I wonder if the long time at low power led to fouled plugs. You were at low altitude where we usually run full rich, BUT: "I flew at low power for the 30 minutes down the beach. . . got behind a Cessn

Hello Everyone: About 2 weeks ago I accidentally sent a message to the whole list meant to go to an individual. This post is a warning about avoiding that mistake and info on how to avoid it. In the p

Hello Jim: There is another factor I am not putting on the list at this time: I'm having trouble with the FAA over my medical. I served in Vietnam (Marines), then went to Medical School and worked in

Hello Jim: Your advice to contact some of the other people in the QBA is excellent; actually, I did just that. A few years ago I went to Livermore, talked to Bob Farnum and Barry Weber and we came up

Hello Jim: I should have been more specific: It is hard to WIN a suit involving experimental aircraft, but it isn't hard to file one. Sometimes defending yourself costs so much you go out of business

Not sure what I did to deserve that one. I have heard it is very hard to sue the builder or pilot of an Experimental -- which doesn't mean the lawyers don't try. I admit to my ignorance of the enginee

Has anyone thought of designing a spar that a home-builder could make for him/herself? Perhaps an "I-beam" or box of carbon fiber? Mike

Hello Dave: From the Quickie POH: ENGINE OPERATION Specifications Bore: 3.25” Stroke: 2.875” Displacement: 47.7 Cu. in. Horsepower: 18 h.p. at 3600 rpm Oil Capacity: 2 Quarts with filter change CAUTIO

Jim: Do you think he should have borrowed a car from the FBO and driven the length of the runway to inspect it before takeoff? Are we supposed to inspect every airport on Google earth before we take o

Excuse me Jim, but I don't get it. If it's not in a NOTAM how are we supposed to know? Once we land, what are we supposed to do? The runway is in seriously bad shape and there was no NOTAM. That's an

Great Planes says "No" for the Front drive engine, "Yes" for the Reduction Drive and is silent about the Flywheel Drive. I suspect Steve would answer an E-mail about the question. Mike Perry

I hate to say this, but the problem may not be on Mike Davies computer. There is at least one virus that reads your address book and sends out spam that looks like it came from a different computer. I

There is a copy of the Q2 Pilot Manual in Word '97 format at John Finley's site: http://jdfinley.com/file-downloads/quickie-aircraft-documents/ You can edit this in almost any word processor. Download

Where is it posted? Sorry I'm slow, can't find it in files or photos. Mike

Thanks Jerry, Interesting. What application where you thinking of for the Quickie/Q2xx group of airplanes? Could we apply this to the top surface of the GU and not need VGs? Any risk to the foamthroug

Here is an article on the problem of E-mails sent as if from your account, but not actually from you: http://ask-leo.com/someones_sending_from_my_email_address_how_do_i_stop_them.html Chuck's message

Have any of you done performance testing with and without the spinner? I seem to recall Mike Arnold ran his speed runs without a spinner (for weight?) and said it didn't make that much difference in p

Sam: On the page Sam H. posted click "preview" just under the picture, then there is a slider/arrow keys to view the months. Mike

Thanks Sanjay, that's what I was looking for. Also worth remembering: VGs produce some drag; probably greater than 8 lbs. for a typ Q2 install. TANSTAAFL. (See Wainfan's article in the Sept. '12 Kitpl

Hello all: I have wondered for a long time, has anyone documented the performance difference between the GU and the LS-1? and the difference between the GU with Vortex Generators and without? wind tun