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Adding a rotary engine to a Q2 is easier said than done.

Statistics show traditional certified engines have the best reliability.

Flight testing for longitudinal stability problems continues this month as columnist Barnaby Wainfan details tests for stick force as related to trim and stick-free stability of an aircraft. The object is to gather data and analyze it to see if the hypotheses about the nature of the problem hold up under scrutiny.

Our cover subject for the October 1996 issue was Bobby Cox’s highly modified Pitts...