Pietenpol-List: Don't Scare Me Like That
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:45 pm
Original Posted By: "Ken Goff"
Fellow builders. I assume that the majority of you =93Piet-Nuts=94 outthere have purchased at least some of your materials from AircraftSpruce and Specialty Co. (ASS) =96 abbreviation used with no derogatoryintentMy two sons got together and purchased a Christmas present for me that Istill can=92t believe. It was the complete spruce kit from ASS and,believe me, I was bowled over. I received the two big packages aboutthree days before Christmas and really didn=92t have time to look throughthe wood until last night. I got in there looking for the =BC=94 x =BD=94 capstrip stock so I could start making ribs. I did find some cap stripmaterial in the package, about enough to build two ribs. So, I got onthe phone to find out if there was a problem.The nice young lady at ASS informed me that cap strip material was notpart of the package. Why not? Because the material that is shippedvaries depending on the engine you intend to use. Oh and by the way itsells for $8/ft =96 can I transfer you to sales? Now I can understandthat the fuselage stringers might vary in length depending on the engineused but the plans don=92t say anything about that being the case with capstrips. In fact, the only wing options I have come across are: 1-pieceor 3-piece. Also, $8/ft seemed a LITTLE high. Later, after I calmed down a bit, I checked out the ASS web site anddiscovered that cap strips of this size sell for $ 0.32/ft. (adifference of approximately $6,500 vs $150 in materials cost). Now Ihate to say bad things about folks I do not know but this seems a littleover the top. So, I have two questions for you listers out there:1) Did your ASS spruce kit include the cap strip material?2) Have you experienced this level of misinformation when dealingwith ASS?If the error is mine, please point it out to me. (I wonder what isreally missing from my kit that will cost me $8/ft.)=91Ol TomMcPherson, Kansas____ | ____ 8/ / ________________________________________________________________________________
Fellow builders. I assume that the majority of you =93Piet-Nuts=94 outthere have purchased at least some of your materials from AircraftSpruce and Specialty Co. (ASS) =96 abbreviation used with no derogatoryintentMy two sons got together and purchased a Christmas present for me that Istill can=92t believe. It was the complete spruce kit from ASS and,believe me, I was bowled over. I received the two big packages aboutthree days before Christmas and really didn=92t have time to look throughthe wood until last night. I got in there looking for the =BC=94 x =BD=94 capstrip stock so I could start making ribs. I did find some cap stripmaterial in the package, about enough to build two ribs. So, I got onthe phone to find out if there was a problem.The nice young lady at ASS informed me that cap strip material was notpart of the package. Why not? Because the material that is shippedvaries depending on the engine you intend to use. Oh and by the way itsells for $8/ft =96 can I transfer you to sales? Now I can understandthat the fuselage stringers might vary in length depending on the engineused but the plans don=92t say anything about that being the case with capstrips. In fact, the only wing options I have come across are: 1-pieceor 3-piece. Also, $8/ft seemed a LITTLE high. Later, after I calmed down a bit, I checked out the ASS web site anddiscovered that cap strips of this size sell for $ 0.32/ft. (adifference of approximately $6,500 vs $150 in materials cost). Now Ihate to say bad things about folks I do not know but this seems a littleover the top. So, I have two questions for you listers out there:1) Did your ASS spruce kit include the cap strip material?2) Have you experienced this level of misinformation when dealingwith ASS?If the error is mine, please point it out to me. (I wonder what isreally missing from my kit that will cost me $8/ft.)=91Ol TomMcPherson, Kansas____ | ____ 8/ / ________________________________________________________________________________