Paul, no thread, article by Lewis in Kitplanes. Just a thank you from me, he was promoting the rotary!

        Lewis, thanks for the recent Kitplanes read,

        Steve Carlisle


I second that. Illustrates  the real essences of the real experimental air craft
designing and building hobby.
Not the pre-punched Ramp Vermin stuff.

It is in the October issue. I'll scan it in a month or two.

I am not surprised the Quickie with the wheels at the wings tips had on the
ground directional stability  problems. Half the drag on a car at 50 mph
is rolling resistance. That in turn is a function of load. If you load one wheel
at the end of wing more than the wheel at the other end of the wing nothing is
going to keep that airplane going straight. That is why a lot of Q2 builders
moved the main landing gear inboard. Even a brake on the unloaded wheel
will not help.

I am sorry I did not think of that when you were building it Lewis.
All that beautiful rotary engine installation stuff you did was just great.

Paul Lamar


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