Piet build

[Flightmom]

Hello! My son is 19 and in the process of building his first ever airplane…. A pietenpol . We live in Grand Haven, Michigan and am looking for any help in regards to the building process…

[zippythehog]

I think that if you have a specific question, you would get a solid direction for your build.

[mbarkeralaska]

Very cool.......... would love to help where I can, but way up in Alaska. But have family around that area, so down there from time to time...... The facebook group has tons of info. It is sort of scary to start and head down the road, but super fun. Others might have some other ideas, but I think a good place to start would be building the ribs. You can lay out the drawing under some clear plastic, and make clamps and other items to hold it all together, and start gluing. Once you get a system down ---- which happens after about 5 ribs ----- you will start making them even faster. I usually can do 2 a day. I lay them up in the morning and let the glue set. Then I pull them from the jig in the evening. And lay up another set the sits over night.

Be sure and also visit the facebook group. Tons of folks chatting there also...... have fun
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