On Nov 21, 2020, at 7:14 AM, Corbin via groups.io <c_geiser@...> wrote:

Murry has asked about idle and full-throttle RPM's so I thought I would update again since it is a quiet morning.

I am still adjusting idle but, so far, down as low as 690rpm it seemed to find a happy place.  The mixture has to be dialed in just right down low; too lean or too rich and it will die.  I could get it down around 550rpm once the engine was warmed up a bit but, again, the mixture was very sensitive and the engine would die if moved a little leaner or a little richer.  So more adjusting is needed. 

I haven't tied down the tail for a full-throttle test yet.

It sure runs SMOOTH though.  I decided to take off the brackets for the upper and lower DC mini sensors to have correct ones fabricated.  I hope to get those back next week and then get them back installed and running again.  

Corbin
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On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Brian Larick <blarick@...> wrote:

 Sent Sam.  Hopefully I did it correctly.

Brian

On Nov 18, 2020, at 16:30, Sam Hoskins <sam.hoskins@...> wrote:

Hello All.

The annual renewal has come up for our little Quickie email list. When Verizon acquired Yahoo! they cut way back on their Groups section and as of next month they are completely killing it. Fortunately, Groups.IO to the rescue and we were able to retrieve many years of searchable Q-List conversations. 

Last year we got into Groups.IO through their introductory offer, $110/year. This has increased to $240, but fortunately we are grandfathered in at the intro price.  I think they have served us well.  There hasn't been any service interruptions, as far as I can tell and I think having a place for the photos and files is working out too. As of today, we have archived 11,930 messages. 

Also, feel free to open an album in the Photos section and upload relevant photos.  I just ask that you use your real name.  Use the Files section to upload relevant documents. Again, our home page is at https://q-list.groups.io/g/main 

Like last year, if you feel like donating a couple of bucks to keep us going, send a small contribution via PayPal for sam.hoskins@.... Be sure to call it a gift, or PP will change for the donation.   Any big donations will be politely returned. Like last year, if/when we hit the $110 amount I'll stop the solicitation and make refunds to anyone who doesn't make the cut-off.

Thanks everyone, and keep building.  It's worth it!  And oh yeah, be safe.

Sam Hoskins
N202SH Q-200

On Nov 18, 2020, at 16:30, Sam Hoskins <sam.hoskins@...> wrote:

Hello All.

The annual renewal has come up for our little Quickie email list. When Verizon acquired Yahoo! they cut way back on their Groups section and as of next month they are completely killing it. Fortunately, Groups.IO to the rescue and we were able to retrieve many years of searchable Q-List conversations. 

Last year we got into Groups.IO through their introductory offer, $110/year. This has increased to $240, but fortunately we are grandfathered in at the intro price.  I think they have served us well.  There hasn't been any service interruptions, as far as I can tell and I think having a place for the photos and files is working out too. As of today, we have archived 11,930 messages. 

Also, feel free to open an album in the Photos section and upload relevant photos.  I just ask that you use your real name.  Use the Files section to upload relevant documents. Again, our home page is at https://q-list.groups.io/g/main 

Like last year, if you feel like donating a couple of bucks to keep us going, send a small contribution via PayPal for sam.hoskins@.... Be sure to call it a gift, or PP will change for the donation.   Any big donations will be politely returned. Like last year, if/when we hit the $110 amount I'll stop the solicitation and make refunds to anyone who doesn't make the cut-off.

Thanks everyone, and keep building.  It's worth it!  And oh yeah, be safe.

Sam Hoskins
N202SH Q-200

Hi Richard,

 

Did not know you also had a Viggen project. That is unique! I am using Dynon servos and autopilot. So far, so good.

 

Cheers,

Jay

 

From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Thomson
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:33 AM
To: main@Q-List.groups.io
Subject: Re: [Q-List] Flight report

 

Thanks Jay, I will look forward to seeing them. What servos are you using ?

We have been on lockdown for 2 weeks so not done anything on the TriQ, but have been continuing to build the twin fins for the Viggen, that has been hard work as the plans are various scales so you have to play with sizing all the time to get it right. Will swap you some pics when they are done.

