Earnest, Thanks for passing along that info. I played around with using reflex for pitch control on my flight home from work yesterday afternoon. I was more looking at to see how effective the reflex

Matthew, I am a previous Q200 owner and I flew mine for 1250 hours. A couple of things I learned might help. First when I installed my strainers per plans they would occasionally stall. Usually it

I made up my elevators a bit different. I have two hinges in the middle equally spaced instead of just the one. I also have a center hinge on the ailerons.  My other airplane I have the strainers set

Initially had the strainers inboard but found the air flow over them intermittent due to propwash. I moved them to mid span and it solved the problem. Jim. N56DW TRI-Q with C-85 Sent from my iPod

Oh goodie! I have been sanding for months now. I should go really fast and be fully trimmed. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "quickieaircraft@... [Q-LIST]" <Q-LIST@...> wrote:

That's a remarkable story. I think the lesson is that sanding things off your plane makes it fly better. -if TriQ200 ~60 hrs ish if i remember right

funny story Bruce. I love it! Cheers, Jay Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "'jcrain2@...' jcrain2@... [Q-LIST]" <Q-LIST@...> wrote: Yes my strainers are at about

I believe Bruce Crain has his strainers mid span but don't quote me on that I've seen to many Q's over the years to remember them all in detail. Here is a photo of one of ours with a small turn buckle

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You should just put the word “DON’T” on it because whoever is looking at it is already thinking about using it as a step, even though it doesn’t seem to lead to anywhere. Phil

I believe Bruce Crain has his strainers mid span but don't quote me on that I've seen to many Q's over the years to remember them all in detail. Here is a photo of one of ours with a small turn buckle

This is why I am going to put a sticker of Yosemite Sam's pistol, saying BACK OFF! on mine. Cheers, Jay

At a fly and I turned around to see a fellow getting ready to put his foot on my strainer. I had a "NO Step" decal on mine. I hollered at him and he said it says "STEP ON". I immediately removed

Put a NO STEP decal on the strainers. I once had an army officer try and use mine as a step and it broke. Was able to fly it home and the repair was no big deal. I say do it per plans. Like Jay

Hi Matthew, Don't confuse the strainer with a trim device. It is only there to try to even up the elevator control forces. The reason you are experiencing a balancing act to get the plane trimmed up

A few of reasons: 1. To exert the same torque, the attachment arms would have to be lengthened (to retain distance from hinge line) which would make them more fragile. I am aware of at least one

I have seen some that have the strainer at the mid span but in that case they give the strainer more span as it is presumably less effective when out of the prop wash. I have had multiple close calls

Jim---------  The reason I ask about the strainers, is that they look  like a step to look inside to a 10 year old.  On another topic, I was reading some of the old newsletters and saw where one