Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walt evans"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Plans and modsSchuerrs: I bought all of the Kerri Price mods plans. They are excellentdrawings. I only used the piano hinge ailerons, fuel tank and frontcockpit door. Dan (I think that was "his" name back then) was a regularcontributor to the Buckeye news letter and built a better than beautifulPiet. I always wished the Pietenpol family had approached him to redrawthe Pietenpol plans. Speaking of the Price fiberglass fuel tank, at EAAlast month we had a frightening discussion about the govt. plans to putalcohol in all gasoline. The rosins that stood up to gasoline may notstand up to alcohol. One guy quoted an expert on the subject claims thatalcohol attacks aluminum and that you need to anodize the inside ofaluminum fuel tanks, al. fuel lines etc, More crap o be worried about.Leon S. Worried about more crap in Kansas.________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:54:13 -0500

Original Posted By: "Steve Eldredge"

Original Posted By: "The Schuerrs"
I recall getting a phone call at work from these same characters last year.(I work for a well-known homebuilt plane company.) They wanted us to sendthem plans... if I recall, I think they even asked about getting a free ordiscounted copy... so that they could make kits and parts etc. of the samestuff we sell. That's basically what they do, as far as I can tell, althoughI think they *may* have been the ones to develop the Piet Aerial biplane.>From what I've picked up here and there, the "services" they offer aren'treally that outstanding, though that's more of an impression I've gottenfrom others, not based on first-hand experience. It's not that we wereworried about a loss of business, but it's just pretty sad to me thatsomeone would have the audacity to actually do that and apparently not evenfeel ashamed of it. Unless an "OEM" offers poor service, has outlandishprices, or is involved with something that really goes against yoursensibilities, then why do business with someone who just kind of dabblesaround in other people's designs?Funny, I just searched Google for more info and came across a nearlyidentical discussion about St. Croix using Mike's Piet photo, from this listin 2003.(In the interests of full disclosure, I have also "borrowed" a photo of MikeC.'s plane w/out prior permission... it was last year, for an April Fool'sDay "news release" about a new "sport-pilot version" of our biplane, whichwas simplified to the point of looking just like Mike's Piet. HopefullyMike's forgiven me by now. 8 months later the boss finally noticed it and Igot reamed a new one, but hey, it was well worth it -MikeMike Whaley merlin@ov-10bronco.netWebmaster, OV-10 Bronco Associationhttp://www.ov-10bronco.net/> Mike,> I suppose you would have to assume that imitation is the sincerest form offlattery. When you have the most visually recognizable Piet out there it'sbound to happen. That doesn't excuse them though for advertising theirproduct with your work.>________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: "Leon Stefan"
What do you mean "Dan" WAS his name?----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Kip and Beth Gardner

Original Posted By: "bike.mike"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Plans and modsLeon,Don't limit your worries to Kansas. That stuff is everywhere.A worrier down soouth________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:59:09 -0800