I just uploaded a follow-up video. Here is the way you would not want to cut across the front of the canard. https://youtu.be/EqWz7049aSI

The canard I removed in the video was going to be scrapped. Since the canard is floxed and taped to the firewall, cutting along the front of the canard, fron underneath the airframe, will destroy it.

Hi Shaun, Just took a closer look at these. The first two repairs look trivial (MW outboard, and fuselage belly). The canard looks a little concerning. Don’t think it is a delam per-se. The

Very well done Alan!! I'm proud of ya for splitting that VERY long trip up into very manageable chunks. It was great to fly with you - even if only in a mostly straight line. :-) Congrats!!

It is a good time for discourse on this. After seeing in person, and amazed at wing the deflection at Boeing Everett on the 787 during ultimate fail testing, the wing being a carbon fiber matrix

Hey Everybody, Alan checking in, just a few hours ago, I put theLongEZ back in my hangar at Livermore, after an amazing trip to Enid and back!Hats off to Bruce and “Honey Lamb” for hosting such

Hi Shaun, Just took a closer look at these. The first two repairs look trivial (MW outboard, and fuselage belly). The canard looks a little concerning. Don’t think it is a delam per-se. The

Vern, I have been intrigued by the Q-200 wing structure for a while. It seems that they are susceptible to top skin de-lamination in the transverse tensile loading of the foam. The spar often does not

Ah. yes I am mixing D-flys and Q birds again.

I'm really interested in this and will dig into the investigation cause I'm a bit of a geek, even here at my job. Used to drive my parents crazy with the "why" questions. Doing a repair of that

Hi Vern, Take a look at my carbon spar failure in the files section. Each spar was load tested at the Quickie factory in Mojave according to Scott Swing (who was doing the load testing). I was told

Vern, Q’s are 1s or 3s clarification Regards, Charlie

I see in one photo he sent.. it is a MK1 config.

Something also to consider is the gear configuration. I might have missed the info already but Shaun, is your aircraft a MK1 or MKII config? Jim,was the test fixture a usual part of the RAF

Shaun and Jim, Another thought. Assuming it is a tail dragger with engine hung sat on its gear I think carbon spar tube damage is unlikeky. If however for any reason you suspect otherwise or want

Good afternoon Shaun, Thanks for the pictures. As Gary said, the the main wing repair you started is clean and straight forward. Do you have a set of plans for the main and canard layup showing the

Hi Shaun, Great, So main area on top skin failure mode was most likely heat causing both 1. foam to swell and 2. glass plies to soften. If that alone wasn't enough to cause delamination the fact that

Thanks for keeping up with Alan's return legs on his"secret" mission, Jon. I drove to Trinidad yesterday and left Bruce and Jerry alone together to get into trouble. I hope to get home midday today.

Last night Alan Thayer reported being at Bullhead City and expecting to make the final hop home today (Tuesday). Sounds like all is going well. Jon

Hey all, I appreciate the advice so far and appologize if anyone is unable to view the photos I'm posting. Tips for a fail safe way to upload the photos would be helpful. I've tapped the upper center