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  1. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Another impressive two stroke flyer   

    Must be an early one I've only ever been around 912 S powered Models.
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  2. KFfan added a post in a topic P-38   

    When that B-25 was here they only wanted $250, I think, for a ride. I know it was substantially in excess of $100.
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  3. KFfan added a post in a topic Another impressive two stroke flyer   

    Yes, it is a S-7 Courier
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  4. KFfan added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    I have a brother 16 months younger than me. I can remember many times our mother would reach the limits of her patients and sternly say, "just go outside!".
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  5. TJay added a post in a topic Another impressive two stroke flyer   

    my guess is a rans maybe an s-7
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  6. RDavidson added a post in a topic P-38   

    There is a place here in Colorado Springs restoring a couple of P-38s. I haven't checked it out yet, but it is right by Peterson AFB. Just ask at any airfield in C Springs and somebody will know where it is.
    Also, June 6, 2015 in Pueblo, CO the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum is having a family fun day and there will be a B-25 from the Commemorative Air Force giving rides. I believe they charge for the ride, but it should cost too much. There is a young Eagles rally that day in Pueblo too that my chapter is putting on. So if you are hauling the Kids through Colorado this Summer there are some good stops!
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  7. C5Engineer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Another impressive two stroke flyer
    Can anyone name this plane. Appears to be a tandem with great performance. This type of flying is right up my alley and his strips are what we routinely land on around here.
     

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  8. LORENZ added a post in a topic Mark IV For Sale   

    That thread fell flat.


    1) Inquiring minds want to know if the carb cleaning did the trick. Did you get the rough idle worked out?

    2). Is the 582 enough power for you? I'm in the same boat, and the price point of a 2 stoke Avid is very appealing. I'm digging deep to find a clean Mark IV.
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  9. EDMO added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    Yeh, Like "Brotherly Love" - Good thing I never had brothers!
    EDMO
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  10. C5Engineer added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    This is classic thanks for the chuckle guys.
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  11. EDMO added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    just saw a Piper Colt a few miles from me on ebay - bid is $8600 - dang, got that much in Foxy - But it don't have folding wings - but ready to fly, and no Phase 1 either!EdMO
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  12. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    Just kidding you Ed, You know we love you! Jim Chuk

    PS the thing was really squirlly running it backwards. Maybe there is some thing to be said for a trike after all....
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic P-38   

    Mine didn't have pedals, but I hear they are not as effective as T-tails rudders.I carried my P38 in my wallet for years, until they got fussy at the airports - think I may still have it? I lost a lot in my house fire, but still carry one of my dogtags, which is about 56 years old now.
    I can get a hanger about 50 miles from home, nearest airport is 25 miles.
    EDMO
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  14. EDMO added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    Those that have....And those who will! Turn around and fly forward next time! You are going to miss me too....I may look for a J3 with nosewheel!
    EDMO
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Looking good!  Keep at it.  I'm making up a new panel for my Avid rebuild as well,  Laid everything out on a piece of cardboard, but didn't cut anything yet.  Incredibly clean shop by the way!  LOL  ;-)   Jim Chuk
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  16. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic STOL wing ribs   

    I should have posted this pic right after the picture of the walker with the nose wheels, but better late than never. Here is a tricycle geared rig I built for the grandson. He will be 3 on May first. We were both playing with it last week trading turns riding it, but for some reason I started to sit on it backwards and stearing with my hands behind me while he tried to push me. Good thing I have about 550 hrs flying tailwheel Avids. Nearly ground looped it anyway.... Jim Chuk

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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    Not leaving, just getting off of my hibernating butt and trying to get some work done on Foxy Flapper instead of wearing out my fingers answering all the TD and chainsaw drivers kidding - But, I have learned a lot from them - and about them! EDMO
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  18. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Broken rib tail repair   

