QUEST update

[Larry Caldwell]

Any more thoughts on the Quest now that you have had it a while?
I'm looking to buy a 90 size pattern plane to begin in Sportsman.
Right now it's a toss-up between the Quest and a Zimpro Viper 90FG.

Larry

Henderson,Eric wrote:
>  The Quest continues to be put through the wringer!
>  
> With 38 more flights on it I have only had to tighten the tailwheel wire 
> in the rudder. A few drops of Zap did the trick.
>  
> The throttle hook up has not been very well behaved. Against my better 
> judgement I used an EZ connector at the throttle arm end. The first 
> failure was on the ground, while tethered. Full rpm on engine start. 
> Saved the day by backing out the needle until the engine quit. The black 
> keeper washer had come off. Fitted a new one. 12 flights later the darn 
> thing came off in the air. The brass part must have also been worn,
>  
> 11 minutes of full bore flying later it ran out of gas.
>  
> All I could do was fly large horizontal figure 8's until tank empty 
> status occurred. Boy does that tire you out! You dare not gain height 
> nor can you roll much at that speed.
>  
> Good news is that the plane held together at a faster than I would ever 
> fly it speed. Two bits of trim began to peel but will be re-ironed 
> tonight. Wing and fuse and elevator/ rudder all behaved flawlessly 
> during the un-planned  "stress-test".  Pilot was not so firm afterwards.
>  
> Throttle wire hook up will be replaced with my own system tomorrow.
>  
> I am currently flying the plane with all controls 40% below the minimum 
> recommended and it will roll and snap and spin in a very happy manner, 
> No KE or down line mixes have been found to be necessary. One cool thing 
> is that the plane will do real square KE loops. On the down line you go 
> to full rudder and blip the gas and there you are flying level. To much 
> fun for one guy!
>  
> Regards,
> 
> Eric. 

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