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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Sexy!!! Can’t quit lookin’ at ‘er!! You must be walking out to the hanger and flipping on the master and instruments just to look at them in the dark!
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Bruce
On Nov 1, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Cody <cody.craig1985@...> wrote:
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Great work! Las Cruces? Are you near Alamo? My homestead is in Boles. I'm wanting to finish out my Q200 to make it from NE Oklahoma to Alamogordo with a 30 minute reserve. Time will tell and I may have to fill up once on the way there.
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Jon Finley
Thanks Paul! Exactly right!
Jon
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
I have a question on the new install, Jon. Does your EFIS provide an audio warning in the headsets in case any of the parameters you establish
become out of bounds? So I admit I am old skool and slow to take on technology..but one feature on my Dodge truck is in fact it does "chime"
when anything is exceeded. Alternator output for instance was too high (the regulator triodes fried)... bing bing bing. So I ran the scan quickly
and the culprit was pretty obvious and the warning light flagged the reason as well. So ..yes.. it is much improved...I suspect lighter as well?
Reading steam gauges is how I learned to fly. I also learned to ride a bike that had ZERO carbon fiber on it anywhere. By the way..you probably
flew over or near my old stomping grounds of the West Mesa in Taos County. Tres Orejas mountian was in my back yard.
Name of the village is Carson. No stoplights..no stop signs. No gas station. Post office and a small grocery.. and a volunteer fire department station.
Vern
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Jay Scheevel <jay@...>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 3:36 PM To: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Q-List] New Instrument Panel (non-Q) Really nice work, Jon! Probably even has that new airplane smell back! You forgot to transfer your “Engine Out Prohibited” placard into the new panel. Better get that taken care of. Don’t want to tempt fate!
Cheers, Jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Jon Finley
Since things are a bit slow….
For the last several years I've been promising something better at FOD to each person that has glanced at my instrument panel and had the 'oh… yuck…' look. This has been going on for so many years that I was running the risk of becoming 'that guy' and getting the funky chicken award. I also wanted ADS-B out so I could once again use all that airspace above 10,000'. So, something had to be done.
I REALLY dislike taking my airplane out of service. A week of that is tough on me, two weeks is nearly unbearable. Obviously, I need more airplanes. Last Saturday (10/23) I went for a nice breakfast flight to Los Cruces, toured the southern border, and then made a run north up the continental divide (similar to this flight from last winter but with less white: More Snow on the Mountains of New Mexico!). We were then scheduled to have a wind event for most of the week. I decided the time had come and the work started immediately upon landing.
My old panel looked like this during that flight. I know… old, patch work, yucky...
The next Saturday (10/30) I was off on a breakfast flight with this new panel:
Some small bits of work remain but that goes without saying since homebuilts are never done.
Jon Finley
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Paul Fisher
Very nice Jon! I need to update my panel in the Q, but I have the same problem - I don't want to take it down long enough to redo it. It's so much more fun flying it! Paul
On Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 13:23 Jon Finley <jd@...> wrote:
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Jon Finley
HA!! No doubt!! I actually have a fancy engraved version coming but your right - airplane is grounded til it is installed - safety first!!! :-)
Thanks Jay! Jon Finley Somewhere in the Southwest flying an RV-4
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Re: New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Really nice work, Jon! Probably even has that new airplane smell back! You forgot to transfer your “Engine Out Prohibited” placard into the new panel. Better get that taken care of. Don’t want to tempt fate!
Cheers, Jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jon Finley
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 2:23 PM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: [Q-List] New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Since things are a bit slow….
For the last several years I've been promising something better at FOD to each person that has glanced at my instrument panel and had the 'oh… yuck…' look. This has been going on for so many years that I was running the risk of becoming 'that guy' and getting the funky chicken award. I also wanted ADS-B out so I could once again use all that airspace above 10,000'. So, something had to be done.
I REALLY dislike taking my airplane out of service. A week of that is tough on me, two weeks is nearly unbearable. Obviously, I need more airplanes. Last Saturday (10/23) I went for a nice breakfast flight to Los Cruces, toured the southern border, and then made a run north up the continental divide (similar to this flight from last winter but with less white: More Snow on the Mountains of New Mexico!). We were then scheduled to have a wind event for most of the week. I decided the time had come and the work started immediately upon landing.
My old panel looked like this during that flight. I know… old, patch work, yucky...
The next Saturday (10/30) I was off on a breakfast flight with this new panel:
Some small bits of work remain but that goes without saying since homebuilts are never done.
Jon Finley
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New Instrument Panel (non-Q)
Jon Finley
Since things are a bit slow….
