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  1. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    The Kitfox 4 project I bought last summer had a chute that also shot through the bottom of the plane plus the strap going up the side covered with tape. I won't put it back in when I rebuild the plane. There is way more room back there on a Kitfox 4 than the earlier kitfoxes or Avids though. Jim Chuk
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  2. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Got a box delivered to me today, from a man named Hal Stockman.  
     
     
     
    More to come soon….  
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  3. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    My Mangy Fox had a BRS in it when I bought it.  It was configured to fire out the BOTTOM of the plane under and behind the baggage sack.  The leads were wrapped around the side of the plane (covered with an ugly 6" wide tape) to the turtle deck then to the overhead.
     
     
    I sold it (needing a new rocket and repack) for $800.  IMO - good riddance.
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  4. dynomike added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    Can't upload the pictures for some reason .probably my stupid f×+#£&# phone .mone is mounted right next to the header tank and blows through the fabric on the bottom and rips.up the fuselage and then tears of the turtle deck and hangs four point .I have pictures of this but afore mentioned device will not load them .f&$×
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  5. ColoradoKF added a post in a topic Wide Trailer for Avid, Kitfox Transport and Storage   

    Hi, I was thinking of ordering a Sorenson trailer for my KF3. Have you heard from anyone who has bought one regarding quality of build, materials, etc? Thanks Scott
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  6. TJay added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    I think they say the rocket will go through about anything then the chute will rip the rest off. As if you wouldn't have your shorts full enough when a wing folds they deploy a rocket behind your fricken head ha.
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    What happens to the turtledeck on the Kitffox shown above when the canister goes boom?
    EdMO
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  8. dynomike added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    My avid has canister in it I'll try and get some pics
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  9. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    The flaperon mixer on the Kitfox 4 is completely different from the earlier Kitfoxes and Avids. Lots more room for the BRS in the Kitfox 4 than the Avid behind the seat as this picture shows. Here's a thought, mounted underneath, (like a bomb). That's how it was set up on my Himax. If you need it near the front for CG purposes, put it in front of the landing gear. Landing gear was shorter on the Himax than a Kitfox, and I never hit it on anything. Jim Chuk

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  10. akflyer added a post in a topic skyraider super   

    I still stick by my opinion that if they can put a sticker on the dash of a 180 hp Carbon Cub and get away with the honor system of the pilot NOT going over XXXX RPM to limit the "hp rating" then I can use the same principle of a sticker on my dash saying to only adjust the prop on the ground via a switch mounted in the cockpit.   I have a hard time believing that even the feds honestly think that a guy in a 200k plus 180 HP CC is really going to not use the full RPM available to him in his new toy.  If that can pass the grin test then I have no problems putting a sticker on my panel as well....
     

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  11. akflyer added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    I talked to Dean Wilson at length about the CG issues.  The original limits were established based off some one who had never flown before building the plane and learning to fly in it.  Dean said they did factory testing and it flew best with the CG around 18".  He did caution me to not stall the plane without full flaperons if the CG was behind 20" or 21", I don't remember off the top of my head.  I like mine at 18-19" and I have flown past that.  The plane never got too squirrely on me but I did have to use some flap input to keep the nose down.  I would not think twice about flying your plane where the CG is now. 
     

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  12. Altifly added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    thanks, that's a good help
    I guess this is this one
    is kitfox very different around this area as controls need to be disconnected to fold? 

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  13. Dusty added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    There is an kitfox (or possibly avid) on barnstormers with a photo of a brs behind the seat aiming through the turtledeck
    Found it. kitfox IV 1200 trigear nice plane but one of the wheels is in the wrong place!
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  14. EDMO added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Larry3400,  Yes, you are correct.
           I was pointing out the fact that there was no plastic leading edge extension when the manual for the Kitfox 3 was printed, and the leading edge was the front of the spar, and all figures were taken from that point. 
    The leading edge extension started with the model 4 with the Riblett ribs, and they never changed the wording that the datum was the leading edge, although the leading edge was extended, as was the tail dimensions, and the cg range was changed.
    EdMO
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  15. Altifly added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    thanks you answer, but BRS is not giving special instructions for AVID , as there are many CG configurations according to situation ... mine is at workshop at the moment ,having a 462 rotax without electric starter , it is one of these one can consider to do this way..
    anyway, ist'n there any picture showing installation exemples? that would help in any case..
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  16. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    I would suggest you contact BRS. They should have recommended mounting instructions for an Avid. Usually Avids are nose heavy, even with a light engine..... What is your flying CG? Jim Chuk
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  17. Altifly added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    this is canister version ... 
    my Avid is already "light forward" .. was really considering all possibilities to put be in front
    I can convert it to soft pack if better, I know someone who makes custom cordura packs and repack them
     
    looks like this one

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  18. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Both of my model IV airframes use (as do all kitfoxes) the leading edge of the wing as the datum point.
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  19. TJay added a post in a topic Parachute installation   

    canister, VLS, or soft pack?
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  20. Altifly added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Parachute installation
    Hello,
     
    thank you for opening me acces to the forum ... I'm french avid owner, and at the moment my plane is having a fuselage revision, new covering soon
    I have a BRS 900 and wish to install it, but I can't find any installation picture exemple .. I want to be carefull about weight balance too, is there any possibility to install in front?
    thank you in advance for help
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Jim
         I agree - as a practical measurement should be from front of wing -
        However his cg limits, as listed in the manual, are written as measured from the front of the spar, as are all dimensions for fuel, pilot, wheels, etc - if his manual is like some others I have read.
         I don't know if Larry measured or changed all the dimensions, or went by what was listed in the manual.
    The KF3 manual does not include any additions to leading edge or tail, as none were available at the time the manual was written.
         If you change the datum line location, you have to change all the other dimensions, and that is not "by-the-book".
    EdMO
         My plane is a Foxy Flapper, a different size wing, with no kit or manual, and I have to figure and write my own limits -
    but that is a whole different story.
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  22. LSaupe added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Ed, Yep, I would make it if I corrected back to the spar.  Ultimately it may bear down to if the cuff changed the center of pressure on the wing at all.  Pressure being more set by the local wing geometry vice the leading edge (just a guess).
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  23. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Ed, I think you are correct, my memory says it's the same for all Avids (A,B, C, MK IV). As far as measurments, I would think front of wing is front of wing. A leading edge extention would move the front of the wing forward, and so that is where I would measure from. Jim Chuk
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  24. EDMO added a post in a topic KF FLAPERON   

    Rick,
         Where are you located?   I have a left KF1 flaperon but don't want to crate and ship it - I am near St.Louis, Missouri.
    EdMO
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic Model III Weight and Balance - Need 300 in-lbs fwd   

    Jim,
          I am probably the least knowledgeable about Avids, but I am almost certain that Leni said all Avid wings are the same cg range - maybe not counting the Airdale and Magnum - but I think my Magnum book lists about the same cg range as the other Avids - I checked on that, and the Magnum cg is 11.185 to 17.5 - guess because it's longer.
    The main thing that changes is the gross weights.
    LarryS,
          The Kitfox 3 W/B uses the front spar as the leading edge for all measurements - Would you be OK in aft cg using that measurement?   The plastic leading edge addition is a Kitfox 4 or 5 modification you made, and not by the manual, so you might get by with front spar measurements and be "by the book"? 
    EdMO
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