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Tad,
The only Q200 spar failure has been mine which is docummented extensively in Q-Talk #87. It failed and was repaired in late 2003 and has since had several hundred hours put on and flown at gross weights of 1300+ lbs since with no problems I've been able to detect on either spar. I continue to check the spar and canard regularly. James Postma had the second failure in a Q2 with LS1 spar on April 21st 2005. He purchased the plane from Frank Folmer I think and has yet to determine if the canard/spar had been damaged and repaired prior or if the failure was a recent event. It is yet to be determined exactly how it failed or why but it was observed with a definite sag on the right side prior to the last flight. It should be noted that a sag on any spar should be addressed at once and no flight should be attempted in that aircraft until a repair is made. Unless anyone knows different that is the total out of many many flying Q2 and Q200 (LS1) taildragger aircraft over the last 23 years. Best regards, Jim Patillo N46JP Q200 |
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Steve <sham@...>
Jim,
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I thought I read one time that Frank had an incident on the runway. I could have this plane confused with another. But if this is true that he could have damaged the spar at that time. Steve Ham ----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Patillo To: Q-LIST@... Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: [Q-LIST] LS1 Spars Tad, The only Q200 spar failure has been mine which is docummented extensively in Q-Talk #87. It failed and was repaired in late 2003 and has since had several hundred hours put on and flown at gross weights of 1300+ lbs since with no problems I've been able to detect on either spar. I continue to check the spar and canard regularly. James Postma had the second failure in a Q2 with LS1 spar on April 21st 2005. He purchased the plane from Frank Folmer I think and has yet to determine if the canard/spar had been damaged and repaired prior or if the failure was a recent event. It is yet to be determined exactly how it failed or why but it was observed with a definite sag on the right side prior to the last flight. It should be noted that a sag on any spar should be addressed at once and no flight should be attempted in that aircraft until a repair is made. Unless anyone knows different that is the total out of many many flying Q2 and Q200 (LS1) taildragger aircraft over the last 23 years. Best regards, Jim Patillo N46JP Q200 Quickie Builders Association WEB site http://www.quickiebuilders.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Q-LIST/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Q-LIST-unsubscribe@... c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. |
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James Postma <james@...>
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I don't know anything about this sag. Who made this report? James Postma Q2 Revmaster N145EX Q2 Revmaster with LS-1 Q200 N8427 Steilacoom, Washington (253) 584-1182 9:00 to 8:00 PDT May your header tank be always full and your wings right side up. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Patillo" <logistics_engineering@...> To: <Q-LIST@...> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: [Q-LIST] LS1 Spars it was observed with a definite sag on the right side prior to the last flight. It should be noted that a sag on any spar should be addressed at once and no |
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