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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    When you make a donation, PLEASE include your username in the comments or post on here so I can update you to a contributing member.  
     
    Thanks folks!

    Some of you are not showing up in my search when I use the email addy on your paypal donation, so PLEASE shoot me a message if you donated but are not shown as a contributing member.
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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    I have not looked into a contribution button, I will put it on the list of things to do.  Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to help keep the site going, you have proven that Facebook hans't killed us yet!

     
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  3. AvidJack added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    I asked santa so nicely back in 2019 (according to this thread) for a paypal donation button on the home page, but I guess I was naughty that year, 'cause it didn't happen.  I've been better (?) this year, and I did just send a paypal your way, but gosh darn it would be so much easier if santa would check his list twice (and maybe send out a yearly reminder that he was compiling his naughty list)..
    Thanks for everyone's support. 
    Jack
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  4. Avidventurous added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Just PayPal'd some $$. THANKS!!!!!
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  5. Avid Bart added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    I just sent a couple $$. Thanks for keeping the forum going and fighting off the Russian hackers!
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  6. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Thanks Mr. much appreciated!

     
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  7. nlappos added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Just sent some. Thanks for doing the heavy lfting
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  8. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    paypal works
    akflyer_2000@yahoo.com
     
    Thanks guys!
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  9. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Thank you Sir!  Site has pretty much been on autopilot but lately the russian hackers have been trying hard to get in and I have been busy in the background trying to keep the site up.  I think everyone has been hit hard the last few years $$ wise, but I will always do my best to keep the site up and running, even though it seems FB has taken over and replaced most forums these days.

     
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  10. marcusofcotton added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    Egads has it really been that long?  :o(   Sorry Lenny, it's been a few rough years
    Let's keep this site going folks!!!
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  11. whizzers added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Clearing out the shop
    I have the following "stuff that needs to go: Projects that aren't gonna happen.
    Peery Experimental Propeller (wood) 64 dia 54 pitch LH tractor. Rotax pattern :Looks good, you determine application and airworthiness. $400 plus shipping
    IVO two blade Ultralight, 72 dia ground adjustable LH Tractor: Rotax pattern $600 plus shipping
    Right hand STOL wing, heavy hauler . .083 spars. Needs some work. Has fuel tank. Make offer, you move.
    Horiz stab off Avid. Make offer
    Rudder off early Kitfox. Make offer
    Items located in Central PA
    Drop  me an e mail.
    Bob McCaa   N5113H;N533SE
     
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  12. jdhines1 added a post in a topic Do I have the correct gear?   

    OK.  I can see the forward sweep.  The difference is obvious when you see them side by side.   I was thinking about using a third party landing gear eventually but now I know not to do any work on these. 
    Thanks! 
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  13. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Do I have the correct gear?   

    yep, it's a tricycle gear.  With your gear, you see the wheel is centered between the upper mounting points.  The taildragger gear has the wheel slightly ahead of the front attachment point.  Notice this picture.  JImChuk

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  14. ChrisBolkan added a post in a topic Do I have the correct gear?   

    You have tricycle gear in the TW position. Tailwheel gear has longer legs and is swept forward.
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  15. saskavid added a post in a topic Do I have the correct gear?   

    Jim will eventually respond and in all likely hood say it is a tricycle landing gear. when you first posted pictures of the project someone was pointing this out. 
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  16. jdhines1 added a topic in Avid Flyer General Hangar   

    Do I have the correct gear?
    So I am finally getting started on my Avid kit.  Someone already mentioned that it doesn't look like I have the correct front gear for a tailwheel setup.  The manual say that the gear for tailwheel is longer than that for a tricycle, but it does not say by how much.  What I have measures at 20".   I was likely going to use something besides the stock gear anyway.  Can anyone help with this first mystery?
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  17. AvidJack added a post in a topic kitfox IV under seat storage.. how?   

    The edges on my box were 1) highly irregular and 2) too tall, pressing down on the frame and up on the seat pan.   So, I cut them off, and glued with safety wire the pan to the frame.  I also didn't like the way it would have cut into the formed seat "truss" on the botton of the pan, so made the access door smaller than the box to avoid the truss.  I split foam tubing for the seat-to-box edge interface- no pics of that. 
     


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  18. AvidJack added a post in a topic Landing gear step.. Avid or Kitfox better?   

    Went with a step, but didn't like the idea of stressing the gear leg too much. ordered some 1" ID tubing, split that, then welded a bar support to those, and pop-riveted those to the gear legs.
    Am about to cover the gear- this was one of those "stopping places" - need to get the fuse up on gear.  Welds aren't pretty (one reason I didn't want to mess with the gear legs directly). The inserts are rivnuts.
    Onward.


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  19. ChrisBolkan added a post in a topic Wing Stand   

    Nice!
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  20. jdhines1 added a topic in Technical tasks   

    Wing Stand
    This is barely a technical task, but I thought that it was necessary.  As I am sorting through all of the parts that came with the plane that I just bought I wanted to put the wings in a safer place.  This is a simple design from an old EAA article.  I followed it pretty closely.  I bough new casters instead of the recommended salvaged roller skate wheels.   The only problem that I ran into is that my CAD 2x4's are a lot straighter than what you can get from Home Depot.



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  21. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Was able to bring my Avid home   

    Very nice.  Keep us updated on your progress.  JImChuk
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  22. jdhines1 added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Was able to bring my Avid home
    It was a long drive this weekend, but I was able to bring my Avid home.   There is quite a bit to go through and to figure out what I have and do not have.  There are two boxes of documentation to sort out first.
    But I just wanted to share the beginning of the journey finishing this plane.


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  23. Benoist added a post in a topic Compatibility Avid MK4 and Kitfox   

    Sounds good, thanks JImChuk! 
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  24. Philip added a post in a topic MK4 engine choice?   

    Jabiru, Australia has a good supply of parts. I just bought new barrels for my A Series 2200.
    I run Rotec water-cooled heads which I love but it does require fitting pumps and a radiator which is a big job.
    Were I to do it all again I would purchase a brand new Jabiru as they have alloy barrels that cure many ills and the price is amazing compared to a Rotax.

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  25. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Compatibility Avid MK4 and Kitfox   

    If it's a sling seat, it should fit.  I was measuring a Kitfox seat and Avid fiberglass seats recently, and it seemed like the back part of the Kitfox was 1" longer.  I do have a spare Kitfox fiberglass seat from a Kitfox 2.  Depending on what motor you were using in the Kitfox, the Avid cowl may work.  582 is spark plugs up in a Kitfox and inverted in the Avid, so for that the Kitfox cowl is a lot taller.  With a 912 though, it would be a lot closer.  I was actually going to use an Avid cowl on my Kitfox 4 with 912 build.  I have since sourced a Kitfox smooth cowl and will go with it.  If you meant elevator and horizontal stabilizer, it could probably be made to work with some modification, the MK IV elevator had a built in trim tab and I seem to remember the elevator is larger than earlier Avids.  This is my Kitfox 4 with Avid MK IV cowl.  It looks short because I have a modified longer motor mount.  The standard Kitfox 4 912 mount puts the engine about 4" further back.  JImChuk

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