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1. 07:11 AM - Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 (Timothy Willis)
2. 02:16 PM - Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 (jarheadpilot82)
3. 02:26 PM - Re: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 (John Fastnaught)
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| Subject: | Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 |
Steve,
"Big Piet" refers to a group of 5 builders who built 5 different Piets as a
group and then drew straws to see who owned which one. =8BThey used
Carlson
aluminum struts in places, but otherwise, as far as I know, stuck to the
dimensions and spruce of plans. As I recall Barry Davis was the group's
primary spokesperson.
I am only 6 feet tall these days, and still likely shrinking, but am too
wide and with unusually long legs for my height. I bought a short fuselage
already built and discovered it would not work for me. Then I bought a
long fuze project. My Piet is 3 inches wider than plans, as originally
built by "Corky," who first built Oscar's plane. After I placed rudder
pedals to accommodate my legs, I had to cut out bigger holes in the
structure for my shins, and replace some of the worrisome loss of strength
with added ply and spruce.
How big is your friend and where is he? He can sit in mine if he likes.
Tim in central TX
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> 1. 08:56 PM - Big Piets (Steven Dortch)
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> From: Steven Dortch <steven.d.dortch@gmail.com>
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Big Piets
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> I have a rather big buddy who is going to build a Piet. He is an A&P and
> has decided to build a steel tube fuselage. I told him about the Big Piet
> group. Can anyone tell me more about the Big Piet? What makes it big? Are
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| Subject: | Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 |
Steve,
Barry Davis is the go-to guy for information, so I would contact him. I will PM
you his phone number and email.
Tim,
Several years ago, I called Barry and asked him if I could drive over and see the
Big Piets and he graciously agreed. As I recall they are a good bit bigger
than the plans. In fact, Barry said that, in many ways, they were Piets in name
only as they had lengthened and widened them. I just wanted to point out that
they are definitely NOT built to plans. In fact, that had some gear issues because
they had widened the fuselages but kept the same size cross tubes. So they
had to go back and beef them up.
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Semper Fi,
Terry Hand
Athens, GA
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| Subject: | Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/14/18 |
Terry,
Are they still around? I seem to remember that a couple of them were trashed in
the tornado at Sun N Fun a few years ago.
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> On Feb 15, 2018, at 5:16 PM, jarheadpilot82 <jarheadpilot82@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Steve,
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> Barry Davis is the go-to guy for information, so I would contact him. I will
PM you his phone number and email.
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> Tim,
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> Several years ago, I called Barry and asked him if I could drive over and see
the Big Piets and he graciously agreed. As I recall they are a good bit bigger
than the plans. In fact, Barry said that, in many ways, they were Piets in name
only as they had lengthened and widened them. I just wanted to point out that
they are definitely NOT built to plans. In fact, that had some gear issues
because they had widened the fuselages but kept the same size cross tubes. So
they had to go back and beef them up.
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> Semper Fi,
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> Terry Hand
> Athens, GA
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