Doug, I have a Great American Propeller Company 54x49 (stamped on the back of the hub) that measures 52" in diameter. It is a nice looking prop that has a bunch of very thin laminations (wood). For

Jeff, what prop are you using on your Dragonfly? Doug "Hawkeye" Humble www.asignabove.net Omaha NE N25974

Thanks David. I bought a quart of MMO last weekend for about $2.75 at WalMart (could have bought 16 ounces for about $2.30). I have one of the big syringes (like a vet would use on large animals)

Sam, Not a Q, but I plan on flying my Dragonfly up on Sunday and leaving Wednesday morning. I am coming up solo. Jeff

I will be arriving Tues or Wed and leave Sat. Barring hurricanes I plan to do the 4 corners on the way back to Seattle - (clockwise i.e. Maine, Florida, SanDiego, Seattle). Dave Chalmers Redmond,

You might as well stay till Sat. and come to the hot dog roast Fri. night Sam. 25 plus people signed up so far. I'm a wimp. I'll be driving. Good luck in the race! My money's on you. Doug "Hawkeye"

Jeff, I have used Marvel Mystery Oil in my Rev~ with no problems at all. Running your engine lean while on the ground could help have clean valves. I did it to help with exhaust valve stems in the

How about a show of hands. Are you bringing your wife or S.O.? I'll be there this Sunday and staying till Friday or Saturday. Sam Hoskins www.samhoskins.blogspot.com

rondefly@r... wrote: Well Said Damian. Damian As I stated before, my plane never had a hard landing or was sideways on the runway, so thatz not it! I had worked with plastics and composites for a

Damien: Thank you for clearly describing the problems you observed. I heard about this at Laughlin but I never got a clear picture of what the problems were. Mike Perry

Well Said Damian. Ron & Carolyn Triano Q-200 N4710P http://bld01.ipowerweb.com/contentmanagement/websites/rtrianoc/page8.html

John, I have a set of Aussie spars and I agree that they are superior in construction to the QAC spars, but... my original point was regarding the QAC spars that exist in Postma's plane. They were not

John, supprised at your response.....you of all people look for the unknown...How do the wings come off a 747 on impact??? Without knowing about further damage to the canard we can't assume it just

Looks fantastic Sam! Great job! Hope to see you in Oshkosh! Bruce -- "Sam Hoskins" <shoskins@...> wrote: I pretty much eyeballed the inlet locations, trying to make them aiming toward the

Thanks for the info Bill. I'll be waiting. Earnest

I have bought studs from these guys before http://www.northernautoparts.com/Products.cfm?CategoryId=31 . They sell ARP stuff but you may need to give them a call to tell them exactly what you

Earnest, Helicoils and interference fit studs sometimes present a challenge in installation. I have had the stud start trying to screw the helicoil on into the casting because of this tight fit.

Damian, based on your description, I draw the opposite conclusion. Why did it break in the first place? Presumably, not because high quality, serviceable parts were supplied in the first

Regards, Damian Gregory N8427 Q200

In regard to Postma's recently crashed Q2 with an LS1 spar. I spent a hellish three days removing his enginge and dissassemling his aircraft , and transporting from Chino to an even hotter location