Thanks Paul, I completely understand and was confused as most conventional tail wheel craft calculate the tail distance from the main wheel weight point and then use the provide datum in the calculati

Good morning group. My son and I have acquired a Q200 with conventional gear that we are working on. One of the things that caught me off guard was the amount of noise we are getting now that the brak

Ryan, My son and I have one and it does very well. 125 mph at 1000FPM climb. We also get 160kts cruise out of it. I have videos to show as well. It was built as a conventional plane and I converted. I

Keep going Jay

Jim, yes my wife flew a very fast Vari-Eze in several races over the years. She won the Copperstate Dash three years in a row with the last one she ran at 245kts. She also won the sun 100 race that ye

Thank you for the reminder Sam, I was answering some questions on speed and prop configurations for the thread. Sorry it got off base. I look forward to meeting you in person some time. You have done

A couple of Videos of the TriQ and what she will do.

We are using an 0200 with a performance 62X68 prop. Currently it will only turn 2800 max on the plane which is a nice cruise prop. Climb is pretty good according to my son. He can get an initial climb

Jim and group, I would love to have you all come down to MIT some weekend for a visit. I'll buy lunch. We can trade rides and have some fun. MIT is a great airport. So the invitation if open. We also

It is a performance prop 62x68. Martin,

Will do Jim and thank you. I wish we could make it this weekend but have committed to a 999 officer down foundation event to support them. Have not heard from Brad unfortunately. Working on another op

Thanks Jay!! Martin,

I am happy to help also Ryan, Love to see new folks on the group with projects. Jay and the group is awesome. Here is our TriQ with the Bonanza, Yes the TriQ is faster....!!

Ok group, I need a new nose gear for the TriQ that has a decent shimmy dampener on it. Jay hooked me up with an extra gear, but I am looking at using it for another project as well. Is there a source

We have a nice TriQ200 that does pretty well in fact for what it is. No it will not be as fast as the Q200, however it is no slouch and does the job nicely. 2800RPM, (WFO) will yield 160kts in a 4 way

I would love to get hold of Brad to discuss. Jim can you help me out with that? My e-mail address is mskiby@...

Thanks Jay!

I would like to follow up on the project that Jim had. Does anyone have a way get me in contact with him? I spoke to him a few years ago and cannot find his info. I do have a few questions for Jim and

Great to hear.