My wing-fuse is gappy too. Ailerons are warped as well. Be careful tightening the trim. It opens up gaps to the wood where the base covering was slit when cutting the trim.

JPal,
Did you try to PM me today?
If so it didn't come thru.
You can try my regular email at
jlkonn(at)aol.com
replace the (at) with @
JLK

I did send you a PM today

How can I access PM I have sent. It was kind of wordy

JPal,
Unfortunately, unless you took the save option before you sent it is lost.
I didn't get it.
Any chance you sent it to someone else by mistake?
JLK

I thought I had read in here an assembly sequence that Eric used for the elevator halves that was different from the one in the instructions.
I just read thru all 13 pages of this thread and couldn't find it.
Does anyone remember it?
Thanks!
JLK

Post #24

Regards,

Eric

Eric,
Thanks!
I had gone from latest to earliest post thinking it was fairly late in the thread.
I guess my eyes were going like this...[sm=bananahead.gif] by the time I got to the first page.
Thanks again!
JLK

I have this part that is marked F2.
Is this the part referred to in the instructions as F56?
Is this supposed to act as a doubler on the inside of the forward bulkhead of the bellypan?
Thanks!
JLK

One more question...
I'm slowly running out of things to hang/glue on the plane!

Does anyone have any advice on mounting the wheel pants.
I am misunderstanding the instructions somehow.
I don't seem to have enough room to put the hardware inside the pant.
Thanks!
JLK

Dont worry about the pants, fly the plane until the landing gear breaks, and it will. Then get some carbon fiber gear and install the pants

JPal,
Which carbon gear did you get?
JLK

The carbon gear I used turned out to be to stiff and caused a problem. I would like to purchase the one you see on Eric Henderson's Quest. That looks like the right one for the plane.

I have used both the stock gear and Bolly FAI gear. Both work well. I like the Bolly best because it has a wider face-plate around the axle to use a 4-40 to hold on the pants.

Hi Eric

Where can I purchase the Bolly gear

John

I installed my own LG and tires from my old pattern bird, as I attach using wood screws that will just pull out, not take the whole block if I dink it. The Sullivan tires look good and add (directional stability. ) The wide base also spreads the load over a greater area.

Stretching the load out is a good idea, less stress on the fuse. But, do you think you will have enough ground clearence for the prop?

Has anyone checked the stab/wing incidence?
Thanks!
JLK

Looks like I have 2" clearence using a 14" prop and if not I will install a 1/2" block or I do have a longer set of legs if necessary. I am not inpressed with the quality of this bird as every thing is just too lightly built for my type of flying to last 3 years like my old pattern bird. Covering is allready comming off, wrinkles in the covering, wimpy wing hold down bolts, not even plastic 1/4" like every one else uses. Ailerons were warped. I guess one shouldn't expect much for $175/$200 As light as this one is built I expect my 91FX will be pleanty to do the job. We will se how she flys Friday if I can finish getting her together.

Hi Eric, I have been flying the quest the last few days and I can see why you like this plane somuch. It flys like it is always locked in. I have never flown anything like it and would like to continue with it but, I need to replace the landing gear. You recommended Bolly, can you tell me which one to order? I went on Precision Aero website and there are a few to choose from. Is that the right place to order from or do you have a preference.

Thanks
John (Staten Island)

Putting on your own gear is fine but please be very carefull and take note of where the wheels are in relation to the CG.

The Quest has swept back landing gear that puts the wheels in the right place. If you move the wheels forward the tail will tend to "bang" down hard on landing. This is not good for the airframe. Try lifting the tail about six inches and then letting it go. With the wheels in the right place it should be a soft bounce.

When the tail goes down too fast it is hard to keep the plane on the ground during any landing.

Try a seach with google using "Bolly landing gear". I use the FAI std swept landing gear. Each site has the dimensions that you need to know. I bought my last set from Dessert Aircraft at the WRAM show.

Regards,

Eric.

P.S. I don't read RCU all of the time, so if you want a quicker answer just use the e-mail option - Eric.

Did you ever hear a whining sound coming from your Quest in flight?
Mine started sounding like a high pitched single note airborne siren. The pitch remained the same regardless of air speed. My first thought was that the louvers in the thin belly pan material were singing.

The next time I took the plane out to fly the whine turned to a loud buzz and the plane went severely out of trim and nearly out of control and when I made an emergency landing the right wing suddenly dropped just before touch down. I managed to get the wing up but made a hard landing. The buzzing continued all the way down to landing speed.

As the photo below shows, the blue trim stripe that runs nearly the full length of the right wing was lifting and causing the noise and unstable flight. The clothes pins are only there to show how the trim is peeling back.
I posted this to point out that loose trim can lead to a really hairy flight.

While I and three other experienced fliers and technical "geniuses" stood there inspecting the plane and coming up with complicated theories for the buzzing, my wife nonchalantly pointed out that the stripe was lifting. I'll bet she thinks she's so smart. Or maybe she can just see better than we can.

Wow, that is quite a turbulator strip you have going there. You are lucky you managed to get it down with any kind of control and not in many pieces. Good reminder to check your covering and trim pieces...


Mark

I am using the Sullivan tail wheel bracket No.S861 on my Quest that is a strong lightweight assembly that absorbs shocks to the airframe and servo much better than the one in the trash that came with the Quest. My wide based landing gear with Williams Bro. wheels are also quality parts that have a proven record of absorbing shock to the airframe much better than the narrow LG that is a unknown to me. The pull pull will also be replaced by a known quality type that has served modlers well for many years. I guess I am just fussy in the equipment I install.

Won't be long now!
I know...I know...
I'll need the wing!
It's finished...just too lazy to put it on for the pix.
JLK