Bruce J Crain wrote: As far as I'm concerned, it's an absolute must. We have a local guy around here that even makes it an EAA chapter (meeting) event. I'm in the process of statically balancing my

Bruce I had this done at a fly-in. The guy attached a motion sensor to the front of the engine (we removed on of the case bolts and installed the sensor there) and a sensor to tell engine rotation

If I was willing to spend 7 grand on an engine, I would look very hard at the Jabiru and maybe spend a bit more for it. The weight is not much more than the HKS. And it doesn't turn 7000

Well, I finally worked up the guts (and hada couple of free hours due to cancelled tours at the museum) and stuck my rightwheelpant back on. It was a lot worse to think about than to do. Now all I

To the "Groupies", I have had a slight vibration in my Q200 since it was completed. I am very particular about my "bird". I have been in touch with a company that does "dynamic balancing" of the

The HKS 700 would probably work great if you can afford it. They should really call it the HK$7000. The 503 really transforms the Q1.

Dave Richardson wrote: If I were building from scratch, perhaps. But since it's already installed, no way. :) Pat

Where can I obtain information regarding conversion of a Q1 to a Rotax 503? Is there any literature available, especially anthing regarding performance capabilities with this engine. Also, would any

Are you thinking about making your header tank larger since you don't need the room for the mag box?

By the way, I've started on the engine mount and have confirmed that only the ring gear and the starter's snout has to be recessed into the firewall. So the "mag box" is going to be about 1.5" deep,

Maybe I was being a little generous when I said hammerhead. He said he would dive it for speed at full throttle and then pull up and kick the rudder with just enough speed and thrust to get the nose

In a message dated 8/11/00 1:12:36 PM Central Daylight Time, panzera@... writes: << Are you thinking about making your header tank > larger since you don't need the room for the mag >

By the way... It's still for sale: http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/Dragonfly/ForSale.html Pat

With a Onan??? Its comments like this that make me realize just how perfectly, normally boringly, middle of the line sane I am, (when I rem to take my meds). Your friend have an idea of his roll

Terry, I had a partner that used to do hammerheads in an Onan powered Q1, and all this at low level. On day he almost killed himself doing one, as opposed to all the other times, and just got back

No problem, Mike. Just wanted to keep the rookies in the clear. I haven't mastered the "Lumchevak", "Checkoslavak" (or how ever you spell it) myself. I am getting a little Christian Eagle time.