Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Ryan Mueller
Subject: Pietenpol-List: A few questions for Kurt Shipman about his Piet

Original Posted By: r.r.hall(at)cox.net

Original Posted By: Ben Charvet

Original Posted By: "Thomas Bernie"
Beautiful ship and great job! Really enjoyed following your build. This would be a great site for anyone building their own Piet. Looking forward to hearing your first flight reports!Gene----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Jim Markle

Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
My suspicions are being confirmed. I know it is hard to tell for sure, but sincethere is no way of knowing the extent of the damage (short of an MRI) I aminclined to replace it, one way or another. I am fortunate to have Roger White and other knowledgeable folks in my chapter...I may ask a couple of them to stop by before the meeting tomorrow night andhave a look, just as a last ditch effort at ideas and suggestions. Ahem! Jim,I said meeting tomorrow night. Ha ha! I know, it's a long drive.I appreciate the input. I'll certainly be offering the photos to AS&S for considerationand their recommendation. Meanwhile, I'll grab one of the spars intendedfor the other wing panel and press on. Hopefully I'll have a replacementin the shop before I need to frame up the other half.--------Mark - working on wingsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: How will the vendor do?

Original Posted By: Jim Markle
I agree with you Jim... I've had "ok" service thus far with AS&S, but this willbe a great opportunity for them to redeem themselves, and perhaps repair relationswith at least part of this group. As I've mentioned in other posts, I wasnot very happy with their estimated vs actual shipping times on my wood order(more than twice as long), and ~10% of my capstrip order was twisted or badlybowed. I'll give them a chance to take a look at this damage. I too thought that a Julyorder might be a bit to long ago to consider their assistance, but as anotherfellow pointed out yesterday, it isn't that long ago when you consider howlong these things take to build. Some of this material may sit here untouchedfor a couple of years. I do see your point though, whereas it has had plentyof time to sit around and potentially be damaged. Not the case here, I am prettycertain of that. I'll be sure to include photos of my wood storage areato accompany my claim. They can at least see that the parts weren't just thrownin the corner.--------Mark - working on wingsRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ______Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:15:23 -0400 (EDT)