Quest #2

[george kennie]

Hey Eric,
That's a fantastic idea. I'm gonna steal that one.  Thanks!!!!
G.

"Henderson,Eric" wrote:

>  With a balmy 54F in NJ today, I took my second Quest to lunch with
> me!!!The YS 1.10 was given a quick break-in on the ground and then the
> plane was flown. Nothing spectacular to report. The plane flew well.
> Still needs a little more right thrust. Even running very rich the
> 1.10 would pull the plane straight up with the "break-in" APC 14 x 11.
> The engine has YS Engine Performance Specialties 90 degree header and
> muffler. I use an Hatori black rubber diverter to keep the oil away
> from the bottom of the fuselage. With this set-up you can keep
> everything inside the cowl.The plane weighs 9 lb 2.2 oz and feels very
> light on the sticks.I did two long flights and went home satisfied
> that the YS1.10 will be killer once it is run in. It was very friendly
> from the outset and ran well even when set rich. I will run the 14 x
> 12 and the 14 x 13 when it is full broken in.A comment on CG. I have
> had more e-mails on this subject than any other aspect of the plane.
> The plane calls for 165 mm from the LE. I ran my 1.40 version at 175
> mm and it still carried a little up-trim. The latest plane was set a
> 170 mm and now carries more up trim than the first one. I shall move
> the CG back on both of them to see if it has any adverse affects and
> to advise on what is a sensible rearward CG. As it stand 175 mm
> (~6-3/4") works just fine.One trimming tip. After you land you often
> find that you have beeped in a few % of trim here and there. If you
> like keeping your main trims at zero% you will most likely the
> electronic sub-trim or mechanical pushrod adjustment. It is hard to
> reproduce the desired trim by eye or feel.A neat trick is to use two
> pins. Put one pin sticking straight out of the TE of the aileron. Then
> position a second pin sticking out of the TE of the wing. Line the
> pins up. Then take out the stick trim-setting and re-align the control
> surface pins with the sub-trim or turnbuckle or whatever.You can be
> very accurate with this and it is also very easy to do in field
> conditions.Regards,
> Eric.
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