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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
What a shame. For the life of me I don't understand why these guys think that bush tires operate the same as skis in snow. Wet sticky snow, even a couple inches deep, is like glue to tires.
It is a good story he gave investigators about this happening on taxiing. That makes it an incident rather than an accident on takeoff or landing.
A '46 PA-12 is a great old plane. The Super Cruiser, three seater. When my plane is finally out of his shop, Dave has one of these to build next.
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High Country added a post in a topic Idaho Backcountry 2012 trip report
Joey any chance you are planning to come up to Idaho again this year? If so I would love to meet up. I'm planning a trip to Arlington then want to hit as many backcountry strips as I can coming back to the southern part of the state over about a 2 week period.
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1avidflyer added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal
I would check online, and with any local commercial window and door installer. I was just on Amazon, and found a .060 4' x 8' sheet for 103 + 15 shipping. How much do you really need? Unless your plane is bigger than a regular Avid, a half sheet does the windshield. The other half should do the windows easy. Jim Chuk
PS, I suppose if you are doing the bottom of the doors and the turtle deck, you need a second sheet. You can use the old stuff for a pattern, install it with clekos so it comes off, then clamp it onto the new stuff, cut drill it and install. Hard to mess it up then.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal
Ron,
Is it all Lexan (Polycarbonate)? Reminding you that you cant bend Plexi (Acrylic) cold.
..Sounds a little pricey! What thickness?
What color tint?
EDMO
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RDavidson added a post in a topic Crosswind
KFfan,
Valid point! I have traveled through the Texas Panhandle often, and the wind is always howling there. After a landing roll of about 10 feet because of the 30 knot plus wind, I asked a local crop duster what they do when the wind doesn't line up with a runway. He said that the pavement was just put there as a guideline, we land wherever we want!
It is a valid point...don't set yourself up for failure landing in a crazy crosswind, go for a taxiway or the grass infield. Just don't hurt anyone else and you are good. I had never really thought about it like that before that experience.
I apologize, I'm not answering the original question...I'll let someone with experience in your bird answer it.
Ron
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RDavidson added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal
You read my mind Ed! I just priced it out and man is it expensive. About $400 for 2 sheets of clear and one sheet of tinted!
You could get by with one and a half sheets of clear, but I thought I would leave a little for a mess up...
You can bend it in a break! I'm glad you guys told me that!
Thanks,
Ron
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Idaho Backcountry 2012 trip report
Going thru an Idaho withdrawal and digging up old vids. For the lurkers this is in a 582 powered Avid. Don't think for a minute these awesome little birds can't take you on a grand adventure. Feel free to contact me for details on how to go 1100nm and camp for 9 days under the wing of a 2-stroke powered avid.
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EDMO added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
Ouch! That's a lot worse than a wrecked mailbox and a leaking toilet! At least he is OK.EDMO
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dholly added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
Ed - there are bad days and then there are BAD days. Guy in the hangar behind me had a BAD day this week...
http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/small-plane-crashes-in-hopewell/26713/XB4quxPKlEWlQe4h8FtjOQ
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EDMO added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
I was always told, "Cheer-up, things could be worse", so I cheered-up, and sure as shit..........
EDMO
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KFfan added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
Then it can only get better.....
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KFfan added a post in a topic Starting my kitfox 1 build pictures here
I think mine took 3 weeks with all the s dotted and Ts crossed
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KFfan added a post in a topic Crosswind
Runway?
Taxiways are fair game also...
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EDMO added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal
Ron,
since you have to buy new anyway, consider a dark tint for the skylight - you will like it when the sun gets hot.
Even a light tint is better than clear.
NOTE: some tints may not be available in Lexan, although the light bronze is.
The Skylight isn't usually crack-prone, so dark bronze or green Plexi should be OK there.
EDMO
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RDavidson added a post in a topic Lexan/plexi protective sticky paper removal
Giving up the fight!
Here is the list of things that didn't work for me:
Hairdryer
Vegetable oil and Saran Wrap
Mineral Oil
Lacquer Thinner
Goo Gone
Ronsons lighter fluid
Zep Heavy Duty Citrus Cleaner
Soap and water
The combination of soap and water, goo gone, and Ronsons works but is very time consuming!