For the last several years I've been promising something better at FOD to each person that has glanced at my instrument panel and had the 'oh… yuck…' look. This has been going on for so many years that I was running the risk of becoming 'that guy' and getting the funky chicken award. I also wanted ADS-B out so I could once again use all that airspace above 10,000'. So, something had to be done.
I REALLY dislike taking my airplane out of service. A week of that is tough on me, two weeks is nearly unbearable. Obviously, I need more airplanes. Last Saturday (10/23) I went for a nice breakfast flight to Los Cruces, toured the southern border, and then made a run north up the continental divide (similar to this flight from last winter but with less white: More Snow on the Mountains of New Mexico!). We were then scheduled to have a wind event for most of the week. I decided the time had come and the work started immediately upon landing.
My old panel looked like this during that flight. I know… old, patch work, yucky...
 The next Saturday (10/30) I was off on a breakfast flight with this new panel:
  I've had an engine monitor for years and already knew that it is an amazing tool. I've also been flying with moving map apps (and cellular weather) for a long while. Nonetheless, I've wanted an EFIS for a long time but now that I've got 4-5 hours with it - I am AMAZED and wish I had done it long ago!! The amount of information available and visualizations (e.g. EGT/CHT temps graph over time) are crazy neat. Of course, everyone's mission and needs are different but be please be aware that there are some relatively affordably priced products available with tremendous capability. The WOW list is very long and I don't want to sound like a marketing brochure so suffice to say that I am seriously impressed!! Given the places I fly, I'm kinda ho-hum about ADS-B traffic but certainly interested in the weather and elimination of the 10,000' limitation. Eventually, I'll add the servos and hookup the autopilot but need some time to de-stress from being out of service for so long!!! I'm the current holder of the FOD 'Most Deviation from Plans' award (and wire brush) - I'm not sure if this panel redo will ensure that I retain that award or swing me a bit closer to compliance…. Time will tell. Somewhere in the Southwest flying an RV-4
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Re: Progress
If you do move to snowbird country Chris I'll donate my Maple Leaf emblems off my Capella XS2 vertical stab! I'm
going to recover the entire empennage anyway.
Bruce is correct.. first cold is expected Thursday. The temp is supposed to drop all the way to -1C!!!
Terrible. 🙂 Most snow I have seen since 2016 was 60 CM.. it was gone in 3 days.
Vern
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Bruce Crain <jcrain2@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2021 5:24 PM To: main@q-list.groups.io <main@q-list.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Q-List] Progress Awesome! You’re one sharp cookie! But you need to move to Oklahoma where you can actually fly in the winter!
Bruce
On Oct 30, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Jerry Marstall <jerrylm1986@...> wrote:
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Re: Progress
Awesome! You’re one sharp cookie! But you need to move to Oklahoma where you can actually fly in the winter!
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On Oct 30, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Jerry Marstall <jerrylm1986@...> wrote:
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Jerry Marstall
Nice looking work. Jerry Marstall
On Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 12:24 PM Chris Walterson <dkeats@...> wrote: The progress report on the Q 200 is, there is no progress. I had two
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Progress
Chris Walterson
The progress report on the Q 200 is, there is no progress. I had two hrs of testing done and then the weather came in. For the last two weeks it is snow, sleet, rain , and very low ceiling.
As Kenny Rogers says" you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them", so I think I will fold and dig out the cross country skis, and get in shape for my medical and then try again next May. I did manage to fab and install a cowl for the rad and also a wheel skirt that holds the three extra pounds I added to the tail. It is all still not proven, but so far the airplane is what I expected. Take care-------------- Chris -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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Re: Front Tyre
Tim
Thanks all, appreciated.
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Re: Front Tyre
Ro Vee
Very fine!hello , dear ones . please tell me how the fate of ,,Quickie1,, with a 100 horsepower diesel engine, the photo of which was on the website. thanks everyone. --
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Re: Front Tyre
Robert Cringely
Still working on it between wildfires. It should fly in the spring.
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Ro Vee
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Re: Vortex Generators (VGs) on the GU Canard
From memory my project original buyer from QAC first invoiced also in 1984. No FWF, no spars, but does have orange foam cut rather ruff. No glass, no metal items.
I purchased it knowing these facts. More than all of this.. I have every purchase invoice and letter, original plans set, the correct kit number. All newsletters,
option sketches of mods.
The canopy is on the shell with forward hinge (that is going
to change). All bulkheads are complete and do appear to be correct to Engineering. All 4 shells are present
without extreme rash and the join plywood tools are made and identified. Total was $700 with some bargaining in the front parking lot at Luxor in Las Vegas where
I
met the seller half way back when I lived in Taos County.
