larry2@... writes: Naw, the glass training course ain't stupid but Rutan put his ass inside the test vehicle and flew it before he "sold" the idea to the public. Trust but verify is good. Pro

Jtenhave@... writes: Thank you John t. Prove it in practice before you broadcast it. j.

For the fuselage you want a foam that will not dissolve if exposed to a fuel leak. But it would be nice to have a foam with a better peel strength than urethane. You can possibly improve peel strength

bnther@... writes: Now THIS is a piece of catch up you should be doing? Mr. Richardson?

quickie@... writes: True if you are contemplating starting another sport aircraft company, but the guy sez he wants a grasp of what happened to a unique design. I don't know the history

bnther@... writes: Why the better grasp? It's very old history that doesnt make better planes. All the gory detail is in QTALK.

In my experience "Super Quickie" is an appelation that has been snatched and tagged to Quickies with any engine but the anemic Onan. Koenig, Rotax versions, half and full VW's by various builders have

Sam I have a wheel pant photo if you give me your address offline. j.

dmperry1012@... writes: Compared to NO increase in speed. You guys are not gettin at what I'm after. These pants work. Somebody had a theory for optimum design and he worked it out. Is he or h

At Sullivan there was a little discussion of the RV series pressure recovery wheelpants which I think I've heard give as much as 6mph speed to an RV. Has anyone heard or read the theory behind the des

Important point: a wing in flight will not be required to support the G load continuously. So for testing purposes don't lower the jacks and have a cup of coffee or the airfoil may well break. Lower j

dwithington@... writes: If Sam says to use it he's got 1400 hrs. behind the recommendation and a truckload of high performance experience. Don't pick it apart. j.

I did see Dave's aircraft about 49 years ago up in Oklahoma. He might be the highest time to flight builder when he gets it in the air! Dave showed very first class workmanship (and probably something

dave@... writes: Is this good enough for you, Dave? j.

I got a non-rev. ride to MO. the hard way... on the great aluminum tube: Dallas to OKC (where I couldn't get on), back down to Houston (where I could get on) then up to STL and a waiting rental car fo

patillo@... writes: I think Sam will probably address this, but what I saw on his plane at Sullivan was that he recognized the same problem that you guys correctly saw but that he solved it with

patillo@... writes: Fuzzy logic. My other airplanes aren't canards. j.

peterjfharris@... writes: I'm not a fuel flow expert but just intuitively I have to think that QAC could not have had much success if their fuel vent system was designed so faulty as to drop a

swensgoldflyer@... writes: Jerry????????????? The gory details of both accidents are published in back issues of QTALK. If you don't have a set of the back issues you are penny wise but pound fool

larry2@... writes: Your thorough presentation of your accident and personal analysis MAY do this as well, Larry. And thanks for it. I say MAY because what we old heads constantly labor agains