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Yes I was able to contact Mr. Solan and he was nice enough to provide some more shots of the "Super", as it turned out he was planning to winterize it the following weekend so my timing was perfect. I never quized him on the flying qualities of the "Super". He is an airline pilot that flies overseas often. Tom Solan is now working on a 80% V8 powered Reiche Storche, WWII reconnaissance plane. He has a very nice facility, large and very clean. To document his new project, he was able to make several trips to a museum/repair facility in Europe to photo document "every inch" of a real Storche. Peace, Wolf:envy:

Hey Brineshark Yeah I have seen those plans, infact I am using the Rutan set for my model, which is on hold for the time being. The Super Quickie I am refering to is the one Tom Solan built, google it, he has cowl cheeks on his version, very racey. ) Peace, Wolf

Thanks Rick I had no luck with the "whitepages" listings, on-line. If anyone knows how to get ahold of Tom, please let him know I would like to talk shop. Thanks again, Wolf

Gang I am building a 40% scale Quickie for radio control, and need some help with a few details. I have the drawing s and many pictures available from the "Quickie Builders" web site. I am particularly interested in Tom Solan's "Super Quickie". I would like to get some better pics of toms aircraft for my scale documentation and to help with building, obviously. My pirated drawings don't contain any canard profiles although I am using a modified GU255118, I don't have the software to run the Polars on my modified foil, but it will prolly suffice for my needs. The drawings don't give the FS-x.xx numbers for the prop-flange and there are no details on the shape and size of the instrument panel and no dimensions for the cowl from the firewall to the canopy area. Another short coming of the drawings is a lack of dimensions, specifically diameter and length of the "Tail Spring". Finally, does anyone know what diameter the main and tailwheels are? I posted a thread in the "Coffee House" section to get ahold of Tom and I am attempting to contact him now, hopefully I will be able to get what I need as far as the Super Quickie is concerned. Some of you may be able to help with some of the more basic needs for now. Any help would be Great. Peace, Wolf Dilworth Austin, Texas

Well Shoot I tried the phone number for Marietta Ga. and it seems to be someone elses contact now. I have only gotten the answering machine so far but the woman on it says "...Dee and Evans..." for the names at the residence, I will try to speak with them to confirm, later during the week. Does anyone know if Tom Solan still has the Super Quickie, or not? Peace, Wolf

Hello fellow Tail-Firsters I am building a 40% scale Quickie, for large scale model aviation. I have some images of Tom's "Super Quickie" and would like to get a few more details from him for scale details on the project. Does anyone know how to get in touch with him? If anyone can help, you can forward my e-mail <bd5wingnut@yahoo.com> to him as well as my phone # (512) 968-1009. I am really building up steam on this project; I have the Vaccume bagging set-up ready and all the materials waiting for me to finish the drawings, which I want to ask Tom about some of his dimensions for accuracy. TIA. Peace, Wolf Dilworth Austin, Texas