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Canard Surface Waviness
- Come on guys! Chapter 19 details the finishing process for your Quickie.
Pay attention to page 19-7 on surface waviness of the canard. Do not
fly your aircraft until completing all of the work in Chapter 19. If
you donât finish the canard to at least 0.005" waviness in the areas
indicated, you will be very disappointed in the aircraftâs performance.
We thought that the personal example we gave from the flight test program
would discourage anyone from trying it, but at least one and perhaps
two builders have ignored the plans and flown anyway. The results? Some
hurried phone calls to QAC for help and a couple of demonstrations on
how tough the Quickie is.
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Ultraviolet Protection
- Come on guys! Donât
fly your Quickie without priming and painting the surfaces. That ultraviolet
protection you obtain from the primer, and the temperature control that
you obtain from the paint is important. One more time! Complete Chapter
19 before you fly your aircraft.
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Exhaust Pipe Gaskets - For those of you whose engines did not come with gaskets to place under the exhaust pipe flanges, you may use the asbestos in the Engine Installation Package to make them. Three layers of asbestos for each gasket is OK.
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Tailwheel to Rudder
Cables - These two lengths should be swaged with no weight on the tailwheel.
Since useage may allow these cables to stretch slightly, Garry LeGare
suggests hooking them together with a simple spring about half-way between
the rudder and tailwheel. The spring will keep the two cables taut. Donât
overdo it.
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Safe-T-Pox Balance
- If you are using the Safe-T-Pox epoxy, the balance shown on page 3-2
of the Quickie Construction Plans must be modified as follows: the 3"
arm length on the resin side must be increased to 5.9". This results
in a 100 part resin to 43 part hardner ratio (by weight).
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Cockpit Fresh Air Vent - Below is a sketch of a simple vent. The optional location for a second one is for very hot climates. Uae a rag or foam to close it off in the winter.
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Antenna System - We
are working with Aircraft Spruce on a complete Quickie antenna system.
This package would include antennas, cable, and all fittings. You can
expect about 1 December availability direct from Aircraft Spruce.
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