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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    Chris,
    Hate to bear bad news, but there is a Zenith 650 on ebay with crunched nose and nosewheel - I didn't care for Heinz designs - looked flimsy to me - I bought the manual for the 701/801 -
    Yours and RANS look a lot stronger. (and mine, I hope)
    I have 2 of the strongest light gear ever made - Piper TriPacer/Colt.
    EDMO
    The driver may have had something to do with the crunched nose - probably not enough taildragger time!
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  2. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    Just out of curiosity why enrichers over a primer?
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  3. dynomike added a post in a topic Thoghts on Full Lotus Floats   

    full lotus are awesome floats ,the are heavy and not very aerodynamic but their tough as hell and work amazing on the snow ,and when your sitting on them fishing they are pretty comfy.
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  4. Guest added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    Actually I think Chris Heinz at Zenith has done a pretty good job of making a sweet tri gear SuperStol plane.
     
    I've always like those and they don't look like Kate Upton with a penis )
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  5. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    A SuperSTOL with a nose wheel would be like a Kate Upton with a penis. Wrong at every level.


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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    If I just had the funds, not even unlimited, I would have my own airport and fleet of homebuilts with nosewheels!EDMO
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  7. KFfan added a post in a topic Funny because it's true   

    Wow! You must surf some radical sites....
    I love it!!!
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  8. KFfan added a post in a topic Alaska Super Cubs Video   

    That's just CRAZY
     
    Why would someone want to fly when you're already in heaven? 
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  9. 1avidflyer added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Free B model Avid in Califorinia
    I see someone on the Avid Yahoo groups is giving away a B model project in Ca. To far for me! Jim Chuk

    Send me an e-mail bradhbh@yahoo.com if your are interested in it

    Brad
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  10. 959 added a post in a topic Thoghts on Full Lotus Floats   

    I'm sure your floats went to a good Plane.
    I really do want a set of 1100's.
    I think the 1250's are too big for my Avid.
    I'll find another set down the line.
    Just sold my race car so I have a little extra money for my toys now.
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  11. dholly added a post in a topic Thoghts on Full Lotus Floats   

    Marv -
     
    Just do a search here on the Full Lotus floats, there is tons of very detailed info on the 1260s and 1450s (both good and bad). Leni in particular has years of experimentation and experience with FL on both his Avid and bro's Kitfox, not to mention other aircraft (huh, what? shhhh!), and has posted his thoughts repeatedly.
     
    FWIW, the floats TJay linked are for a UL like Challenger or Quicksilver etc., around 750 displacement I think. Puddlejumper does have a bigger 1100 or 1150 displacement float which would be much more appropriate for an Avid or Kitfox. That said, not sure if those are offered in amphib version, or whether that is with the spreader bar-style nosewheel used on their smaller floats. That arrangement just plain looks flimsy as hell to me, no way would I put that type of float on my Avid+ or Kitfox. IMHO, there is a good reason you never hear of anyone flying this float on an Avid or KF... or, at least, more than once.
     
    Sorry you missed my Aerocets.
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  12. EDMO added a post in a topic PIPER J5b PHOTO OF TAIL on EBAY   

    Thanks Jim - OMG, what an antique photo!
    Maybe I should have used one of me sitting on a big mule - at age 1....
    I found the photo of the J5b just about the time the site was getting weird, and was having a hard time posting or doing anything.
    EDMO
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  13. TJay added a post in a topic Thoghts on Full Lotus Floats   

    these Are from one other forum that I enjoy, they might work for you. http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/light-stuff-area/21529-need-gone-floats-puddle-jumpers-10ft.html
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  14. aschlem added a post in a topic WTB Rotax 618 Exhaust   

    How does it fly? Comparatively speaking.
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic PIPER J5b PHOTO OF TAIL on EBAY   

    Hi Ed, If you want to copy a picture of something, right click on the picture, and a list of options will appear. Left click on save picture, and that should save it where you want it to go. At least sometimes it works that way on my computer.... Jim Chuk

    PS just to prove to myself that I wasn't forgetting something, I copied your avatar.... Here it is.

    PS PS Hey Ed, I'm trying something else to copy a picture. If you right click on the picture, left click on copy, then go where you want to put the picture, and left click on the edit button (top left of your screen)then left click paste, the picture you copied should appear. I just grabbed a picture at random off this site for this experiment. http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36600000/Kate-Upton-image-kate-upton-36676640-797-1200.jpg Guess the picture didn't show up, but a link to it did which is almost as good!

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  16. Av8r3400 added a topic in Jokes   

    Funny because it's true

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  17. Av8r3400 added a topic in Jokes   

    Grandpa



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  18. EDMO added a topic in Hangar Talk   

    PIPER J5b PHOTO OF TAIL on EBAY
    I don't know how to copy it and put it on here - But some of you can.
    Look at the extensions Piper put on front of the Horizontal Stabilizer....
    EDMO
    MY MISTAKE - May have been on Barnstormers or Tradeaplane - Sorry
    I couldn't find it on ebay today - maybe gone?
    Very interesting that Piper added a rectangle to front of HS...
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  19. Luked added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Alaska Super Cubs Video
    Cool video I saw on youtube.
     
    https://youtu.be/GbwZXnSXsSg
     

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  20. EDMO added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    Yes, redundant, except to prevent crashes - There was one horrific crash where the pilots tried to fly the plane while the flight engineer handled the throttles and got it down with some survivors.And, he can fly the plane, or fight a co-pilot to get the door open, unlike a small stewardess.
    But, a lot cheaper to replace a "C5Engineer" with a pilot-potty!
    EDMO
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  21. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    Economically unviable to have a redundant, unnecessary crewman in the cockpit. Most modern jets don't even have the ability to position a flight engineer.
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Almost looks like mine, except mine is curved up to the VS.
    Good Progress Larry.
    EDMO
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    This one might have been avoided if they had not eliminated the third man in the cockpit!
    EDMO
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  24. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    This is really such a small, statistically speaking, risk it is outrageous. This entire story is nothing but sensationalism to sell dying newspapers and cable news advertising. Hysteria over this is unwarranted and irrational.

    It's a tragedy, without a doubt. But, Tragedies happen. They are unavoidable.
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  25. 959 added a post in a topic WTB Rotax 618 Exhaust   

    You could use the header off your 582 or call Rotax Rick at 239-572-0021
     
    Here's my 670 exhaust

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