Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "DJ Vegh"
Somebody once said that the hardest part to build on a Piet, are the legs for thestraight gear. I'm finding now it's got to be all of this paperwork. I hatepaperwork. Re-writting the builders log and writing an Operations manual gettinga little frustrating.Has anyone published a Operation s Manual for the Piet?Dick N.________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: The hardest partDick:I think your guy telling you that he wants all this documentation, pictures and paperwork is constipated.When I built my Avid a few years ago, the FSDO guy came out, looked at my binder. I had probably 20 photos of the construction process with a caption ofa sentence or so for each picture. My dad (has and A&P license) signed each photo/caption. I also had my weight and balancce and the builder's manual layingon a table and another binder full of receipts.The FSDO guy looked at my stuff and was gone in about 12 minutes. I flew the airplane later that day.Maybe you need to find a "kinder and gentler" FSDO rep. Good luck.S.B.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:30:16 -0500

Original Posted By: At7000ft(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: The hardest partI hope so. Sure he isn't refering to an Advisory for an aircraft manufacturer?Maybe I'm doing too much here, but in my conversations with Dave Smith at MSP MIDO , who is supervising my inspection, they are asking for more. He says the log is to include pictures of sub assemblies not visable, a written description of work preformed, including outside help received, detail of any modifications from plan and a cronological timeline of construction. I just passed20 pages on this part.The operation manual is to include a parts list, weight balance data, anticipated operation limits and preformance data. I was told the Cessna 150 manualmight be a good base for design.The Advisory Circular for Homebuilts states that all aircraft must have an Operations Manual for flight. Am I wrong on this point?________________________________________________________________________________