________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "John McNarry"
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Original Posted By: lshutks(at)webtv.net (Leon Stefan)
Good post, John.Occasionally I get irritated with the list when it seems we are moreinterested in politics than airplanes, but this list has served its purposewell. I think the quality of Piets being built is improving, and a lot ofit is due to this list. I know I have made a number of friends through thelist that I wouldn't have made otherwise, some of whom I've now met inperson (Mike Cuy, John Hoffmann, Matt Paxton, Gene Hubbard, Gene Rambo, DickNavratil, Ed Grentzer, PF Beck, Skip Gadd).The plans are more complete than they at first appear (they would have tobe, in order to have the number of flying Pietenpols that exist today), butconsiderable thinking is required. That's one of the things I enjoy mostabout building this plane. I was watching Dick Navratil build a Piettailsection at SNF last weekend. He did it totally different from the way Ibuilt mine. Equally good (maybe better in some respects) as mine butdifferent. Both are to the plans. The plans just don't specify how youmatch up the different thicknesses of spruce in the tail structure, so somethinking is required.We're fortunate in this group that we don't have a lot of real purists whodeclare that everything has to be done exactly to the plans and you must usea model A Ford engine or it isn't a real Pietenpol. The diversityencourages innovation like the recent post on the differential hand brake -an outstanding idea in my opinion.Keep building, guys.Jack PhillipsRaleigh, North Carolina, where I spent a beautiful day working in mybasement, beginning to cover my Pietenpol. Got the right aileron coveredand rib-stitched.Hey, Bert, Walt, Kip and the rest of you on this list. Please don't go!I've followed this list since its beginning with Steve Eldridge. Did I spellthat right Steve? Any way, even though time and too much involvement inrunning the BCATP Museum, work and life in general limits my building timeat present to zero, this list satisfies my builders urge.Bernard was a very capable designer. He experimented lots to get the AirCamper where it is today. I'm sure if he was still with us he would beapplying his common sense engineering to the design and modifying it still.For those of you with questions. Study the plans and think. There is a lotthere that is easy to miss with a casual glance.Then ask, someone here will know.Remember that Orin Hoopman was only a teenager when he drew the plans. Thinkabout that.If you have the F&G manuals the plans and some good sense you can build thisaircraft. Help from Tony B and sport aviation groups helps too, but Geezeguy's don't let anyone piss you off of this list.I'm not even sure I'll register my aircraft as a Pietenpol when it isfinished, but somewhere on it will state and give credit to the inspiredcreations of B.H.Pietenpol that set the design.Hey Corky, remember when you almost gave up and sold yours? You have been agreat inspiration to the rest of us! We are still hoping for a report on howmuch better it carries you solo.Have a great spring and summer.John________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: chris gomez
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tail wheelHello Mike Cuy: I noticed in the pictures you posted that it looks likeyou have the "homebuilders" tail wheel with 6" wheel. I have the sameset up. When I saw in the Wix catalog that the 4" wheel is 1 1/2 lblighter I bought one of those and replaced the 6". (wheel only) I seemto remember you once saying you wished you had built your engine mt.another inch or two longer. If you have the heavier wheel, the lighterwheel may just be the thing for you. Some one else figured it takes 13lbs on the nose to off set 1 lb. on the tail. That sounds about right.The 4" wheel looks adequate for everything except plowed fields orbadger holes. If you already have the 4 incher, disregard the above.Just a suggestion. Leon S.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:10:51 -0700 (PDT)

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
thanks for leaving ME off of the list of buddies.Chris Bobka-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Jack Phillips, do you know Eric Minnis around the Raleigh area?Chris-----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
thanks for leaving ME off of the list of buddies.Chris Bobka -----Original Message-----

Original Posted By: "D. Engelkenjohn"

Original Posted By: "Chris Rusch"
Randy, my name is Chuck Campbell and live in Winston-Salem. My Piet is about 3/4 complete. The wings and tail surfaces are ready for covering and the fuselage is about 3/4 finished. Haven't put it on wheels yet and haven't gotten the engine mount done. Hope to get it covered and flying by the end of the summer. But am not holding my breath on that. NX-10003 Chuck________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Building a Piet