This is the view from my hangar today. Blue skies, but I don’t think I will be flying my Quickie. Happy new year to you all. Cheers, Jay

Agree with Sam on just turning the existing steel tube down to fit the standard bearing ID. Also, several years ago, I started the practice of coating bare steel parts with spray-on PTFE (Teflon). It

I recently got bearings from Shoup (https://www.shoupparts.com). They are an ag parts supplier and have a large selection in stock and low prices. They are in Kankakee, IL, so Keith Welsh probably kno

Hi Corbin, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!. It occurs to me that the issue may have been that the axle was slightly bent, maybe from a hard landing or other torque, so cutting it off was probably

Merry Christmas Jon! Great Video. Not at home this week so no air planing for me, but I really enjoyed your video. No wonder Santa chooses to fly. Season’s greetings to everyone! Cheers, Jay

No touch and goes on my home runway yet. I do them on the longer runway across town. I’m getting better though so eventually I will do them on the short runway. Cheers, Jay

There is a range of relative angle of wing-to-canard incidence (decalage) and it is a unique for every Q-type aircraft. I measured a pretty fair number of these (22 planes at last count). I did these

To Kevin’s point about them all being hand built: My wing is intentionally mounted leading edge down relative to plans. I never fly mine with the reflexor deflected trailing edge up! Mine is in trail

You are right, Brent. This is a really close group and have a great combination of loving these little airplanes and having a lot of patience for those who are learning. Also, they never give up, whic

Really enjoyed seeing (and hearing) all you guys and you not yet flying guys asked some great questions. Keep at it…get up there! Cheers, Jay

I guess you could tell them you are an artist and are making “kinetic sculpture” for your non-profit museum.

I have an aversion to fibs even if is for a good cause, so I have come up with the following description: “A custom off-road recreational-vehicle” That pretty much keeps everyone happy. Cheers, Jay

Thanks Sam. Cool to see your layout. I might suggest putting a second adel clamp and mount at the base of each pump (similar to what you have at the top) to limit longitudinal vibration. May increase

Seems like a great idea, Corbin I don' t see any issues. Looks like it spreads the load very nicely. Cheers, Jay

My SN is 2868, and I think I was pretty near the end of the line for Quickie (1984), so a couple hundred between you and me, Vern. Cheers, Jay

Hi Vern, Having done a lot of geologic field work in them thar hills that Charlie is referring to, I can tell you that his reference is probably more to the plants than the animals. Almost every plant

Very nice Charlie! Please tell Jerry that we don’t need no stinking trees. ;-) Cheers, Jay

Thanks very much for those great thoughts and words, Keith. Best wishes to you and your family for Thanksgiving. We are all thankful for farmers especially “flying farmers”. Learned to fly from one of

Since I will be heading out of town for a few weeks sans airplane, I took the opportunity this morning to do one more flight this morning. The weather is fantastic. Not a cloud in the sky or a whiff o

That’s great weight, Mike. A nice ship for sure. Cheers, Jay