Ironically QAC delivered the entire kit, engine also, to Henderson Nevada (10 miles from where I bought it)..then it went to California Central Valley, Taos and
now Oklahoma.
It is interesting to learn we may have "cousins" in serial
numbers of the kits, Jay. When I get back home I will verify the QAC serial and year of sale. I do remember the cost was
well north of what I paid!
Vern
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Jay Scheevel <jay@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 11:17 AM To: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Q-List] Vortex Generators (VGs) on the GU Canard The Q2 was introduced in October, 1980 with the GU canard and first deliveries were made in January, 1981. First disclosure by QAC of the existence of the LS1 canard was in October of 1982 after it had been built and flown on the prototype. Notably, there was no mention of using carbon fiber spars in the construction of the prototype Q2 LS1 canard in that initial announcement (QAC Quickie Newsletter #18).
QAC approved and began shipping Q2/Q200 kits with the LS1 canard in January of 1983. The LS1 canard accompanied the announcement of the Q200 and included an upgrade in gross weight and powerplant options. I think they had shipped more than 400 Q2-GU kits by the time they started shipping LS1 canards, but this is just a guess.
I bought my Q200 kit in mid 1984 and it was serial number 2868, meaning it was the 868th Q2/200 kit they had sold.
Many builders did not buy all the sub kits, but I bet it is safe to assume that at least 300 Q2 kits with GU canard were sold. How many were built and flown is anyone’s guess.
Cheers, Jay From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io>
On Behalf Of smeshno1@...
Correct if I am wrong on this but wasn't the move from GU to the LS early in the Q history? I remember reading in the Q newsletters about this change. If it is the case then only a few Q2 would requirement for VGs' . In any case..thank you for the photos and info! I will be fabricating a similar locator and include it in my tooling. Since my shells are not yet joined I have the support tools for those and a box of hotwire cut templates.
Vern From:
main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Sam Hoskins <sam.hoskins@...>
Mike,
Thanks for that list. I created a folder in the Q-List files section and placed the VG drawings and articles there. https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/files/Vortex%20Generators
FYI - there is a lot of useful information in the Q-List files section. I encourage you all to browse through it. https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/files
Have a good day.
Sam
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:24 PM Michael <dunningme@...> wrote:
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Re: Front Tyre
I got a 6 ply running about 40 psi and that seems firm. Time will
tell. 72 PSI sounds quite high Bruce. Rich T.
On 21/10/2021 17:09, Bruce Crain wrote:
I think it is 4 ply. It’s the same tire that fits on the tail wheel of the Mail.
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Re: Vortex Generators (VGs) on the GU Canard
The Q2 was introduced in October, 1980 with the GU canard and first deliveries were made in January, 1981. First disclosure by QAC of the existence of the LS1 canard was in October of 1982 after it had been built and flown on the prototype. Notably, there was no mention of using carbon fiber spars in the construction of the prototype Q2 LS1 canard in that initial announcement (QAC Quickie Newsletter #18).
QAC approved and began shipping Q2/Q200 kits with the LS1 canard in January of 1983. The LS1 canard accompanied the announcement of the Q200 and included an upgrade in gross weight and powerplant options. I think they had shipped more than 400 Q2-GU kits by the time they started shipping LS1 canards, but this is just a guess.
I bought my Q200 kit in mid 1984 and it was serial number 2868, meaning it was the 868th Q2/200 kit they had sold.
Many builders did not buy all the sub kits, but I bet it is safe to assume that at least 300 Q2 kits with GU canard were sold. How many were built and flown is anyone’s guess.
Cheers, Jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of smeshno1@...
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9:05 AM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: Re: [Q-List] Vortex Generators (VGs) on the GU Canard
Correct if I am wrong on this but wasn't the move from GU to the LS early in the Q history? I remember reading in the Q newsletters about this change. If it is the case then only a few Q2 would requirement for VGs' . In any case..thank you for the photos and info! I will be fabricating a similar locator and include it in my tooling. Since my shells are not yet joined I have the support tools for those and a box of hotwire cut templates.
Vern From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Sam Hoskins <sam.hoskins@...>
Mike,
Thanks for that list. I created a folder in the Q-List files section and placed the VG drawings and articles there. https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/files/Vortex%20Generators
FYI - there is a lot of useful information in the Q-List files section. I encourage you all to browse through it. https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/files
Have a good day.
Sam
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:24 PM Michael <dunningme@...> wrote:
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I think it is 4 ply. It’s the same tire that fits on the tail wheel of the Mail.
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On Oct 21, 2021, at 2:20 AM, Richard Thomson <richard@...> wrote:
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