Gee Bee QED II Restoration

[@jamesburns2232]

My hat is off 🧢to Jim Moss for building this Gee Bee QED. Not many people on this side of the dirt today would even take on such a daunting task. 🤠

[@timmckenna210]

All that effort to preserve an aircraft which not to many even knows that exists,hat off guys!

[@bobculp2376]

Dewey, you look great sitting in the QED. Great job

[@lovestheSG]

Jim Moss built several really cool aircraft. His Laird Super Solution was also an incredible show of craftsmanship.

[@ashleymessenger4758]

Thanks, Dewey! Another great video

[@jimg163]

Nice video, thank you for sharing that is one big, detailed project. I heard your name when I was in the Tigershark program but never crossed paths. Good to see that you are always finding something new.

[@kevincollins8014]

Absolutely incredible aircraft. It always puts a smile on my face to see youngsters involved in stuff like that. Great job with interview and filming, you do such a great job on these videos thanks for sharing them Dewey!

[@ethanbotkin5898]

You should come by some time! I just happen to be one of them youngsters 😂 it's always great to give tours!

[@kevincollins8014]

@ethanbotkin5898 I very well may do that pretty soon. I'm only about 30 minutes from Urbana. Thanks for replying and keep up the great work .w👍😁

[@mikercflyer7383]

Amazing restoration project I enjoyed the tour. I was fortunate enough to see Delmar Benjamin fly the GB at the Reno air races I did not realize at the time how lucky and how special the airplane is I never heard of of it before. Safe travels

[@ellischernoff8603]

Having seen it at Oshkosh Airventure, just a few years ago, I would not have thought this aircraft needed restoration. It does not have many hours on it.

[@jpatt1000]

I was thinking the same thing! I wonder if it had a rough landing or something?

[@ethanbotkin5898]

​@@jpatt1000 oh boy did it! 🤣 Come by and I'll tell you more!

[@ethanbotkin5898]

Definitely more than a bad landing...

[@ethanbotkin5898]

Oh boy... Stop by and we'll tell you why

[@jpatt1000]

@@ethanbotkin5898 I may take you up on that! I'd love the chance to see the QED bare bones!! Around rhe time this was getting properly run in, Kermit Weeks was doing a lot of taxi tests in the Gee Bee Z. I was hoping he would get Delmar Bemjamin's R2 going and those two would fly the R2 and the Z up from Florida for a three ship with the QED. Alas..... Not to be.

[@raybenza2317]

Dewey, while at Sun n Fun '22, we visited the Kermit Weeks Fantasy of Flight before it closed. In his museum, he has 1932 Gee Bee Super Sportster R-2, in the red and white colors, along with a black and yellow one; and a '31 Laird Super Solution race plane (with no forward visibility) along with a '18 Morane A-1 that I'm sure you would love to fly.....obviously, he has tons more aircraft including a P51(Gripes A' Mighty 3rd). I wonder if they are aware of his museum? Thanks for posting this Gee Bee Restoration video. I live in Lebanon, OH and am a 77 year old commercial pilot flying with Sporty's flying club out of I69 Clermont County Airport.

[@marchindy]

Didnt know this project was going on thanks for showing this.

[@drbooo]

It looks almost as large as a F-4U1D Corsair. Freaking huge.

[@Tom-wp1gm]

Great video Dewey!

[@txkflier]

The Mid America Flight Museum at Mt. Pleasant, Texas is a great place to visit. It's only 60 miles west of me..

[@n55ma29]

I saw the GB "race" against Rare Bear at Oshkosh in 1994. Anyone who crawls into a GB has brass ones, for certain.

[@elosogonzalez8739]

Dewey: Love your content. A little information about QED that is in the Museum in Mexico can be found on Wikipedia. Along with a photo. The airplane wrecked and killed the pilot. "CONQUISTADOR DEL CIELO" was the name of the airplane. Wouldn't that make a great peddle airplane for your kiddos?! Thanks for this!

[@robertratliff6030]

I saw Delmar Benjamin fly his Gee Bee at the alliance airport in fort Worth during an air show. Man the sound of that big radial engine firing up just mesmerized you. Hope this one will fly some day and I hope the exhaust doesn't kill the pilot like it did Delmar.

[@Kevin_747]

Its a shame Jim Moss didn't get to see it fly before he lost his fight with cancer. Jim built some cool airplanes.

[@5695q]

I remember the Airmaster at Santa Paula in the early 1990's, The QED is a big project in itself, one commenter questioned the engine horsepower, a couple of things could drive the selection. Available engines and parts support for one and maybe the 700hp even though it was flyable, maybe it just wasn't enough but was adequate at the time. As for aileron balance, Kermit Weeks had a vibration analysis done on the GB Z he has and from what they found, he decided it would not fly again until some issues were addressed. That much weight behind the hinge line invites a flutter scenario that would be catastrophic.

[@larrycruz9832]

What needed to be restored?, it was flown very little, other than an annual, I'm not understanding why a full resto

[@DeweyDavenport]

@larrycruz9832 Larry, you can't judge a book by its cover. The aircraft had some major issues that needed to be addressed. If you watched the entire video, you see that they are working on the landing gear, canopy, and wings. Once they complete the restoration, it will be a very fine machine.

[@davebourdon3258]

I want to fly that Gee Bee when it is done. I bet who ever flies it will have to stand on the right rudder with all that torque. LoL.

[@Triple_J.1]

The original, the pilot was unable to apply full power until near rotation speed. Primarily due to P-factor, and gyroscopic precession. Torque is reacted by the wings, which are very effective at damping torque unless in a near perfect hover (torque roll).

[@paulhelman2376]

What airfoil was used?

[@andremarais2706]

Great video and project. Always a joy to watch your videos Dewey. Pity about the histrionic, attention seeking "adult" in the background teaching her child her own childish behaviours,

[@Triple_J.1]

What exactly is the point of this? Double the horsepower in a terrible airframe?

[@JenniferJenkins-g2h]

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