Hello Charles, welcome to the zoo. The kind of problems you describe below (covering wood with aluminum) remind me of people on this list who want to cover the glass-foam structure with carbon fiber.

Oops, Typo! Hummel 1/2 VWs weight between 80 and 103 lbs. Website: http://www.hummelengines.com/ Mike Perry

Hello Jon: Feeling a little irritable today? I don't think Charles is picking on you, I think he is trying to figure out how to make sense of some of the internet "information". Some of the "engineeri

Hello Charles: I am less familiar with the Quickie than the Q200, but we have discussed gross weight limits for the Q200 several times on this list and at fly ins. You can look in the archives and see

Heads up: People on the VW list are being hit also, essentially same E-Mail. Mike

The W&B for the Q200 was published in QAC newsletter No. 20. I've made scans and uploaded to Jon Finley's site at http://www.finleyweb.net/JonsStuff/QuickieQ2Docs/tabid/58/Default.aspx The last file i

Hello Jim: Yes, I coined the phrase "Jim-Bob 6-Pack" as a slightly humorous way to describe the package of mods that you and Bob Farnum installed. I wanted a way to keep people thinking of the mods as

Paul: That's very interesting info. I would like to know your background and experience with these materials. Previous plane? Engineering? Academic? Thanks -- Mike

Hello David: Any chance for other parts? Specifically, Carbon Fiber Spars? I'm working on rebuilding my canard and not sure how it is going to turn out ... Thanks -- Mike

Hello Brett: I thought about your situation overnight. You have a non-standard Q, and you need to establish exactly what you have. The first place to look are those Hapi Blueprints. I don't remember H

If you know the name of the original builder it might help us give you more info. You also wrote, "It has a MK II gear set up and the wings and canard are longer like a dragonfly. I have the original

Where is it? Which folder or site? Mike Perry Seeadler18 wrote:

Oh Guys, how can you do this to me. Ever since Bruce Cain told us about "tool-aholics anonymous" I've been keeping the addiction under control. Now here is temptation again. Sigh. Next it will be gold

Thanks Jim. Does this mean no one uses the armstrong method? I already built the tool -- a hacksaw blade with a handle on each end. Dig out a small gap, remove one handle, pass blade thru gap, reattac

Thanks Clive. The Canard is an LS-1. Mike Perry Clive wrote:

Before I took over this project there was a construction error: the canard was jigged without the aft sweep of 3.5 deg so the wheels are about 6 inches forward of their proper station. To repair this

I would look at Tony Bingelis "Sportplane Construction Techniques." He has a chapter on fiberglass construction that includes cowlings. However, he doesn't specify the number of layers of fiberglass.

Looking back at this thread I should be more careful how I phrase questions. Clear questions ==> Clear Answers. Mike Jim P wrote:

"Poppy Cock!" Well Jim, maybe you are right. However, the local EAA tech guy made a big deal out of it at a meeting and I wanted to see what this group thought. Sometimes we ask a question here to see

Thanks Mike. Any comments on the weight of nutplates, camlocks, etc? Has anyone ever had two cowls and measured a difference in performance? (Q2 or other plane in the same speed range) The local EAA t