I would continue trying, but out of the piece I did get clean, three small ones, only the two small triangular windows turned out unscratched and looking good/new. The third piece started showing small scratches. Plus the wife came home and found plexiglass covered in vegetable oil and Saran wrap, laying in her cookie sheets on every flat surface in the kitchen and she freaked! I don't know why, she never does any work in there anyway! Ha! Actually my pot belly shows proof to the contrary...
So, I'm off to buy new stuff, and I already feel better!
Thanks for all of the ideas, sorry I didn't get to try them all.
If anyone needs some blacked out windows for a Magnum...I'll make you a good deal
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Luked added a post in a topic FLAPERON SPAR TUBES?
Aluminum on my MKIV.
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dav8or added a post in a topic FLAPERON SPAR TUBES?
I'm pretty sure mine are steel. That is on an Avid Model C. I will check this weekend but I remember that they were not that easy to drill through when I added a few rivets during rebuilding of the one that came apart on me.
Dan
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EDMO added a post in a topic FS: Kitfox Model 4... Bradenton, FL. $5500 O.B.O.
Bill,
I sent you a PM.
If you have kept up with Kitfox progress, the cowls and mounts were the same until Model 5, and the flaperons were changed to symmetrical on the Riblett wing, and then Kitfox advertised a "new and improved" flat-bottom flaperon to replace them, which was what the first 3 models had - Caused quite an uproar from Kitfox owners!
If my circumstances were different, I would be very glad to get a Kitfox IV kit with most of the work already done, licensed and fuselage already painted, for just a fraction of the cost of a new kit - and the one part to be repaired is no big deal.
EDMO
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High Country added a post in a topic Avid B model to MK4 Elevator upgrade
Nice tail Joey!! or umm o never mind. any chance I could get you or anyone to measure the length of the little tab on the trim tab itself that the rod attaches to. the metal I used on mine was too thin and a slight bump has bent it but I'm 1.5hr drive away from my plane and want to make a new one before I go down again hopefully next week. mainly looking for the distance from the bottom of the trim tab to the center of the hole.
p.s. I also got the servo cover from Highwing haven't installed it yet but the quality is very nice well worth it. aside from airflow/asthetics it protects that little piece of gold from mud/water just my .02 if anyone else was considering it.
p.s.s I've been having slight issues with the rod wanting to walk out of the piano hinge in the tab. mine looks exactly like yours. I'm planning to just drill a small hole in the end and put a cotter pin through it to hold it in place. just a possible area of concern to keep an eye on.
-Robert-
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William Davis added a post in a topic FS: Kitfox Model 4... Bradenton, FL. $5500 O.B.O.
Hi Ed if I don't get any reasonable offers I may just keep this and finish it after I finish my avid model c. How much do you want for the engine mount, cowl, and Flaperon? Are they from a model 4? What engine is the mount for?
Thanks
Bill
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EDMO added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!
Well, 2015 Continues to be full of trouble - Just middle of March now, Harrison Ford crash landed, and the toilet and tile floor that I fixed last December started leaking again and tile coming loose - And some turkey ran over my mailbox just minutes after I got the mail today - I need to get back to plane after hibernating during our extra cold winter...Wonder what the rest of this year will be like?Guess everyone has problems, but this year has really sucked so far!
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic FS: Kitfox Model 4... Bradenton, FL. $5500 O.B.O.
Bill,I have cowl and engine mount, droop tips for sale. If you sell this, please pass the word. Also one flaperon.
Sorry - Droop tips are for undercambered wing - the tip rib would have to be modified, if it has the Riblett wings.
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic FLAPERON SPAR TUBES?
Thanks Guys,
I bought steel before asking - got to go back and get aluminum now - I should have checked first.
EDMO
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High Country added a post in a topic FLAPERON SPAR TUBES?
Mine are aluminum as well
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1avidflyer added a post in a topic FLAPERON SPAR TUBES?
The ones I've seen are aluminum. Jim Chuk
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