Rene, Here is another example of people not listening or choosing not to listen because of their bias's. Between us both, we have a "proven" total of 1650 hours in test with out any problems. That

Joseph the tail spring that Sam and I are using was properly designed for the application by John Tenhave. I should be able to get a price /outlook this week. Peter _____ From:

Phil, Stronger is not always a good thing. If you make it too much stonger, something else will break before the previously preprogrammed weakest link and in the Q2XX case that is....? either it

Brad Olson: If you can send me the e-mail address of that guy in the valley who needs a trailer, I can send him pictures of my plane mounted for movement. Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA

It would be nice to get more dampening in the tailspring, since too much spring can cause the plane to bounce back and forth front to back on the runway (during which time you're along for the ride).

Be somewhat careful about assuming Jim's 5/8" is good for you. I believe Jim has complied with a plans change to stiffen the fuselage, his plane might not weigh the same as yours, and he might be a

Hi Joseph, For what it's worth I also have a 5/8" 4130 steel tail spring that has stood up very well for the last 850 hours. Instead of Jim however, I used a solid steel 5/8" 4130 rod mainly

Hi Bob, I agree that I would not want it to be too stiff so as to result in damage to the fuselage. However, Jim says he has 800 hrs. on his 5/8th 4130 spring. This would appear to be

Providing, the rudder controls are placed where you can get effective braking with full rudder deflection. My new Q is a stretch too long. This morning I got a leg cramp, but little right brake. Real

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Another (untested on a Q) option is one that Jim Ham applied to his Q200 taildragger. He used a flat steel spring, similar to a Cub, bolted to a receiver mounted in the end of the tail cone. It

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Sorry Paul, I had sent it out in an earlier note. It will be 18,19, 20 May 2007. Will you be joining us? Kevin

Allan Way to go. Best wishes Peter _____ From: Q-LIST@... [mailto:Q-LIST@...] On Behalf Of Allan Farr Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2007 5:23 PM To:

Hi Peter. I'm using a twin lever setup from Great Plains. It seemed to be the easiest option as far as installation goes and I thought it might be more precise to apply equal/gentle braking force (if

Anhedral makes it less stable, but it was necessary to get the center high enough for a prop when the wheels were on the tips. Besides, it made it look sort of like an X-wing fighter. ;-). Most,

(Umm - anyone watch Spongebob...??? A bit of a reference there to the episode where Patrick and Sponge steal a balloon...) Wow. Patrick Panzera's Contact magazine (the back issue order) arrived

Alan I have the single hand brake. I can see an advantage in diferential braking in that with practice I think you could arrest a ground loop before it started. Not that it happens often enough to

Bob, I'll send my W&B spreadsheet separately. On my TriQ200 I use slightly nose-up reflexer on take off and start applying back pressure when I see 70mph IAS. It will fly off at about 80mph. I can

Robert, When I was flying my Tri-Q I would usually hold it on until 90 mph and then pull it off. I used about 1/4 inch up reflex with just my self and full fuel. I am a 165 pound pilot and I lowered