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KFfan added a post in a topic Wanted: 2 #50 Bing 54 Idle Jets 20 May 2015

Please pardon my limited knowledge.
Are these the idle jets that vary with operational altitude? About 8mm lomg.
I'm at about 850msl.

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KFfan added a post in a topic Overhaul time! 20 May 2015

I didn' build and have not even started the engine and I keep seeing things I'm not fond of...

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KFfan added a post in a topic "OH CRAP" IS MY BIRTHDAY POST 20 May 2015

Wish I'd have thought of that...

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KFfan added a post in a topic F7A 20 May 2015

I assume (I know) F7As are applicable to Avids?

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akflyer added a post in a topic Spring/Bush gear you tube video? 20 May 2015

Well his reply pissed me off even more... so I had to get in my .02. That attitude just hits me wrong.

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EDMO added a post in a topic Overhaul time! 20 May 2015

I have an excuse today - very easy to come up with excuses - got to get back to building strut hangers tomorrow.
and then, and then.....
EDMO

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Wanted: 2 #50 Bing 54 Idle Jets 19 May 2015

I priced a set of Bing rebuild kits the other day. The price of their parts is worse than Rotax!!

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Overhaul time! 19 May 2015

Exactly my thoughts Ed. I've told people before if you are building don't ever say " oh I will just get it flying and then do that xyz later on" there's really no good time to take the plane out of service especially in CA. I am driving to a Fly-In this weekend. Hoping once I have the motor back I will be more motivated to finish the radiator changes and get my TK1 gear on.

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TJay added a post in a topic "OH CRAP" IS MY BIRTHDAY POST 19 May 2015

happy birthday hope your wife still enjoys seeing your birthday suite ha.

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EDMO added a post in a topic Overhaul time! 19 May 2015

Joey,
With no engine, you will have plenty of time to do all the things you put off doing because flying was so much more fun!
EDMO

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Overhaul time! 19 May 2015

My crate went out today via FedEx ground. Weight was 107 lbs which included my EBox with starter and carbs and a way overkill wooden box. Cost me $190 with $5K insurance and a sig required. I used a local shipping place that I've done business with before. Received a decent Military discount. It would of been about $45 cheaper without the insurance. Decided to go on the high side for only 1% of the declared value going to the insurance.

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic F7A 19 May 2015

Moved this over to the files and forms forum so it doesn't dissappear in the general category. Thank You for taking the time to share that data! As time goes on no doubt it will be harder to find tech data on these little planes.

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EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions? 19 May 2015

Paul S,
So now we can say it: "You were right about using Polyethylene" !!!
The milk jug story from Dean was a Classic! Ha!
Thanks,
EDMO

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wypaul added a topic in Files and Forms 19 May 2015

F7A

I have had some requests for the F7A's and I am no longer selling them. Here is a picture with measurements if anyone is interested in making their own.

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wypaul added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions? 19 May 2015

Great piece of history there... Milk jugs are polyethylene ED.

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EDMO added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions? 19 May 2015

Birthdays are full of surprises - That one from Dean "Takes the Cake!"
Thank You so much for the info. BTW: Tell Dean how much we appreciate him!
NOW, All we have to do is find out what milk jugs are made out of....
EDMO
I hate to mention this in the same post with his name - But....For the info of Avid Flyers:
Kitfox had a Service Bulletin to put a rivet thru the top of the flaperons into the pivot tube on each side of the hinge bushing to keep it from coming out of the hinge.
EDMO

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EDMO added a post in a topic Working out issues with brackets 19 May 2015

Just a reminder - Kitfox moved the strut attach point 10 inches farther out in the later models.
EdMO

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1avidflyer added a post in a topic Wanted: 2 #50 Bing 54 Idle Jets 19 May 2015

I have a pair of the 55s also. Sorry, Jim

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Tree top pilot added a post in a topic Working out issues with brackets 19 May 2015

In the works as time and funds allow. Working with another engineer on FEA testing on flight loads and other scenarios that it will have to endure. Then when the 1rst one is built it will be loaded until it breaks something. Right now it looks like 15 ribs and no compression struts per wing. The ply ribs are too much work to make and heavy when sealed. We have found in a search "Kitplanes for Africa". Downloaded the PDF build manual and really like the spar reinforcement. Simple yet effective. Now there is when carbon fiber will excel layered with another material to withstand compressive loads. I just can't get the numbers with carbon spars to settle enough to trust them...too many variables. Still teetering on an extruded "I" beam spar. Still retaining the fold option as well. One thing is that titanium has fallen in price. That's another good weight saver. Took out my control stick{steel} and replaced with titanium .040 wall. lost 5 ozs in that alone. Grandfather always said- take care of the pennies and the dollars will mind themselves....wish I knew then what I know now. So as my work and health hold out...we will plunder onward with all these endless projects. Simple things like moving the attach point out on the spars help a lot....even 8 inches. Compressive loads go up but the wing seems to accept gust loading easier....in the computer. We are still looking at every piece of info we can to cherry pick areas for improvement. Already a pile of metal to the recyclers. Lots of tests.

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Logtrucker added a post in a topic Source for flaperon bushings? Or stock material suggestions? 19 May 2015

Hey---Ed, first , HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Then you're question about flaperon bushings from Dean, he kinda laughed and said 'awful expensive, don't know if I should tell you or not '. Cut strips from a milk jug the right length to fit into the hinge tube,about an 1/8 inch wide on each side, roll it in then take a soldering iron and heat each side so they won't come back out. He knows of several that have exceeded two thousand hours. Sometimes he had to check several milk jugs to get the right thickness. That's the story direct from the----------'designers' mouth. Jack