QUEST update

[Henderson,Eric]

I now have two Quests. One is being fitted with the YS 110, That way I will have data on the YS 91, 110 and 140 powered versions. Anyone with a 1.20 FZ running one out there?.

The YS 91 version was great to fly. I modified it to take the 1.40 (1.20 AC's too heavy IMHO) and I did not have a 110 at the time. I have seen a 1.20 OS 4-c version and a 91 OS 2-c version. I have had a few calls about the old YS 91 AC's not behaving well but no complaints about the flying capabilities of the plane.

One guy lost his canopy. I do and also advise gluing it on with RC56 and ironing on a trim strip to keep it in place. Both the std gear supplied and my old Bolly's continue to work well. I do now advise adding (I may have already) a 1/8-3/16" hard ply plate on top of the original gear plate to prevent pull through. I also fit 1/8" lite ply doublers before and aft of the front wing former - call it instinct. (I have picture if that I can e-mail direct - the list won't take them)

All in all the plane continues to be an excellent flyer. I asked Don Szczur to fly it at Arcola this year. He increased all the throws and was  very comfortable with it. Maybe he can comment on the flying - he needed more elevator that I had mechanically not allowed for.

I let an IMAC pilot fly it and he found it too smooth and boring for his tastes - fine by me :-)

My plane still has no Knife edge or down line problems and runs with no corrective mixes, even though it is a bit nose heavy with the 1.40.

BTW - you do NOT need a 1.40 on the front. The vertical is obscene and it will teach you bad habits. A 91 FZ (Note FZ), a 110 or a 1.20 FZ. Saito 100 etc. are very good. An OS 91 Surpass will do it for 401/402 but does not have the up-line grunt if you want to fly big. 

Regards,

Eric.

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Larry Caldwell
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:10 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: QUEST update


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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