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  1. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Im still moving on things. No photos to share at the moment, but I've got the floor, torque tube and controls installed, the carpet is being fitted to allow the rudder peddles to go in, then the firewall, then...

    We also have the right wing in fabric now, too. Maybe start the stitching process this week.
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  2. KFfan added a post in a topic Wanted: 2 #50 Bing 54 Idle Jets   

    Sorry
    The previous owner installed 70s. I am going to keep my 50s
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  3. Bandit added a post in a topic 2nd Annual RedHills Memorial Day Fly-In pics   

    I like it.
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  4. C5Engineer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    2nd Annual RedHills Memorial Day Fly-In pics
    This is a private strip over by Jamestown, CA. You may remember other pics from other trips. The property is where most of the train scenes from Back to the Future 3 were filmed along with a bunch of other movie scenes. The owners have been very gracious to offer up their property for us to camp on the past couple of years. I drove in with my family since the plane is down but it was nice to be able to bring everything but the kitchen sink. I took a ton of pictures. Here's a couple that actually had airplanes and people in them.

    Robs 170. Jack and Myrna have been on the property for over 50 years and they are not on the power grid. Everything is done with gas and solar. Pretty awesome place.



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    Robs 170 getting some deserved attention








    Some family members were asking why would you want to go camping in someones yard??
     

     
    My beautiful daughter
     

     
    Christmas Card pic
     

     
    One reason to fly a 235 Maule
     

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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    My flying buddy pointed out that this statement from the FAR does not say "airworthy",
    but "condition for safe operation" must mean the same.
    Guess the FAA don't want to ever hear that our "experimental" birds are "airworthy"? 
    Thanks,
    Ed
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  6. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    This is what was written in all my AnP conditional inspections, and it's the same as was mandated in my operating limitations paperwork from the FAA. : 
     
    I certify that this aircraft has been inspected on (insert date) in accordance with the scope and detail of Appendix D to Part 43 and was found to be in a condition for safe operation.   
     
    I didn't go digging in the FARs to make sure this is correct, but I'll bet it is.  Jim Chuk
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    Does anyone have a copy of the Condition Inspection completion statement as shown in the FAR?
    Maybe NOT what the inspector wrote in your logbook....
    EdMO
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  8. KFfan added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

    #updateto lighter and more confident with intestinal gas?
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  9. High Country added a post in a topic engine vibs & GSC prop   

    We had lots of problems with our GSC wood prop as well (on 582) check balance, tracking, and pitch. we balanced ours with clear spray paint but even after that was fixed we found that the blades were self adjusting in the hub. We did find that best way to fix it was to simply take a nail and place it into a stud on your living room wall and hang it up. vibration gone!!!
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  10. C5Engineer added a post in a topic engine vibs & GSC prop   

    My Warp runs like a Mack truck compared to the Ivo I swapped it with. Not sure how gsc does their blade pitch changes but you want them as perfect as possible. I would also check the tip tracking. Props can absolutely cause vibes.
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  11. turboturner added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    engine vibs & GSC prop
    has anyone ever had vibration issues w/ a GSC propellor? I had a Warp Drive on a 912UL & it ran smooth. Got this GSC w/ the KF I bought (on a 912ULS) & am getting vibrations at various power settings.
    Carbs seem balanced, so I'm starting to suspect the prop. Am I off?
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  12. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

    #facebookrocks lol brb gotta update my status I just took a shit
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  13. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    Keep the logbook clean. I only use mine for condition inspections and time change items such as plugs and gearbox oil. I keep a separate binder with tech details, photos, and detailed write ups from my projects. When i was issued my AW cert I spent many hours building a nice detailed package showing my work and he didn't even look at it. Ever since then anything official for the plane is the bare minimum required.
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  14. tcj added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    The only required log book entry in an Amateur Built experimental is the condition inspection.  However, I enter everything I do to my Kitfox.  It will be a valuable asset if I ever decide to sell the plane.  It also keeps all my information in one place when I need to look back to find out when something was replaced...like wheel bearings or spark plugs... and what I did to repair something.
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?   

    Don't think you really need to add all that info to your logbook, when I changed from a 582 to a Jabiru engine in my MK IV, I pretty much just stated what I had done, remove xxx, install xxx, engine and prop serial #s ect. Didn't get into details. Just looked at it, and it was 5 1/2 hand written lines on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Not bad to keep a record of what all you did, but I'm not sure it has to be in the log book. Jim Chuk
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  16. cowlove added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Avid Catalina: first Condition Inspection, advice on logbooks?
    After about 18 months of tearing things apart and rabbit-hole projects on the plane, N157AB is (hopefully) ready for her condition inspection.  She had a CI right after I bought her, but this is the first CI I've done that involves work and logbook entries about things I've done.   I have a hand-written journal extensively (and sloppily) detailing the 500 or so hours of work I did, and was going to condense that down into a printed-out insert that I was going to staple or paste into the logbooks. 
     
    Any thoughts on my logbook?   I broke out the two major projects (new flaperons and wing rib repair) into separate write-ups that I gave to my A&P to get his input on the proposed work before I did it.   Do you think it's OK to just make a logbook entry that says basically "Fabricated new flaperons, see attached" and keep those writeups with the logs? 
     
    The work is all scattered over the year, do you think just one date and signature is fine? 
     
     
    My logbook entries I'm going to paste/staple into logbooks.
     
    Separate wing rib repair writeup
     
    Separate writeup about new fiberglass flaperons
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  17. cowlove added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    I got better at turning down the 7/8" OD bushings, using a rasp and sandpaper rather than a turning tool.   I liked these results better than the milk jug, and am going to go with that.  
     
    I never did find a 1213-xx bearing.  Igus GFM-2021-20 is a metric near-equivalent.  I couldn't find one stocked at any reseller, but Igus will sell direct, albeit with a hefty handling/shipping fee.  I had some coming, but cancelled my order when I decided the turned-down ones were acceptable. 
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  18. jjbaker added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

     

     
    The sad truth is that people will "Like!" the obituary.
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  19. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

    Too bad.  I don't Facebook and never will.
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  20. KFfan added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

     
    Just glancing, looked to me like everything from soup to nutz...
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  21. jjbaker added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

    Thanks for sharing the link Av8r!
     
    300/day was with 9 active email accounts running 8 websites and being mod on three forums at once. Major PITA.
    I am down to monitoring only 6 email accounts these days... The group is completely private and I can't bring myself to sign up just to be nosy.
     
    I just learned from one of my former members that "discussion forums are about to be replaced by Fakebook & other social media sites".
     
    Oh well, I was going to retire anyways and move to Russia.
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    Very interesting lot of videos - saved to my favorites to watch later.
    EDMO
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  23. KFfan added a post in a topic F7A   

    Thanks Ed
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  24. KFfan added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    Ed,
    Try this   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_XUJwINdLw
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic PIPER PA-20 HYDROSORB UNIT ON EBAY   

    There is another Hydrosorb unit now listed for $1200 - I know these units are not cheap, and for $25 it would be a bargain for anyone wanting to make a Bush Gear.
    I don't need it - have Grove gear.
    EDMO
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