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Re: Tail post

Hi Ray, My experience in over 1000 hrs of several taildragger Qs is that the original 1/2 inch dia glass tail spring was severely under sized. I now have a 3/4 inch commercial S glass solid rod

By Gary McKirdy · #40400 ·

Re: (unknown)

When is labour day weekend? I may need an extra week .................. Paul B.

By Paul Buckley · #40399 ·

Re: (unknown)

Hey Dave,I vote Labor Day weekend. That would give us "Midwesterners" an extra day to travel. We are not as tough as you when it come to making it into "Field of Dreams" every year! You arrr' an

By Bruce Crain · #40398 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

Hi Calvin, Stick with both, safety (through redundancy) and performance benefits. Looks like you did your homework and got there already? One qualification........... make sure at a safe height and

By Gary McKirdy · #40396 ·

Re: Tail post

Just looked it up on the Dragonfly Groups. See discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dragonflylist/message/133 Cheers, Mike B

By Mike Bergen · #40397 ·

Re: Tail post - Tail Spring?

Dan, I thought the same thing. The original tail spring that we had was a solid 'pultruded' rod of fiberglass and resin. There were so many accounts of snapped tail springs from inadvertent ground

By Mike Bergen · #40395 ·

Re: Tail post - Tail Spring?

Duh! Not building the taildragger it didn't occur to me. Paul B.

By Paul Buckley · #40394 ·

Re: Tail post - Tail Spring?

I think Ray might mean the "tail spring" Dan Yager QBA Editor www.quickheads.com Hi John like the main wing with spar caps on both sides, and then floxed into a slot in the tailcone. instruction's

By quickheads · #40393 ·

Re: Field of Dreams 2013

I like the idea, and I'd like to help out! I'll post the dates on the website when they firm up. Thanks, Dan Yager QBA Editor www.quickheads.com Good morning, the Field of Dreams Fly-in for a

By quickheads · #40392 ·

Re: Tail post

Hi John There is no tail post. The fin (vert stab) is built like the main wing with spar caps on both sides, and then floxed into a slot in the tailcone. Do you not have the so called 'building

By Paul Buckley · #40391 ·

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Good morning, As many of you know, I've been thinking about hosting the Field of Dreams Fly-in for a couple of years, and I think its about darn time I did it. I haven't picked an exact date yet, but

By Dave Dugas · #40390 ·

Tail post

Hi all Can anybody tell me what the original tail post was made from as I didn`t receive one in the kit that I have. Are there any plans around so I may be able to construct one, or could I use

By Raymond Johnson · #40389 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

Sound great Calvin! Will we see you soon at one of the fly in's? Oshkosh with your Q?Bruce

By Bruce Crain · #40388 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

This forum is great. You fellows are being most helpful to me regarding this issue. I am very interested in the specific configurations you are flying. The Elevator trim is unused in some of your

By Calvin Thorne · #40387 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

GU and LS1 are "apples to oranges". The GU apparently doesn't need the elevator trim wheel.Bruce

By Bruce Crain · #40386 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

My Q2 was built per plans with a GU canard, T-Tail and vortex generators. The original elevator trim wheel was used to control the T-Tail. The springs that were part of the original elevator trim

By David Cyr · #40385 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

It's a Q2 so GU canard and no sparrow strainers?

By Allan Farr · #40384 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

Calvin, I had a T tail, elevator trim, and reflexor in my plane when I bought it. It had never flown. I kept the elevator trim, and rebuilt the reflexor, but got rid of the T tail. Saved about two

By Kevin Boddicker · #40382 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

Thanks Bruce, The T-Tail and reflexor are equivalent to one another. The T-Tail was developed by one of the designers (Gary Legare Canadian distributor) for the airplane. Most Canadian built

By Calvin Thorne · #40383 ·

Re: Elevator and T-Tail trim ?

No you cannot remove the elevator trim until you fly it and see if the elevator trim is neutral for pitch. The sparrow strainers are suppose to trim the elevator for neutral but they, in fact,

By Bruce Crain · #40381 ·

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