I was there, had fun, caught COVID. Sam

I suggest you get in direct contact with Mike Bergen about this. This is more complicated than can be addressed over social media. Mike is a composites expert and is giving seminars on current best pr

Richard Werner.

My experience with flox mounted bolts/screws is sooner or later they break off. I like keeping it simple. You can just install t-ee nuts on the back side of the firewall. You can use pop rivets to hol

Should work for me. I'm arriving Monday and departing Thursday morning in our RV. Winnebago, that is. Sam

Provided the builder used the proper white foam, it is impervious to fuel. It's very possible that the previous owner stepped on the fuel tank, more than once, and softened up the foam. Do a tap test

What is the plan for your spinner? Sam

A diamond in the rough.

I used furniture stripper type methylene chloride on my entire fuselage 14 years ago and everything still seems well and good. Before I started I soaked some samples of glass and foam in the stuff wit

Do not use the camping bottle. They deteriorate. Here's my solution. It's been working great for years. "My Quickie Q-200: Q-2, Q-200 Fuel Filler Cap" http://samhoskins.blogspot.com/2018/12/q-2-q-200-

And one last thing I wanted to mention. Way back when, we had a double fatality due to a bad wing repair. My memory is sketchy, but I think that one of the Quickie dealers had a broken wing due to gro

One more diagram while determining damage.

Nick, If you haven't already made your repair, consider doing a little more investigating work. One thing you can easily do is determine where your damage is in relation to the underlying structure. G

The B&C alternator is a permanent magnet variety, and doesn't have a field as such. They originally had a fuse on each leg of the alternator on its way to the regulator. I had a failure where one of t

When you have an airplane that depends on electrical power to stay in the air, you have to make sure that if the alternator fails you can still get where you want to go. One of the things you need to

First off, you should have a copy of Bob Nuckolls Aeroelectric book. I have a fuel injection system with electronic ignition. I use two Odyssey P625 batteries.I'll make a PDF of my current system and

This is my reflexor. I have a phenolic just forward of the U-joint. You can see my reflexor here: https://q-list.groups.io/g/main/album?id=115659 Sam

I installed a Universal Joint, like this https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pnpages/MS20271-B14.php right where you have the red circle in your second photo. Sam

Photos. Come on guys, please supply photos. While you're at it, do a tap test and outline the perimeter of the damage with bits of tape so we can envision the extent. Sam

What Chris said. No big deal. Look for syringes at Rural King. Tractor Supply, Harbor Freight, etc. It can sometimes be helpful to drill out the opening where the needle goes a little bit to help the