Off the top of my head I can think of 3ea. 900hr+ Q pilots with plans built rudders. Howcum they haven't mangled their airplanes. Have they never encountered a crosswind? I personally know they are no

I think it was Waddelow and I who went to a NASA forum on structural testing at Oshkosh many years ago. Two points struck both of us strongly. 1. The wing, as has been already said here, must be attac

These threads on Load Testing and Filters bear some recording for posterity in QTALK, I think. I know you're gone, but it's on my mind. j.

I saw the 777 wing test on video and you wouldn't want to be around it. I have also seen 2 video failures of Q airfoils done by builders. You wouldn't wanna be sittin' under the concrete sacks, but th

Only a pair of Q-200's showed at Sun'n Fun this years, but both were worth seeing again. Koutz brought his "work in progress" which has about 500+ hours now. Larry readily admitted at our forum that h

Jon, read those back QTALKS, that bottom of the tailcone is a high pressure area according to a builder who has tried and you will get inflow not outflow.

Only a pair of Q-200's showed at Sun'n Fun this year, but both were worth seeing again. Koutz brought his "work in progress" which has about 500+ hours now. Larry readily admitted at our forum that he

For the newbies in town you should know that the first Q2 was built like the slab sided Q1 from which you can get an idea of the layup schedule. It looked quite good too. However Brad made his from sc

In a message dated 4/22/01 9:03:18 PM Central Daylight Time, jtenhave@... writes: << can you recall who did the structural design for the Q 200 modification? >> Nope, I think Rutan was out o

In a message dated 4/26/01 6:31:45 AM Central Daylight Time, brirbrg@... writes: << Not to be picky, but the engineering work on the original Q2 was done by QAC, and the prototype was done by Le

This new editor Richardson is a warp speed learner (and he can really burn hot dogs). I just read QTALK newsletter Issue 86 and the photos are a quantum leap improvement over his first effort (altho I

Winglets look interesting (Hansen's in QTALK) but you have to wonder if they will change the lift distribution between the two airfoils such that you are plowing thru the air and giving up airspeed. S

The Hawks/McCaman report was essentially serialized too in Qtalk over several issues along with parallel work done by others. j.

mdwyer@... writes: Mike really IS an idiot. I've talked to him several times at Sun n Fun. It's his wife who keeps him stable... but only at times.

In a message dated 7/9/01 10:14:46 PM Central Daylight Time> This would be Fitzgerald Composites. He has been to OSH many years in my recollection but without a booth. He apparently does lots of compo

It takes 2 major items to fly a plane: a. an airplane b. a human Why is it that when a plane fails to respond as expected the only solution that comes to mind is to modify the airplane. Shouldn't modi

Bent pedals, crooked logic. It is a waste of time for me to debate a guy armed with crooked logic. If you are as smart as you think, you know what I'm talking about and it ain't crooked pedals.

docrwq2@... writes: In the face of saying you agree, you are making my point by trying to twist it into unprogressive thinking. My point, for those of you who are still out of rig, is not that we

HawkiDoug@... writes: I think you would want them to come just to see it... nobody's asking you to buy it, but by starting this thread you indicate you are curious. I saw the thing. It is a Tri ge

Yup, I just got the dfly pic back... and even not in person it still looks sharp. I'll get somebody to scan it and put it on. j.