The wind finally stopped blowing and the clouds cleared out today, so I could finally fly again. Nothing special, just a lazy flight up the Mississippi river. The Field of Dreams baseball diamond is b

I understand the plan calls for screws and nut plates but curious what others have used to fasten their cowlings? Tinnerman nuts? Dzus fasteners? Skybolt fasteners? Thanks for your feedback! -- Robert

Just found this great video covering prep and installation for those of us rocking the OEM Azusa wheel: How To Prep Azusa Tri-Star Aluminum Wheels for Sonex Aircraft and MORE The video demonstrates th

Installing my newly assembled brake calipers, I found out all my wheel/brake cylinders are wobbly, or not straight. It seems the discs are actually flat but what do I know? Just me? New all? Pray not!

Thank you everyone for your interest in another Springfling. I didn't chime in earlier due to the several who showed interest last year and I honestly hadn't given it much thought. But...as things go.

Say it isn't true. Someone save us!!

This week I looked at my list and figured by the end of March I am ready for airworthiness inspection. So I call my DAR who points me to the AWC website to file when I notice I missed a step … Registr

Hi All, I'm starting to sell off my Q related stuff. Check out the web site below for the first batch of stuff. https://www.pielandings.com/engine/ I have the brakes , tires, and wheels coming up in r

I made a visit to the Borders in Waukon IA. yesterday afternoon. I locked up a block of 10 rooms. Saved under FOD FLY IN. Week nights are $99 + tax and $139 + tax weekend nights. All double rooms. Fri

Check out this plenum I made, following closely Sam’s work. Still some small gap closing pieces missing and screws to hold it down but soooo close Thanks for all your help … Getting closer every day -

I'm looking for a Dynon D10A (with the built in altitude encoder). It will be replacing a Rocky Mountain Micro Encoder (the altitude,airspeed, altitude encoder instrument) currently installed. Contact

Phil my prefer would be a Q2 with Standard Canard or LS1 so what’s show up at first, a Tri-Q is not that what I looking for. If the Q2 is disassembled is not big deal for me, the main point is that th

Just talked with Kevin. He is on the road and asked me to update the group. I called the Borders yesterday to make a reservation. The person I spoke with claimed not to know anything about the Q group

Just called Borders. 2- double beds, $139.00 + tax. With military discount $125+ tax. The guy I talked with was not aware of the Q folks or any arrangement at the prices you were told. Do you have the

Regarding breathing life into a “de-registered” aircraft: I have a Falcon XP (N536AA) that I bought (as a project) and it was de-registered, and after a long dance with the FAA, it became an airplane

Listers, Again I will host the FOD at KDEH. 7,8,9,10, Sept 2023. I have worked to get lodging in Decorah, but no one wants to play. All very expensive. Quality Inn: $175 for King, $165 for 2 Queen roo

Hi All, This note from Burt Rutan popped up on the Canard Forum, in response to a discussion about Mike Melvill’s original Long-EZ, which was donated to a museum. Burt probably has the most experience

Hello Q-community, looks around for a Q2 with a valid airworthiness certification and logbook. Looking forward to your messages. Regards Eugen

Had a fresh snow earlier in the week, but it was very nice and clear today and the runway was clear and dry for a flight this morning. Everything felt good, so I went up and flew over some of the high

So I got these beautiful cut brackets from Michael … And then I have these fully assembled that I got a few months ago … For starters, I like the smaller size of the first one but I can’t figure out h