No, not finished yet.

  Made it out the the airport a few weeks ago and did the assembly. I
found out that if the airplane is sideways on the trailer and you go
faster than 30 mph, the canopy will open. No damage. I also have a lock
on the canopy, but slipped my mind.

  In the process of tuning. I have the SDS fuel injected system along
with a 3 blade carbon fiber Warp drive prop.

You need to adjust the prop and then tune the fuel and adjust the prop
and tune the fuel until I can see 3,000 static with no turbo boost. With
boost and the prop unloaded I should see 4,000 rpm.

  My cooling system is working very well. May be able to cut down the
opening  get less drag.

  Because I have the tail wheel control from the Dragonfly , but the
larger Q2 tail wheel, I found it very sensitive taxiing.

  I modified my control rod and use a few compression spring to help
dampen the the feed back.

  I solved my Forward CG problem by boring a 5/8 hole in the vertical
stab. I have the Dragonfly stab and rudder so there is a spar, that I
bored down the center of.

  I took a fourty inch 3/4 inch copper plumbing pipe and filled it with
melted down used lead weights from a tire shop. Ended up weighing ten
lbs and fit into  the hole bored with some persuasion. Filled and
glassed the hole and now I have  14 lbs on the tail.

I hope to have the final in the next three weeks and then some taxiing.
In Canada , after the final we need to send in for out Special C of A,
and once we receive this we are okay to fly. It does take up to 8 weeks
to receive this so may not be until next spring that I can legally fly.

  Also have another of Gary Legares creations that I have finally
finished after 18 years.  We are surrounded by lakes , so it will be
very usefull, however I still really like the speed and the fuel burn of
the Qs. Hope to have them both inspected this fall.

   Take care------------------  Chris in Canada



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  I have my final inspection coming next Sunday. Yahoo.----  While doing
some of the tuning, I notice that my tail will rise during a full power
run with the wheels chalked. I have 14 lbs on the tail weight and my
angle of incidence for the fuselage is about 7.5 degree angle of attack.

  Full header , half main, and me.

  It's no big deal I just have to tie the tail DOWN.  Is this a common
senario?

  Including a view from my hanger.----------  Take care-------------  Chris



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