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Re: Old Timers

HawkiDoug <hawkidoug@...>
 

Some answers for Tad.

The failures are on LS1 tail dragger canards. They have the tubular carbon fiber spar that is failing. It is failing inside the fuselage, so I doubt it is heat related. The GU canard did not have a carbon fiber spar.

Can you take some photo's of you plane and upload them to the photo's area of this list for all to see. Generally we don't put "like a Cessna" in the same sentence with a Q or a DFly. It would be interesting to see what you have.

Doug "Hawkeye" Humble
www.asignabove.net
Omaha NE
N25974

----- Original Message -----
From: "REBECCA SIMPSON" <rebeccaandtad_simpson@...>
To: <Q-LIST@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Q-LIST] Re: Old Timers


All,

Please forgive as I am new to this and still learning. I did not build but bought a highly modified TW plane that is said to be a combination of DF/Q2/Cessna ? It is a trike with an LS1 so I have been watching all posts on both pages and now have some questions.

1) Has this only happened to LS1 canards ?
2) Has this only been Q200 s ?
3) What is the configuration of the planes with failures (tri or taildraggers) ?
4) Is the over board Muff heat being dumped just infront of the area failing ?

On either this page or the Dfly page there was a recent post regarding paint color and caution based on the foam will deteriate at 180 F so UV relate heat becomes an issue with dark colors. If this failure is on Q200 s that many have the O235 with an operating oil temp around 212 F could there be heat damage occuring to the internal foam thereby weaking the canard interior strength allowing the failure ?

As stated I am new and ignorant on most matters as well as the specifics of the planes that have had failures. Just some questions based on high level knowledge - trying to see if there is a correlation that can be built.

Thanks,
Tad Simpson
N1007P
Still Learning



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