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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic F7A   

    dholly posted on TKF all the info to use F7A on Kitfox 1-3.
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    Is the "s" supposed to be at the end of http?  I cant open the site.
    EDMO
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  3. Geoffrey Thorpe added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    Information on re-forming HDPE in this video https://youtu.be/W_XUJwINdLw He cuts it into bits and forms into new sheet which you may not neet if couple laysers of jug are thick enough. He has other videos on machining the stuff.
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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

    300 per day?      They could only wish for that much traffic.  Maybe 3 or 4 on a busy day now...
     
    But the better way is to go to this link.  No emails, but the worst format for a discussion forum.
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  5. allonsye added a post in a topic Wanted: 2 #50 Bing 54 Idle Jets   

    If you had the dimensions I suppose you could turn out some on a small shopsmith lathe.
     
    Interestingly, after spending $100 for new bushings and butterfly shaft from Bing for my BMW R1150GS Bing throttle bodies, I discovered a local machine shop who would have made them for 1/2 that price.
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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    How about a heat gun?  But you shouldn't have to roll the edges if you put a rivet on each side like Kitfox Service Bulletin shows....Maybe your fiberglass flaperons are different?
    I think that today we have many more sources of polyethylene than Dean had back in the 80's - Lots of Poly-E plastic bottles and jugs around now - my gas cans are made of that plastic - I think?
    EDMO
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  7. cowlove added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    I just tried turning down the 7/8" bushings to the required 13/16", with fairly unsatisfactory results. 
     
    I think I'll give the milk jug idea a try while I search for 1213-12 bushings.   Anyone have any more stories or hints about the soldering iron finish when making these? 
     
    Jim
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  8. cowlove added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    <blink>MISINFORMATION ALERT</blink>  I apparently had not a single awake brain cell when I had the micrometer in hand and measured the stock bushings.    The OD of the bushings (and thus the hole in the hanger bracket) is 13/16, not 7/8.   The proper bushing family would be 1213-12, not 1214-12.  Which are a lot harder to find than the 1214's.
     
    The milk jug looks like a very real possibility.  
     
     
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  9. jjbaker added a post in a topic Accidental takeoff during step-taxi testing in the Catalina   

    Thanks for bringing this thread back to life. I hadn't seen that plane yet. Waaaaaaay cooooool!
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  10. jjbaker added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video?   

     
    Can you share for us nosy people who don't want to go back to receiving 300 emails per day, or where does one sign up for that thingy?
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  11. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Avid Construction Manual   

    Fred we will work and getting these back online. Please keep an eye on this thread.
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  12. fred_stork added a post in a topic Avid Construction Manual   

    Did anyone find a solution for opening the PDF files? I get "Invalid or missing root object in the pdf". Does anyone have a working version that could be posted or sent to me fred.stork @ orange.fr (but without the spaces around @) 
    Thanks in advance
     
    Fred
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic STRUT FAIRINGS   

    Guess I don't have to pressurize my strut fairings - Our highest "Mountain" is 1700 msl with a "cement pond" reservoir on top of it.
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  14. EDMO added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    PIPER PA-20 HYDROSORB UNIT ON EBAY
    For anyone interested - #251 967 629 702
    Listed today, 20 May - starting bid $24.99
    EDMO
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  15. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic STRUT FAIRINGS   

    That was an antique 737 suffering from too many pressurization cycles causing work hardened aluminum...
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  16. wypaul added a post in a topic F7A   

    Ed the jig was very simple but it is build on a piece of 1/2" plate that I don't care to ship. Somebody can build their own in less than an hour with those measurements.
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic First real X country trip report!   

    Bandit,
         I understand what you said - None of the Kitfoxes or Avid Magnum have them riveted underneath - just on sides or top.  I am just real nosey about things I haven't seen before...
    EDMO
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic STRUT FAIRINGS   

    I remember that!
    EDMO
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  19. marksires added a post in a topic STRUT FAIRINGS   

    Ask Aloha Airlines and Boeing...

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  20. Luked added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

     
    Count me in as being interested in more info on your flaperon project. I will be needing to make new flaperons and wings. I've been considering several options. Experience from others is always helpful.
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  21. Bandit added a post in a topic First real X country trip report!   

    It's a former for the ws and sl. It is riveted to the crossover tube. They all have them.
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic F7A   

    Someone should copy Doug Holly's post from TKF in above post and put it in Files and Forms on here for future reference.  I don't know how.
    EDMO
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions?   

    I will be looking forward to seeing the flaperon posts and photos - I have tossed the idea around a lot, but bought aluminum to make them - I just couldn't face doing fiberglass after 30 years of pouring it, cutting and grinding it, and itching!  Besides that, the epoxy may have contributed to my kidney cancer which made me lose one of them.
    Thanks,
    EDMO
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  24. cowlove added a post in a topic Accidental takeoff during step-taxi testing in the Catalina   

    I used to do computer stuff, so I used a bunch of homebrew scripts the use freeware tools to make the embedded graphics.   The orignal data comes from a little homebrew EFIS computer that collects engine stats, AHRS, GPS, and air data.   The real first flight may never happen in a timely manner, but when it does, it will be well instrumented and documented
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  25. RobS added a post in a topic F7A   

    I may be off-base here, but when I look at the picture of the F7/F7A comparison in this post . . .
     
    http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=2699&highlight=jabiru+mount
     
    . . .  it almost looks like you could notch the underside of the original assembly, bend it to the proper angle and then reweld it and add a gusset to provide extra strength. The picture may not be a good reference, but it sure looks like it just might work. Any thoughts on this idea?
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