Pietenpol-List: bought a GN-1 !
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:36 am
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
well... I did it again. I picked up another nearly finished GN-1. I did thesame thing back in April of 2002. On that one I pulled the control stick assembly,some turnbuckles, and various other hardware and then sold the rest fora little more than I paid for it.. I basically got parts for "free" that way.Anyways, I'm eating breakfast at the airport restaurant on Sunday and afterwardsI decided to take a drive on the ramp and around the hangars. The weather wasbeautiful and a drive on the ramp checking out the planes seemed like a greatidea. As I near the hangars I am thinking to myself... "ya know... you neversee a Piet in a hangar with someone working on it" they're rare out here.Well.. no sooner had I thought that I round a corner and much to my amazement thereis a craft sitting there looking very much like a Piet. I pull up to itand and I'll be damned if it's not a GN-1! I get out and take a look and I seea "for sale" sign on it. The gentleman who owns it comes out of his hangarand we chat. He picked up the project last year and intended to finish it buthas now changed his mind. He never did much to it and it's still in the samestate is was when he bought it.I look over the workmanship and I am impressed. Very nice work. Some areas arekinda iffy, but overall you could tell a good craftsman had put his time intoit. So now I'm thinking "I could sure use them wings!" Having those wings would cutmy building time down about 6-9 months. The wings are about 90% complete. Just need leading and trailing edge aluminum and ailerons. They have the drag-antidrag wires in place and it's trammeled and ready for final assembly.The fuse contained a J-3 cowl, J-3 engine mount for A-65, J-3 Fuel tank, J-3 landinggear with cleveland brakes, Maule tailwheel, complete control stick assembly.I'm interested but I'm guessing the guy is probably wanting about $4,000 for itall. I ask him anyway..... he names a price I absolutley cannot refuse. So.... on Wednesday I'm going to pick it up. He lives about 15 minutes away fromme so it ought to be simple to move over. I'm going to use the wings and J-3Fuel tank and maybe some other misc items.. I'll probably sell the fuse/tailfeathers and remaining parts.This has accelerated my project by almost a year. The only draw back and issueI'm having a problem with is I will not have built my entire plane.... am I"selling out" by doing this? I feel guilty that I'll be using someone elsestime/labor to get my maching in the air....so I'm thinking that I'll use thesenew wings for now and then when I want a little project I'll make my wings andthen switch over.... but in the meantime I'll have a flying machine much sooner.gimme some feedback.DJwww.imagedv.com/aircamper_=This email has been scanned for known viruses and made safe for viewing by Half Price Hosting, a leading email and web hosting provider. For more information on an anti-virus email solution, visit .________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:04:24 -0500
well... I did it again. I picked up another nearly finished GN-1. I did thesame thing back in April of 2002. On that one I pulled the control stick assembly,some turnbuckles, and various other hardware and then sold the rest fora little more than I paid for it.. I basically got parts for "free" that way.Anyways, I'm eating breakfast at the airport restaurant on Sunday and afterwardsI decided to take a drive on the ramp and around the hangars. The weather wasbeautiful and a drive on the ramp checking out the planes seemed like a greatidea. As I near the hangars I am thinking to myself... "ya know... you neversee a Piet in a hangar with someone working on it" they're rare out here.Well.. no sooner had I thought that I round a corner and much to my amazement thereis a craft sitting there looking very much like a Piet. I pull up to itand and I'll be damned if it's not a GN-1! I get out and take a look and I seea "for sale" sign on it. The gentleman who owns it comes out of his hangarand we chat. He picked up the project last year and intended to finish it buthas now changed his mind. He never did much to it and it's still in the samestate is was when he bought it.I look over the workmanship and I am impressed. Very nice work. Some areas arekinda iffy, but overall you could tell a good craftsman had put his time intoit. So now I'm thinking "I could sure use them wings!" Having those wings would cutmy building time down about 6-9 months. The wings are about 90% complete. Just need leading and trailing edge aluminum and ailerons. They have the drag-antidrag wires in place and it's trammeled and ready for final assembly.The fuse contained a J-3 cowl, J-3 engine mount for A-65, J-3 Fuel tank, J-3 landinggear with cleveland brakes, Maule tailwheel, complete control stick assembly.I'm interested but I'm guessing the guy is probably wanting about $4,000 for itall. I ask him anyway..... he names a price I absolutley cannot refuse. So.... on Wednesday I'm going to pick it up. He lives about 15 minutes away fromme so it ought to be simple to move over. I'm going to use the wings and J-3Fuel tank and maybe some other misc items.. I'll probably sell the fuse/tailfeathers and remaining parts.This has accelerated my project by almost a year. The only draw back and issueI'm having a problem with is I will not have built my entire plane.... am I"selling out" by doing this? I feel guilty that I'll be using someone elsestime/labor to get my maching in the air....so I'm thinking that I'll use thesenew wings for now and then when I want a little project I'll make my wings andthen switch over.... but in the meantime I'll have a flying machine much sooner.gimme some feedback.DJwww.imagedv.com/aircamper_=This email has been scanned for known viruses and made safe for viewing by Half Price Hosting, a leading email and web hosting provider. For more information on an anti-virus email solution, visit .________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:04:24 -0500