    Hi all, thanks for the comments.  Leni, I agree a scarf joint is better, but my reasoning was I will have 1 1/2" overlap on each side of the joint with the scabs (one on each side of the rib) and they are both 1/4" thick just like the rib.  It's also hard to do the scarf joint and get it exact with the angles on the replacement rib, top and bottom.  Doug, I figured the scabs were big enough being as how they were on both sides of the rib.  Also, once they are glued in place, I will use a straight edge from the original surviving ribs across the new ribs to mark them for cutting.  That way things should end up straight.  (I hope )  )  Bill, I saved you for last, cause I have some pics of how the ribs are made, and how I once repaired a busted rib tail without messing with the fabric.  First three pics show a standard rib.  The top and bottom capstrips are 1/8" plywood, and the center (verticle part) is 1/4" plywood.  As you can see in the pictures, the bottom capstrip is slotted so that it goes on each side of the center section for the last 5 inches or so.  I cut the 1/4" verticle part of the rib with a saber saw as close to the cap strip as I dared, and cut it off about 2" vertically from the spar.  Then I went after the slivers that were left with a heat gun and a chisel and a Stanley knife to get the rest of the center part of the rib removed.  However..... if all you have is a busted rib tail, usually at the inner bolt hole where the flaperon hanger mounts, you might want to try what I did in the next three pictures.  I didn't mess with the fabric, but cleaned up the paint on the sides of the exposed tail part of the rib, and glued on two 1/4" thick pieces, one on each side.  I trimmed them just a tiny bit so the flaperon hanger could slide between them and the reglued in the piece of the busted off rib tail.  Glued them all together and put a few 10/32 truss head machine screws in to hold while the glue (T88) set and for a bit of extra holding afterwards, and flew it for probably 300 hrs afterwards.  It survived the crash that busted off the other two on the same wing.  Actually I'm debating whether to mess with it or leave it the way it is.  I think it's stronger than the original single piece, and it's out at the tip of the wing where it's more  likely to get bumped then the rest of them.  Hope this makes sense.  Didn't mean to write a book when I started this reply, but Orielly isn't on for another hour anyway! )    Jim Chuk
     
    PS  On the rib I repaired with the doublers on each side, it was cracked off probably half way between the inner hole for the flaperon hanger, and the truss head machine screw in front of that open hole.  When I looked at the pictures, I don't see nuts on one side, so maybe I might have tapped the holes and glued the screws in while it was clamped together.  That was probably 7 or 8 years ago, and I'm not a teen ager any longer.... LOL






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  19. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    Did I miss something?  Are you leaving us for the summer, Ed?
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Still working on the plane.  Things have been pretty busy but I do have some progress to report.
     
    We got some fabric on the left side of the plane.  Waiting on some rudder cable farings to put in, then the other side goes on...
     

     
     
    Today I gathered up my courage and cut up my new panel.  I cut out the openings for the Dynon, the GPS, radio and transponder.  Then temporarily mounted the trays.
     

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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    Yes, I have gotten used to it...It may be a long summer without kidding me!The Wright brothers got it correctly from the very first flight, with a nose-skid! Just carrying on the tradition!
    EDMO
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  22. KFfan added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    I give up
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    Not the nosewheel - He was talking about a tailspring on a tri-gear - with a hook on it, it's good for stretching a barbed wire fence too!
    EDMO
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  24. KFfan added a post in a topic P-38   

    I was considering Ercoupe before I bought the KF. One of my daughters thought it would be cool to get my ticket in an airplane as old as me. The advantage of the KF is the folding wings. Hanger space is at a premium around me, unless I want to drive 50 miles. I can keep the KF in the garage and drag it 1 mile to the airport when the mood strikes.
     
    Some of the Ercoupes have rudder pedals...
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  25. akflyer added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

     
    Me thinks he meant that if ya have a training wheel, you can use the tail spring as a tail hook... pretty certain it was dripping with sarcasm too, kinda like 90% of what I post
     

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