Paul, Hawkeye, Lynn and/or who was interested in meeting this weekend in Rochester, MN. Sorry Kevin I probably won't be able to make the trip to your airport. Spank me. ;o) On Sat. morning I will

Hello Jim: I just want everyone to know that if you (or the previous owner) drive your airplane down a busy freeway and happen to hit a light pole and then years later happen to notice the right

Tad, The only Q200 spar failure has been mine which is docummented extensively in Q-Talk #87. It failed and was repaired in late 2003 and has since had several hundred hours put on and flown at

Hello Dave:

James Postma: Did you happen to mention anything about this aircraft having a previous forced landing on August, 15, 2000? Was the incident you wrote about the same aircraft N8427? Jim and

Hello All: If the plane owned by James Postma that suffered the broken spar happened to be that plane built by Mr. Follmer, then we might have a suspect cause for a pre-existing condition. You

Tad, the answers you seek : <rebeccaandtad_simpson@y...> wrote: 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

In the past I've offered to this group the service of our large format copier for the preservation and/or distribution of plans. Until recently our copier capabilities were limited to 1:1

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

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

John, I stand by my last e-mail and will have no further comment on this issue with you. Its a matter of record. I published what happened to me simply for the benefit of the group and to encourage

Phil Lankford (with a K) agrees. Cheers, Phil Lankford N870BM

Ok, I will. My spars were yellow. I've made many a hard landing with no detectable degradation of the canard. I calculated that if you load the plane to gross weight the canard has the equivalent of

Doug, after careful measuring of the carbon spars that I purchased from Phil on this site it turns out they are not long enough. I confirmed correct dimensions with Peter Harris and now it looks as

Jim, let me put aside your bullying and address the issues you raise. LS1s'are Agreed! So what? I do not have to face the possibility that my aircraft may be unsafe, and that it may be expensive

Damian - Let us know the results when you get them! Thanks! Doug "Hawkeye" Humble www.asignabove.net Omaha NE N25974

John, in regard to your post ... 1: Ultrasound inspection has come a long way there are now multiple angle array transducers that do not use a liquid medium. There are also newer software and faster

I've been watching this with more than a little interest. Does anyone have a layup schedule for the tubular spar and some rough dimensions of it? I have some FEA software that can at least give

John, Knock it off with the "optimism" crap and other negative and pompous remarks you're making to me and others! I'm really getting tired of it. As I told you in my e-mail stop the sophmoric

http://www.thebakersfieldchannel.com/news/4797671/detail.html Delano is about 60 miles from here (Hanford CA) and just outside Bakersfield. Pat