That’s good Jim. Maybe some newly flying Q2xx’s may fly in the future! Cheers, Jay

Great history summary, Vern. I enjoy reading it. You should write a book…but only after you finish your plane! Saw a Rat Fink sticker on a store window yesterday and thought of you. Robert has a GU ai

Congratulations Kevin. You are twice me! Cheers, Jay

Great report Sam. Glad to hear you’re back to racing, and good job on that. I had hoped to enter the airventure race this year but I will not be going to OSH this year. I think I will try it next year

Not true, Kris. VG’s are routinely used on high lift airfoils such as the Clark Y, primarily in STOL kits for those aircraft, and are effective for reducing stall speeds for aircraft using virtually a

Although a little off topic, if any of you have ever wondered why the pitch-buck is a “nodding” or “bucking” motion rather than just a steady state AOA, I have uploaded paper that explains the reason

I have looked at this topic. They are of benefit to the LS1 by itself, but may be a liability to the tandem wing configuration, because the VG’s would allow the canard to fly at a higher AOA (alpha),

Robert, Vern’s last point is sage advice, since I think you are in Watsonville?? you are likely to have similar atmospheric conditions to what Vern describes, maybe not on the first flight, but someti

Robert, I am not an expert on VG's but do know that the type/shape of the VG is not nearly as important as the placement on the wing, so get input from those who have them installed to verify the plac

I like what Chris says. Do what works for you. Don't add extra pressure, I also had a good pilot friend on the field and that was it. I prohibited my wife from coming to the airport for my first fligh

All good points, Simon. The duration of my first flight was originally intended to be about 15-20 minutes, but I took off with enough fuel to go quite a bit longer. Any indicator that would demand a q

Great note, Chris. Really like it. I did about the same thing on my first flight. Long runway (10,000 feet), stayed in ground effect to build speed and also in case I wanted to put it back down again

Glad you and your plane were not damaged, Jim! Very lucky break to be on “home” turf more-or-less when that happened. I hope you can get things repaired and the issue remedied soon. Before I changed t

Hi Robert. Just curious why you chose a break away tailwheel. With such a light load on the tail, seems like you can just lift it up to position it. Cheers, Jay

Sorry Bruce is right Rulon J is right not Rulon J. Shouldn’t need to machine the outboard bushings, but may want to freeze for easier insertion. Cheers, Jay

I milled out and reinforced (with uni glass on the outside of the phenolic parts) only for the inboard bushings, but the outboard bushings are direct replacements of the aluminum. Identical size is av

The bushings you are thinking of are Rulon. These were first used by Bob Farnam and I think Jim Patillo. Bob had the idea because he engineered manufacturing line components, such as conveyor belt sys

Ok. There are too many famous celebrities coming for me not to bring my autograph book! I have made my hotel reservation in “High Ground”. Of course, I will have to do a little wishful thinking for th

Good to hear from you, Jon. Here was the most annoying part of flying that slow. The chart below shows the RPM and Pitch plotted when flying level at 7750’ DALT. I had to hold steady at the pitch (dec

Went up into the western Colorado spring atmosphere this beautiful morning. It was a nice day and 11 degrees C at takeoff. Our little airport (10CO) now has a fully repaired runway and taxiways, so no