Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: airlion
Group,Has anyone used Piper lift struts on their Piet..... I have a chance tobuy a set of 4 nice struts off a Piper Colt, just wondering if they area little too wide and beefy for the Piet? The Piper's struts seemalmost double the size of my struts on my Taylorcraft. See attachedpic.BrianSLC-UT________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13:33 -0800 (PST)

Original Posted By: John Kuhfahl
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Piper Lift struts on a Piet

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Brian, As Shad said Ed Delancey does have 4" lift struts on the front, that is the samesize as the front (shorter) Colt struts. His struts are also short enough tobe off a Colt 84". Ed has by the plans cabanes and a one piece wing, that maybe why his struts are so short. Another Piet on the field has 2" longer thanplans cabanes and 3 piece wing and his struts are 91".So I guess you could use them if you can satisfy yourself they are not rusted insideand they are long enough for your Piet.If you can get them for a good price with the fork ends, the forks alone may beworth the price.Skip ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Ben Charvet