Br

Rich T.

On 16/11/2020 16:51, Jay Scheevel wrote:

Hi Richard,

 

Oddly enough and quite out of character, I did not take any pictures of the install. I only took pictures of the lables, so that I could register warranty on them. I will take some pics next time I am out at the hangar, and post those for anyone who is interested. They seem to be working out quite well.

 

Cheers,

Jay

 

From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Thomson
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 2:30 AM
To: main@Q-List.groups.io
Subject: Re: [Q-List] Flight report

 

Pleased to hear you are having fun Jay, seems no time ago it was your first flight.

Have you put up any pictures of your servo install ?

Br

Rich T.

 

On 15/11/2020 21:40, Jay Scheevel wrote:

Hi All,

 

Had not been up in my Q for a couple weeks, so I thought I would take advantage of a nice calm, cool, crystal-clear fall day to do a short local flight. I have recently finished the final paint on my wheel fairings, so it is nice to have the airframe “finished”. Although it is a homebuilt, so I guess you are never really finished, right Sammy?

 

It was my first flight in a long time where the density altitude was less than the field altitude. DA was 4250 and field elevation is 4750 MSL.  So I guess you could call it a “low altitude” shake out flight for me. The good thing about cooler temperatures (5 degrees C at 1000’ AGL) is that it allows me to close up my radiator air exit doors and reduce drag. That adds some nice speed, so once I got up and level, I was showing over 170 mph TAS at about 70% power. Pulling it back to economy cruise (55% power), still gave me 160 mph TAS, which is really a nice speed at 5.5 gph!  The scenery is tremendous out here any time of year, but the lower sun angles make it really pop. Had to take a little opportunity to take it in, so I flew along the west edge of our valley (Grand Junction, CO) and flew down over the cemetery where my dad is resting and made a tight circle and couple of wing wags to say hello. The plane really likes about a 35 degree turn angle. It kind of “locks in” at that angle.

 

At my last condition inspection, I installed the autopilot servos, so I have been playing with the autopilot for a month or so. It is really nice to have, and having it hold altitude and heading is a real pleasure.  That gives you a chance to play with the engine settings without holding the stick. And magically, you can just twist the heading bug to make a turn. I have not used it for a multileg trip yet, but if I get the opportunity in one of the colder months, it will be nice.

 

Since it is starting to get chilly here, it is worth mentioning that I take my cabin heat air off the back side of the left and right radiators, so when I close up the exit air doors,  I get extra pressure on the hot air source into the cabin. That is a nice feature of winter flying for me, since that is the time that you are flying with the radiator exits mostly closed up.

 

My engine is really running smoothly and the rest of the plane is functioning as designed, so I am a happy homebuilder and now have 121 hours on the plane. Hoping to get out and see some of you in 2021, and maybe make that long dreamt of trip to OSH this year.

 

For those of you in Canada, hope you had a nice Thanksgiving, for those of you in the US, Happy Thanksgiving,  11 days from now, and for everyone else, I hope you have a nice November 26^th!

 

Cheers,

Jay Scheevel, Tri-Q2 N8WQ, 121 hours.

On Nov 16, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Corbin via groups.io <c_geiser@...> wrote:



Can anyone point me to some covers that fit our little pitot tube and fuel vent tubes?

Bruce - I just watched the Zoom and if you remember the size and source for the one you had on top for your ram vent tube please let me know.

Thanks,

Corbin Ge!ser

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N33QR

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N33QR

On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:24, Rick Hole <r.hole@...> wrote:



The tach display will have settings for various number of pulses per rev. When you get the right setting your RPM will be correct.  It will never be just a bit off. Good luck.  You are almost there!

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 8:59 AM Corbin via groups.io <c_geiser=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:

The tach was reading 2500 which is more than my RPM at rotation.  It felt closer to 1000 RPM.  My handheld tach couldn't read the reflective tape so it could be  it was just too dark last night.   I will get better data today hopefully.

 

I will also read the tach manual again to make sure the settings are right.  Glad you mentioned that.

