Mike Dwyer's comments on his 2 year old Odyssey battery brings to mind recent problems with our C172. We burned out a battery in less than 2 years. It turns out there were two problems: We were using

Hello Mike: Does your Carburetor have an accelerator pump? if so, you can use it as a primer. I'm flying a 172 with a primer line and an accelerator pump; the accelerator pump works much better than t

Mike, I still don't see how you get a correction of 17 mph. If you use QACs chart of speed vs. altitude (newsletter 20) a density altitude of 6000 ft gives you a speed correction less than 10 mph. DA

Mike: You are the engineer, but I don't get it. Sun & Fun is about 150 ft elevation, Guys who are racing usually fly as low as possible unless wind is a big issue (I think this was a triangular course

Thanks Sam! I didn't realize anyone had a documented speed over 210. Do you happen to know if those were stock O200s? Chuck did ask about 100 hp and the factory advertising suggested you got there spe

OK, everyone calm down. Take a deep breath. Relax. Feel better? Now a few facts: In QAC Newsletter # 20 QAC CLAIMED a max speed for the Q200 of 220 mph and cruise at 75% power of 207 mph. I know of no

Electrical drawing of emergency battery system from Light Speed Engineering: http://www.lightspeedengineering.com/Manuals/PS_Diagram.htm I would consider adding a second voltmeter and eliminating the

Time to move this off the list. Nate , you are new to this list -- we usually try to keep the list for general topics and send individual E-mails for things details of sales etc. Mike

Hello Joseph: I second what Paul wrote: you need an indicator the alternator has failed if you are electrically dependent. One option is the Electronics International Volt/Amp meter with discharge ala

Hello All: I am asking this at my wife's request: How do you clean your clothes when you have been cutting or sanding fiberglass? Do you wear coveralls or some such in the workshop? How do you clean t

I am not getting all the E-mails from Q-List. I haven't received 3 out of the last 30 E-mails (Listed on the Web site as numbers 36901, 36904, and 36920). I don't see them in any spam filter. Is anyon

Hello Brad: Congratulations! Hope this works out well for you. I purchased a Q200 and moved it a short distance. I tried a rental truck but found it would not fit. Here is what I wrote at that time: "

Outstanding! Great News Sanjay! Mike

Why not use a fixed pitch prop? A variable pitch prop adds weight and complexity, and the improvements are small with smaller aircraft and propellers. Kitplanes Magazine recently had articles on fixed

Something funny is going on with Yahoo Groups. The message below was approved early this AM but does not yet show on the website or in my inbox, so I am re-posting for Nicolas. Mike Perry you're right

Quickie or Q2? I believe the original Q2 flew with a 56 inch prop. I don't know what prop was used on the Quickie. Mike Perry

Thanks Paul. I'm thinking of filing a tiny bit off the upper hinge pin (QCSM5), it seems too tight and removing the rudder took a bit more force than I was happy with. Mike

Revised: I did get it off. The rudder is an extremely tight fit and there is about a 32nd of an inch more clearance with the rudder turned to the left than the right -- that was enough. Thanks for off

Is there an easy way to remove the rudder? (No Sam, not the Sawz-all!) I need to change the place I store the tailcone and I need about 2 more inches of clearance. If I could get the rudder off the ta

This note is late because I've been busy since the trip to Livermore. A few hours after I got home, we were called to hep my daughter, who had her appendix out that evening! She has a 2 week old baby