Quickie Q2 Lite Construction Manual - page 128

canted portion to be moved aft, which increases cockpit room. Moving 

the break point up moves the canted portion of the Seatback Bulkhead 

forward_ making the cockpit more comfortable for shorter people. The 

nominal FS64 shown on the sketch as the intersection of the forward 

edge of the seatback bulkhead and the fuselage bottom is optimum for 

people up to 616". The forward face of the Seatback Bulkhead must be 

at FS78. 

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Once the Seatback Bulkhead is trimmed for position, you may trim 

the FS94 bulkhead. For many reasons_ this bulkhead does not go at 

FS94, and is the only exception to the relationship between fuselage 

stations and locations. The FS94 bulkhead should be located so that 

the forward face of the FS94 bulkhead is at FS95. This is to allow 

proper clearances and fitting for the main wing upon its installation 

later. 

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All bulkheads are mounted vertically (use a level) except for 

the canted part of the Seatback Bulkhead. When you feel comfortable 

with the fit, (no, we are not talking about all the cockpit time you 

have been giving yourself!) then bond the bulkheads to the lower 

fuselage shells. The FS120 and FS175 bulkheads receive 1 BID tape 

front and back around the joint with good micro squeeze out, the 

seatback bulkhead and FS94 bulkhead receive 2 BID tapes front and 

back, and BID tapes to join the canted and upright portions of the 

Seatback Bulkhead. (Be sure to bevel the intersect ion). The firewall 

is mounted with 3 BID tapes outside, wrapping around the corner 

(which means you will have to radius the edge) and 2 BID tapes on the 

inside. Gentlemen and Ladies, each BID tape must lap onto the 

fuselage and bulkhead a minimum of 1 inch for proper structural 

joining. Use the level to check for the vertical orientation, and 

check the squareness of each bulkhead with respect to BLOO. 

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Do not install the instrument panel or fuel tank at this time. 

MOUNTING THE CANOPY 

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 Next on the agenda is to permanently attach the canopy to the 

upper forward fuselage, in preparation for cutting out the canopy 

frame. The procedures used are basically to final trim the cutout and 

canopy for fit, then to glass the outside canopy to the outside 

fuselage, and finally to fit the aft canopy bulkhead and glass the 

inside of the canopy to the inside of the fuselage. 

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Note that the sketch shows a lip on the inside fuselage glass. 

This lip is to assist in jigging the canopy in position for those 

outside fuselage tapes. Since the canopy is much thinner than the 

fuselage core, stirring sticks, foam, etc. will need to be used to 

provide a firm surface to laminate the outside tapes against. 

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The canopy is joined to the outside fuselage with 2 BID tapes, 

overlapping the fuselage a minimum of 1.5 . inches_ and the canopy a 

minimum of 0.711. Liberal Flox is used to fill any voids prior to 

glassing; peel ply the lamination and allow it to cure 24 hours: