Voidhawk9 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good. While there is nothing quite like actual flight time, sim time can certainly help a lot, so you can get maximum value from your actual hours. I haven't flown much for about 5 years now; I did a couple of dual flights 2 years ago, and greased the landings. Sim currency helped! Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 I agree, you are correct as there is no substitute but this has got to be a good knowledge builder and confidence aid. I will be able to come home after a lesson and redo it over and over while it's fresh in my mind and try to get it as good as I can. I'm on my way and having a ball! Thanks for the link by the way. ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomp58 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Hi Tom. Welcome to the rarified community of SQ2000 fans! I have a fairly long history with the SQ2000 and rotary powerplants. I'll be at Sun N Fun the entire week this year (my daughter is helping Dave with the radio station). Shoot me a text msg at my number on file. Maybe we can get together there. I usually use the Alternative Engines tent as "home base" when I'm there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Aubrey, Thanks and its nice to "cyber" meet you! I won't be able to make sun and fun because of my schedule. I hope to be pickng up my engine soon and I am planning and getting things in line for a trip up to W.Va the first of the month to pick up the project and then drop it off in storage in N.C. (Kannapolis) on my way back here. Hopefully I will get the house sold and get moved there, then I can get started on my project. Do you have a site for your plane or is it done etc? After I get moved we'll get together as we may not be too far apart. I'll have a lot of questions as I go along I'm sure. Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Up date:Finally got to get my trip up to get the project over and done. It was a long 32 hour round trip so I broke it up with several stops and rest breaks. Only thing that was negative was a rock chip in my windshield about two inches below my line of site.I thought and thought about how to transport this plane. It has the spar installed so it limited me on options. I started to try to build a rack for it but since I was so far away, I couldn't take measurements to get it right and I didn't want to take a chance on having to rebuild it there at the hanger with limited resources.So, I opted to stand it straight up and let the spar carry the weight and supported it with carpet and foam on each end and some wood and carpet at the firewall. I let it hang over the front of the 12 foot trailer I used and that put the other end 10 inches forward of the end of the trailer. This helped with forward and backward movement. I bought a 4000# cargo net to drape over the nose, cris crossed its attachment loops and then we tied it down with 14 1000# ratchet ties to stop it from moving in any direction and it worked out really well.I started off with short distances and pulled over and checked it over. I only had to adjust it two times and it found its own neutral and after that, it road like a cadillac the rest of the trip and I stopped every two to three hours depending on my back etc.. It weighed just enough to stop the bounce in the utility trailer. The total height was right at 13 feet and I had about 12 inches under the gas pump canopies.I got a lot of looks as I went down the road with it but nobody asked what it was when I stopped at different places along the way.Its now parked at a friends shop in Kannapolis until I get moved up there. It will have a tarp over it in the next few days.I'm back in Fl now for a while.I will try to attach some pics!~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidhawk9 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 If the only negative is a chip in the windshield, I'd say that was a very successful trip! Things should be vari-eze from here on, right? 1 Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 I can only hope, I have a long way to go just to get moved but I have to keep after it. Once I get a shop space set up, I should make daily progress. ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Only thing that was negative was a rock chip in my windshield about two inches below my line of site. Thank goodness nothing happened to the project! Congratulations on a successful move. 1 Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 I took another step forward with the project. I drove over to Miami, (3 Hrs) and picked up my fresh rebuild 20B almost complete. Everything new and it has a Judge Ito port done on it. Its a happy balance between a mild and a peripheral porting job. Its supposed to balance out the power curve throughout. I figured I would be there an hour or so talking about it and getting it loaded and it ended up 3 Hrs before I got back on the road again. The guy is super nice and he took a real interest in the plane and looked it up online so I could tell him about it. Ended up, he gave me a bunch of free stuff he had like alternator, extra water pump, AC compressor w/ brackets for everything on the front of the engine. Lots of different size pulleys, tensioners and a good two hand fulls of misc bolts, nuts and washers. I kept the lower intake manifold and will fab up the top section when I get to that part. The bottom will have 2 inches sectioned out of it to lower it down and new injector bosses installed on the inside between it and the block to sheild the exhaust heat. He had a brand new 90MM throttle body he sold me for $100.00 that list for around $180.00. He is a drag racer with rotaries and has a shop full of parts and pieces from all the stuff he builds for himself and drag racers in Puerto Rico. I counted 7 13 B's in various stages and one single rotor he wants to develope for aviation use. Its was wild looking with 3 exhausts, a turbo and stainless intake and exhaust manifolds! I'll need a turbo if I decide to go that route but I have a lot of the stuff I need including a complete engine wiring harness. I am trying to get everything as complete as I can as I progress so that when I do finally get set up and working on it daily, I won't be waiting on parts and pieces. Momentum is the key! OK, pics attached and they are from inside the back of the van. Press on! ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidhawk9 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 It's a thing of beauty, Tom. Hope to have similar equipment in my 'hangar' in a few years! 1 Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Morning everyone, I have reluctantly decided to let my project go. I was hoping my back issues would get better but its not to be. If anyone has an interest and has the finances to buy it, please contact me here privately or on my facebook page with all the pics etc to look at. https://www.facebook.com/My-Sq2000-project-1604982716390332/ Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidhawk9 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Sad to hear it, I hope you get a fair deal for it.I had some occasional back issues. Had a few sessions with a good chiropractor, and barely a problem since! The methods seem a bit weird at first, but can't argue with the results. Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Thanks, it breaks my heart but it is what it is. I've had one neck surgery for disc replacement and 4 lower back operations. None of the back surgeries stopped the sciatica pain. I wish I had never let them cut on me as it was a big mistake and nothing I can do about it now. ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Morning all, I just wanted to give this thread a bump to see if there is anyone interested in my project. I am going to be moving to a new shop soon and I would much rather sell it off than to have to move it again. If you have an interest, get in touch. I will work with you on the price a little and may be able to deliver it for gas if you are reasonably close to me. Let's deal. Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Heads up, starting tomorow, the 5th, the project will be up for auction with a reserve on Ebay for 5 days. The complete instrument panel will also be up for a separate auction with a reserve on Ebay for 5 days. The 20B is also for sale and it is separate and now on consignment in Fl. Private PM's only please as I am not on here much. Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Bump!!! Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 BUMP! Still have this project for sale. Possible delivery for the right deal. I'm located in N.C.. Possible trades considered. Will separate! Thanks Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Good morning group. I am putting my SQ2000 project back up for sale. I still have the 20B fresh engine, mount,and monitor also. I will separate it into two sales, one for the firewall forward and the fuselage kit with everything that goes with it. I also have engine mounts for the 20B and a Lycoming. You can see it all on my Facebook page with the sub page SQ2000 on the left side. PM me for details (Not on here a lot) and what I will consider. I may deliver it for the right deal and location from 28025. Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Update 6/7: Still looking to find a new home for this project. Lets deal! All or part and will deliver for the right deal!!!! Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Update: 7/14 The instrument panel as well as the CG 20B bed plate is now sold. I still have the fuselage project for sale and the new reduced price for everything including the 20B engine mount and the Lycoming engine mount is now $6500.00. Excellent project for the right person. Delivery available!!!!!!!! Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 8/6: Dropping the price to $5,500.00! Needs anew home!!!!!!! Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 8/15: OK, I had a deal going and it fell through so, its back up for sale. Nice head start project for someone. Get in touch if you are interested. Thanks ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Wieczorek Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Can you provide pics please? Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Now on Ebay auction for the next 7 days...... Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Project is now sold, thanks everyone! 1 Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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