When Dave told me in Enid it was still running on final approach, and now seeing the photo's, to me it was near a miracle it wasn't a sudden lockup and instant dead stick prop. The proverbial

A few people some years ago put in slides as you describe,Nick. They still require a small version of the swing over arms in order to have clearance for the slides. I think that they never really

If it was the wrist pin keeper it's surprising the cylinder wall doesn't have deep scoring and didn't squeal as it wore a grove on the cylinder wall. It would have been smoking like crazy. The bolt

I have plans for a forward slide (using drawer slides) for the Q bird. My airplane originally had the same installation shown in your picture. Wasn't very sturdy.

Do you mean forward sliding or forward tipping, ala Jim Patillo? (Jealous!) Not sure I've ever seen a strictly forward sliding Q2 canopy... -- -MD #2827 (still thinking about planning on visualizing

Hi all. Does anyone have the forward slide canopy on their Q2/200? I was originally going to install the forward hinge canopy but I seem to like the forward slide more and more.

I will open/save to my Q build folder at the Lazy B on Monday at lunchtime. Been working on Tanker this time around (I call it the Wanker but then again I'm just an old gentleman pig now). The factory

That's funny Jon..in the sticks of Oklahoma almost any airplane is a UFO! Per Capita median income in the County the town of Pawhuska is located is less than 18k a year. One reason I moved to rural

It was a catastrophic..looks like a no warning fail. Jay has a good point..be looking at the rod cap bolt in hopes it's not down in the Pawhuska woods. Curious to see what the initial failure line

Hi Jim Headset was on and I still heard it pretty good. Felt it really good though. When I get the fuselage flipped over l will take pictures of the damage from the heat / fire.

Looks good Keith, thanks for sharing. Brent

Hi Dave, Teflon “buttons” keep the rod pins in place from contacting the side walls, instead of relying on metal clips. Was there a really loud bang? 😮 That was one hell of an explosion. Jim

You could be right Jon regarding cylinder pin being discovered by someone in the middle of nowhere. Something really hot must of been setting on the bottom of my cowl for a few seconds because the

Rex Taylor of HAPI was the big proponent of teflon buttons, which replaced circlips to retain the piston pins:

Just WOW! That's crazy Dave! 😲 I hope you find the piston pin in the sump so we can see what it looks like. However; I bet some kid in Oklahoma is running around with it telling his friends that

Hi Vern, Thanks for showing interest in what I have regarding the Vortex Generators. The VG's are also discussed in the Q-tour that I did. I apologize that the template looks kinda crummy but it's

Hi Robert. I don't understand what a Teflon button is. I'll be looking for the connecting rod bolt to see if it broke or loosened up, when I get the case apart.

Looks like the piston pin boss “unzipped” the skirt around the oil ring groove. Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Dave. Cheers, Jay

My VW experience was back in the 70s and 80s when I rebuilt the engine in my $1300 KR-1 MANY times. It never failed or even hiccoughed, but I always wanted more power. 1600, 1835, then 2180 lasted

Here's pictures of the pieces from the #1 cylinder, along with a picture of the crankcase. A lot of aluminum material of various sizes also found in the sump when I removed the oil drain assembly from