Today's progress: I installed CHT probes and wired CHT and EGT probes to the Grand Rapids engine monitor. We had overlooked the missing Pitot tube when the left canard was repaired. So the elevator co

N1711Q continues to progress toward her return to the sky. We removed the left elevator, exposed the 1/4" tubing remains of the original pitot tube and fabricated a replacement. Anchored it with 5-min

In the early days of Velocity there was an engine failure and the pilot chose to land in the water. With solid core foam wings, as in the Quickie family, the plane floated easily. It's hard to say if

With the O200 engine out of service for five years or so we expected it would take a while to develop oil pressure. Fill the sump nearly full, remove the plugs, fog the cylinders, run the starter. No

Since you will service the fuel filter regularly, I would consider changing the fittings so you have a flare fitting on each end of the filter. It won't take many servicings before you will say "I'm g

The fuel sensors turned out to be resistor-simulator types and once I figured that out it was easy to get them to send a signal to the dual-meter gauge and to the GRT engine monitor. The two fuel leak

Here is the video of today's engine test run, with commentary: <http://vimeo.com/26038774> http://vimeo.com/26038774 Rick Hole N1711Q Engine running

Yes, you are correct that the shape of the wing is altered doing this, but the core templates are shaped to compensate.

As far as the note that you can line up the eventual trim lines at the edge of the block, you have the option to do that, but you must do the same at both ends of the foam block. I'd use the whole tem

I would not agree. If the table is not level the cut ends will not be square with the bottom edge and you will have to do some extra work to line up the cores on the jigging fixture. Take a couple min

Oil temps of 215 are not unexpected in the summer time. If your engine is new you are still breaking in and temps will be higher for a while, especially if your oil is straight mineral. Sorry, I do no

In the last several days we ran solved issues of no-alternator and no-fuel-flow-indication. Those were wiring issues but did require pulling the engine. Today's engine test let us cross off the task l

N1711Q is well into that age, built in 1982. When working on damaged areas we sanding carefully to expose fiberglass in several areas. It looked very good. That's a single data point, but it falls in

I wonder if the paper filter issue in Canada is related to water freezing in the filter.

I showed that figure to Scott this morning. He rejected the figure immediately. Note that N1711Q, Q200 taildragger EW is 660 Rick Hole N1711Q Taxi test OK, working on engine baffling

Frown of the day report. One of the coworkers moved Q200 N1711Q out of the hangar while cleaning up. I saw it parked on the ramp and didn't think too much about it, nor did Scott Swing. We should have

The canard delamination looked worse than it was. One area patched and one bubble between micro and glass. N1711Q may yet fly this week Rick Hole (with Scott Swing) N1711Q Q200

I have my foam billet ready to hot wire and discovered I am missing one template. Maybe someone can scan a copy and I can still do the cut tomorrow as planned. This is main wing at station BL50-BL100

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Thanks guys! I had the needed template ready to go this morning and cut the foam cores this afternoon. I had a real pro, Jim Campbell, who has cut several hundred sets of wings, helping me out. It's g