As the aircraft slows down (for landing), and you use more back pressure to hold the nose up, the elevators are in effect acting as flaps.

The belly board does not add lift; drag only. It enables better visability over the nose during the landing approach without acceleration and a shorter landing distance. One builder created a

Nope. Not with the electronic subscription. And... I get the mag in .pdf so the snail mail man no longer gets to tear them to shreds.

Don't Kitplanes charge $7.50 pay per view?

And... as 108 is a back issue... I have to buy it to answer the question. Quite the marketer there Doug. :) Why are back issues not posted on the website? They are on the Kitplanes website...

The belly board is for drag to slow the plane down. As in this design is very clean and doesn't slow down easily. I'm no engineer, but I don't think it increases lift. Doug "Hawkeye"

I have finger brakes in the center console because I have dual sticks. Some have them outboard. Toe brakes are more traditional, but I believe you get use to what you have. I knew where they were when

That is what I thought I was picking up too. So... that means that there sort of are "flaps" on a Q? What effect on speed? From the numbers I have heard, I am wondering if it is much. Bill

Doug, sounds pretty hairball glad youare around to talk about it and don't have damage to repair. ? your differential brakes are they toe brakes or hand controls. i am used to toe brakes so I have

williammneedy@... writes: Billy boy, you sound like a well versed legal scholar. Why don't you get yourself a lawyer and let's test this in court. I have a couple lawyers in my family so I

I am a rookie also, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong: I believe the belly board acts basically like flaps in a conventional airplane. It increases drag and lift. With it deployed, you

What is the six-pack?

Like I said. I don't want to start with the rudder thing because mine came this way and my point is I'm glad I had differential brakes which I believe is part of "setting them up properly". I don't

I am sure this is a dumb rookie question, but what does a belly board do?

Doug, When Brad and I returned from Oshkosh last year we landed at Wendover, UT. The runway was 120 degrees and the wind was blowing 170- 180 degrees at 38 gusting to 42. No problems (standard

Mike, You are correct. Not much detail except the layup was from several plys of fiberglas BID laid on so the each bid was at 45 degrees to the next one. The whole layup is about 1/8" thick and has

Thanks Doug. I watched these airplanes (Q1 and Q2) back when they first came out to around the time when QAC died. I always thought they were a beautiful, and a wonderful idea with the main attraction

Those of us who fly these airplanes have been trying to repair a bad reputation for some time now. They are a tail dragger that lands fast. Get time in a tail dragger, respect the airplane, talk to

It all started out me wanting to BUY lunch and ended up me COOKING lunch. I have to work on my sales skills some I think. Doug "Hawkeye" Humble www.asignabove.net Omaha NE N25974

Thankfully I had 150' wide by 7000' long runway. I used it all. The female controller came on after I was down and said "That wasn't fun was it? Now I remember why I don't fly." I'm impressed with