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Sam, I made my front spinner bulkhead. Cut a piece of aluminum (appropriate thickness and diameter) the right size for the front of the hub, measure and drill prop bolt holes, cut clear tubing and ins

Ron, I have a Q200 flying in Livermore, CA near you. We are having a fly in in August and hope you can make it. There should be several Q's and DF's there. Bob Farnam on the field here may still have

Ron, Does your plane have an LS1 canard? As far as I know the elevators did not change and can be reinstalled per plans. Can your plane be flyable after the wheel pants are glassed on? If not how much

Sam, It has worked well and really is that easy. Jim

Chris, He must have one hell of a light airplane or has gotten very skinny! Jim

Ron, I have flown out of Reno and Tahoe for many years with Turbo's and Turbines and I couldn't agree more. Normally aspirated doesn't do much for me up there. The only way to make your Qbird work bet

David, I believe it was either .080 or .090. I sliced clear tubing, wrapped it around the spinner bulkhead and taped the two ends together with gray duct tape. Has worked well and does a great job. Ji

Al, I think most of the people who are interested in building good airplanes listen to you and others like you. There is no substitute for knowledge and experience. It has become apparent over the las

Dave, .90 was more than adequate. I think my aluminum bulkhead is mounted between the crush plate and prop. I will check shortly. Jim Patillo N46JP Q200

Kevin, 1. Thank Rich for all his help, send it back and try to get a refund. Don't waste your time trying to make another Skytec work. I tried that three times. 2. Buy a B&C, have Bruce Bainbridge upg

Bruce that is great news! We'll be looking for you. I will be a lot of fun, especially with our estern brethern. Try to get Fisher off the dime. He ought to be comming too. Regards, Jim P. with weathe

Kevin, The shiny spot (scrape) you saw on the side of the housing is indicative of the pinion gear being side loaded when fully engaged into the starter gear on the engine. Rich Chappee would immediat

Larry & Sam, How many people have crashed these things? (Lots) How many people have lived? (Lots) How many died because the seatbelt failed? (Debatable) How many people built per plans? (Lots) See whe

Larry, Build per plans. The dual mount on the shoulder straps are a confort thing but I've flown both types and don't like getting my neck cut by harnesses. Besides its unconfortable. IMHO. Regards Ji

Rich, Your tires went out Monday. You should see them in a couple of days. The number for Ability Access is 510-889-0800 and has not been disconnected. Regards, Jim P. I

Joseph, I made my belly board from several plys of bid to about 1/8" thickness. At 550 hours of usage it shows no sign of fatigue. I deploy it for every landing. Board is about 10" x 10". Jim Patillo

Mike, You are correct. Not much detail except the layup was from several plys of fiberglas BID laid on so the each bid was at 45 degrees to the next one. The whole layup is about 1/8" thick and has wo

Doug, When Brad and I returned from Oshkosh last year we landed at Wendover, UT. The runway was 120 degrees and the wind was blowing 170- 180 degrees at 38 gusting to 42. No problems (standard rudder)