Corbin Ge!ser

On November 17, 2020 at 8:53 AM, Rick Hole <r.hole@...> wrote:

Can you tell US how mucho higher? If for example it reads at 1.5x 2x etc it may be a setting on your tach display.

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 12:56 AM Murry Rozansky <MIRCO@...> wrote:

RPM at idle or full throttle?


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>To: "main@Q-List.groups.io Group Moderators" <main@q-list.groups.io>
>Subject: [Q-List] Success with LSE Install
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>Just a quick video to share that I finally had success with the Lightspeed electronic ignition install.
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>Sure runs SMOOTH.  RPMs were high so I’m hoping that’s just an adjustment on the throttle body.
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>Very glad to have the engine running again.
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Thanks Jay, I will look forward to seeing them. What servos are you using ?

We have been on lockdown for 2 weeks so not done anything on the TriQ, but have been continuing to build the twin fins for the Viggen, that has been hard work as the plans are various scales so you have to play with sizing all the time to get it right. Will swap you some pics when they are done.

Br

Rich T.

Hi Richard,

 

Oddly enough and quite out of character, I did not take any pictures of the install. I only took pictures of the lables, so that I could register warranty on them. I will take some pics next time I am out at the hangar, and post those for anyone who is interested. They seem to be working out quite well.

 

Cheers,

Jay

 

From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Thomson
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 2:30 AM
To: main@Q-List.groups.io
Subject: Re: [Q-List] Flight report

 

Pleased to hear you are having fun Jay, seems no time ago it was your first flight.

Have you put up any pictures of your servo install ?

Br

Rich T.

 

On 15/11/2020 21:40, Jay Scheevel wrote:

Hi All,

 

Had not been up in my Q for a couple weeks, so I thought I would take advantage of a nice calm, cool, crystal-clear fall day to do a short local flight. I have recently finished the final paint on my wheel fairings, so it is nice to have the airframe “finished”. Although it is a homebuilt, so I guess you are never really finished, right Sammy?

 

It was my first flight in a long time where the density altitude was less than the field altitude. DA was 4250 and field elevation is 4750 MSL.  So I guess you could call it a “low altitude” shake out flight for me. The good thing about cooler temperatures (5 degrees C at 1000’ AGL) is that it allows me to close up my radiator air exit doors and reduce drag. That adds some nice speed, so once I got up and level, I was showing over 170 mph TAS at about 70% power. Pulling it back to economy cruise (55% power), still gave me 160 mph TAS, which is really a nice speed at 5.5 gph!  The scenery is tremendous out here any time of year, but the lower sun angles make it really pop. Had to take a little opportunity to take it in, so I flew along the west edge of our valley (Grand Junction, CO) and flew down over the cemetery where my dad is resting and made a tight circle and couple of wing wags to say hello. The plane really likes about a 35 degree turn angle. It kind of “locks in” at that angle.

 

At my last condition inspection, I installed the autopilot servos, so I have been playing with the autopilot for a month or so. It is really nice to have, and having it hold altitude and heading is a real pleasure.  That gives you a chance to play with the engine settings without holding the stick. And magically, you can just twist the heading bug to make a turn. I have not used it for a multileg trip yet, but if I get the opportunity in one of the colder months, it will be nice.

 

Since it is starting to get chilly here, it is worth mentioning that I take my cabin heat air off the back side of the left and right radiators, so when I close up the exit air doors,  I get extra pressure on the hot air source into the cabin. That is a nice feature of winter flying for me, since that is the time that you are flying with the radiator exits mostly closed up.

 

My engine is really running smoothly and the rest of the plane is functioning as designed, so I am a happy homebuilder and now have 121 hours on the plane. Hoping to get out and see some of you in 2021, and maybe make that long dreamt of trip to OSH this year.

 

For those of you in Canada, hope you had a nice Thanksgiving, for those of you in the US, Happy Thanksgiving,  11 days from now, and for everyone else, I hope you have a nice November 26^th!

 

Cheers,

Jay Scheevel, Tri-Q2 N8WQ, 121 hours.