My Quickie Q-200

Follow my wacky adventures as I try to keep my Quickie Q-200 in the air. I like hearing from you and getting alternate opinions, so please leave comments. Click on the pics to see 'em bigger.

Saturday, December 31, 2016

No Mags is Official!

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I am now legally mag-less. I just finished my FAA mandated 10 hours within a 50 nm radius, so now I can go back to flying anywhere. I have...

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Electronic ignition is done - I think

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Trickier than I thought. (As usual click on the photos to see the full version.) I started out by modifying my electrical drawings, which...

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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

One More Time! Revising the ignition system

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During the AVC race trip I had some persistent roughness in my remaining magneto. When I got home I pulled the engine and the magneto, to fi...

Friday, August 05, 2016

Catching up and the AVC race.

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Work on the back-up system has mixed results, and I think there is no point listing it all here, since few of you have the RWS EC3 engine co...

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Missing the Backup

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The RWS EC3 engine controller has two sides to the computer, A&B. You normally run on A and this handles the ignition and the four fuel ...

Monday, May 04, 2015

Not So Fast

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Took a little trip up to visit my daughter yesterday and thought I'd check performance. Not good enough. I seem to have lost about 4 m...

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Actually Flying

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So, with about seven flights under our belt, Plastic Explosive and I decided we were reliable enough to take it on a big trip, the Annua...

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