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  1. KFfan added a post in a topic Sunset over N FLA from FL360   

    My thoughts as well when I read the Heading
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  2. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Playing at the new airport   

    Thanks for the info TJay.  Did you know the guy in the trike that shows up low and left of you at about 4:45 in the video?  Lost him in the trees somehow when you turned.  ;-)  Jim Chuk
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  3. TJay added a post in a topic Playing at the new airport   

    Hey Jim mine only has 2 wires, I would say touch the red to positive and black to negative if nothing happens tie the white and red together. the way I read it is the red and black power up the gauge and white can measure the power at a specific location. Say you want to know how much power is being fed to your landing lights only, that's my best guess.
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  4. gregpro50 added a post in a topic "and it does not have to be just aircraft related." Okay!!!   

    I do.  I've got a Hydrostream Voyager.
    Best speed of 92.2.
     

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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic Playing at the new airport   

    We have an airport and hanger shortage here too - Several of them sold out when STL got the TCA.  The city folks at my last airport have been trying for years to sell it for a strip mall - We now have to go about 60 miles or more to HOPE to get on the hanger list.  Cheaper to just fold wings and trailer it 25 miles each way.
    EDMO
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  6. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Playing at the new airport   

    I bought one of those gauges, and it has a black wire, a red wire and a white wire in the back.  How is that supposed to be hooked up?  It didn't come with any instructions.  Jim Chuk
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  7. lukemn added a post in a topic Amphibian project resurrection & modifications   

    I put in some more quality sawsall time trimming the upper area of the engine mount to make room for a center mounted radiator & one more round of tape tube mock up.  What's the general vibe (pun intended) on radiator mounting rigid or rubber isolation mounted?  I've seen both in practice on other rotax powred aircraft.




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  8. Fly-n-Low added a post in a topic Here's a cool pic   

    Buzz job... Nothing sounds like a radial swinging a two bladed prop!!!
     

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  9. Fly-n-Low added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Here's a cool pic
    My buddy is an ag pilot and my other buddy owns a T-6... 2+2=....

    I am ugly... Be forewarned!!! Inverted pic

     
     
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  10. Avid90 added a post in a topic Lift Strut Threaded Rod Ends   

    'Just a little bit more about those AN 490 rod ends:  Yes, the material used is 4130 steel, heat treated to 125.000 psi strength.  But that doesn't tell you the whole story..  To see what the threaded rod will carry, you have to multiply the 125,000 lb/sq in tensile strength by the smallest area (in square inches) of the section taking the load.  In the case of a 1/4 by 28 thread, the minor diameter of the threaded section.
    In many cases a fitting or part will carry the intended load but may also have to be "over designed" to take into consideration the sometime rough handling that the part may be exposed to.  A 5/16 inch threaded section is considerably more damage tolerant than a 1/4 inch one.
    Remember that those strut ends are a single load path primary structure.  Handle with care.
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  11. Fly-n-Low added a post in a topic "and it does not have to be just aircraft related." Okay!!!   

    Ain't much scares me. Been over 160 on the water... Here's the craft...

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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  12. dynomike added a post in a topic Fly In   

    yeah that's the stuff .I love flyin season
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  13. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic The 180.. saving a ramp mummy   

    Hey Leni--  What ever happened to the Mummy?  Is the ex gonna get this one in the battle (I hope not)?
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  14. nemesisnxt added a post in a topic Nice Kitfox   

    I didn't.  We might opt for the quick build option when the time comes.  It will be cost effective for me to pick it up, I'm only 6 hours away.
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  15. TJay added a post in a topic Nice Kitfox   

    That is a damn good price if they are coming through kitfox. hell if your gonna spend that you may as well go for the $10000 stol wing. Did you ask Mr. John what they would charge you to ship the wings My guess is it would be around $600+
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  16. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic "and it does not have to be just aircraft related." Okay!!!   

    Okay.  To me, that's scary as hell.
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic Bush Gear   

    "Tail Low - Way to Go"  That was what my instructor always told me for landings - He didn't mean that the tail had to be on the ground - Just Low, so you don't get any more weight forward - and you can land a little faster and be in control for x-winds.
    EDMO
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  18. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Bush Gear   

    You will find that wheelies are not the way to go in one of these planes in a cross wind.  Getting a locked tailwheel on the ground asap is the best way to maintain control.  
    The main wing will be able to fly long after the tail is ineffective to control it.  In order to keep these planes "safe" they were designed with small tail surfaces and control throws which keeps breaking stalls and spins to a minimum.  This also limits drastically their ability to maintain control in a wheel landing scenario.
    I've landed in some pretty scary cross winds with my plane.  Things I shouldn't have done.  But always in 3-point.  Always.
     
    Think about it this way:  You saw the plane's behavior in a tail up taxi, now throw a cross wind into that mix.  What's going to happen?
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  19. Fly-n-Low added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    "and it does not have to be just aircraft related." Okay!!!
    Anyone fly a boat?
     
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  20. TJay added a post in a topic Playing at the new airport   

    No sir Just a cheap voltage gauge. I put that there because my battery is between my legs, gives me a heads up before it gonna go up in flames. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Voltmeter-DC-4-5-30V-Digital-Blue-LED-Car-Voltage-Volt-Panel-Meter-Gauge-/271734188653?hash=item3f449eaa6d:m:mNMs_a-YLE0vpoZqCw3yhgw&vxp=mtr
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  21. marksires added a post in a topic Sunset over N FLA from FL360   

    Awful high for an Avid.  Hope you had oxygen (and a coat!) 
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  22. Knuckledragger added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Sunset over N FLA from FL360
    I should have made a video because a lot of the clouds had lightening 
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  23. Fly-n-Low added a post in a topic Fuselage Cleaning (Inside)   

    I would try Simple Green first. I put it in spray bottle straight and use it to clean my boat motors (two strokes). If that doesn't cut it....IF I used gas, it would be 100LL.
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  24. Knuckledragger added a post in a topic Beginner Take Offs and Landings   

    Great write up JJ. I really appreciate it. It's hard to tell, but I do pull power to idle in this vid right about when I'm finishing up turn dw to base  (last  couple of landings) and always at least during final.   
    I'm away from the plane while at work. I'm looking forward to this weekend where I can put all this great input into practice!
    it will feel good to know how big I can fly the pattern and still make the field engine at idle.   
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  25. Fly-n-Low added a post in a topic Bush Gear   

    LOL!!! My skin is pretty thick. Yea, I figure that is the reason for the gear widening and the extended fuse mod. One down, one to go. "I think I have it down"... last words...
    Seriously, thanks for the advice. I stick to grass which is way more forgiving. I just like a wheel landing better in a cross wind. And the strip behind my house is 45 and 315. So there is always a cross wind.
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