We took over the production of the TriQ kits from Scott a few years ago now. You can convert the gear to add the stops without to much hassle. The new gear is 11/4" verses the original 1" the smaller

Duane Swing designed the tri-gear conversion and the initial nose gear had no stops and it was found that it could cause the problems described. A new gear was later manufactured

My front gear doesn't have pivot stops other than the friction washers and Jesus nut. Is this a latter modification I missed? Does anyone have specs or pics? Thanks for the feedback -- Jon Swenson

18,000ft and 250 Kts IAS.

At Limited altitude and speed?

Interesting... we got an excess of AME's here in Florida, probably 10 within a 20 min drive. I don't think they will go away because they also do occupational medicine like truck drivers... $150

Dave-------- The Dragonfly has a box type spar with carbon fiber. I think there was Q guy years ago that built his Q2 canard this way.----------- Canad Chris

The biggest problem this poses is if you decide to continue with the old method of a bi annual medical, there will be no more FAA AME's in the area. We already are strapped in this area, as all of the

Hello everyone. I've been poking around the Q-Talk archives, reading about the Weishaar/Doyle LS1 canard. It's a CF box spar in lieu of the CF tubes. Through Sam, I was able to contact Jim Doyle

I am in total agreement with Bruce, I had the original nose gear with out the pivot stops and soon found out that in a cross wind landing the wheel would cock into the relative

Did everyone see this? J

Jon, Good to get caught up with your status. All in due time. You have made good decisions to date, continue to do the same. If your gut tells you something, listen. I know you will do well. Keep us

OK group, I am thinking on moving the TriQ to a new home. We have the Q200 nearly ready to fly and two other projects well underway. It is hard to keep them all. After all the history on this

Thanks for the complete summary Jon. A good review for me. I enjoyed seeing your project briefly in November. I wish you the best when you decide to go for it. After logging more than 500 hours and

Good read Jon. I'm glad you didn't break anything. Long ago I learned that any bolt gets torqued in place even if I plan on needing to remove it later. Same with everything. Also, use the wifes

As I am not the best at keeping in touch I am writing to update the group and reassure you all that I am still in the game and plugging along. Thanks for the encouragement, knowledge and enthusiasm

Looks like the weather may not be on our side for the BBQ on Saturday at KMIT. Please check before heading this way please. We will have burgers rain or shine I am told but the flying may be not as