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  1. rdooley79 added a post in a topic Another 670 build   

    I've got a lot of experience with the 670 on my KF-IV. I'm surprised that "C5 Engineer" Joey, didn't point you in my direction. No matter because I'd be very happy to talk to you.
     
    Hate to link to the "other" KF forum but I made a long post there. I want to get more time in my plane and then put together a comprehensive post here with all the info and lessons learned.
     
    http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=47724#post47724
     
    Anyone can drop me a PM. Always happy to talk about how awesome the 670 is. 
     
    -or- 
     
    Contact Rotax Rick (239) 572-0021 / faircopters@aol.com
     
     
    He's got a good shop and produces a fantastic product. 
     
    Both my 618 and 670 are running great.
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  2. BryceKat added a topic in Rotax and other engines   

    582 needle bearing tool
    I'm doing a de carbon on my 582 and am trying to figure out how to deal with all those needle bearings without buyingj the $500 removal tool. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bryce
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  3. TJay added a post in a topic Starting my kitfox 1 build pictures here   

    Started building my Turtle deck yes I like to be different. and I love the way it looks.

     
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  4. TJay added a topic in Kitfox I   

    Starting my kitfox 1 build pictures here
    Got my standoffs welded on stringers glued in.

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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic Wyoming Flag Pole   

    They copied the wind sock from a stump and logchain in Kansas.
    Wish I had one or two of the flagpoles in my yard!
    EDMO
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  6. KFfan added a post in a topic Wyoming Flag Pole   

    I've been to Casper & Cody.
    I can appreciate that "reliable" wind sock.
     
    I can remember my wife asking, "I see mail boxes but where are the houses?".
    I have always wanted to retire to ND, SD, WY or MT. Don't think I'll make it...
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  7. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Wyoming Flag Pole   

    Here is a Wyoming wind sock.... Jim Chuk

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  8. EDMO added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    You should make two different templates to lay out the stitches, actually 2 for the top, and 2 for the undercamber - the stitches in the propblast area are supposed to be closer together, if you follow AC43-13.
    EDMO
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  9. thebriman added a post in a topic Spokane, WA Piper Malibu crash... plane fueled with wrong gas   

    Same thing happened to Bob Hoover years ago.  He had just enough avgas in the lines to get airborne.
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  10. wypaul added a post in a topic Wyoming Flag Pole   

    Hard to see but Old Glory is flying on top right.
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  11. KFfan added a post in a topic Wyoming Flag Pole   

    I don't see a flag...
    It looks to have an obstruction marker on it though. 
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  12. wypaul added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Wyoming Flag Pole

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  13. akflyer added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    I just hung mine from the ceiling by the rib tails. I put a couple eye bolts in garage ceiling and strung it up. Like joey said, make patterns or take good measurements so you can lay out your lines to keep the stitches even. I did t do that and ended up with a couple odd ball stitches on the bottom.


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  14. Pops added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    LSaupe--
     
    I built an excellent wing rotissary back while building my Avid.  I wrote it up, but i would have to find my writeup to send it  to you.  We are now vacationing in the FL keys, so I will have to get home to find it.  You can have the complete rig if you could pick it up in Bethesda, MD.  Let me know if you are interested.
     
    Pops
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  15. KFfan added a post in a topic Rules... Read them before you contact me..   

    Please note this thread is from May of 2007....
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  16. LSaupe added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    Great stuff.  Many thanks.
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    Whatever rotary fixture you use, you should make sure that it is firmly attached to the wing, or that the fixtures are bound to each other - one slip and you have a bigger problem - accidents happen.
    EDMO
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  18. IFMT added a post in a topic Rules... Read them before you contact me..   

    Damn! I said the fish were ugly!
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  19. 1avidflyer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Cameron Airshow video (4 minutes long)
    A friend of mine sent me this today. Kind of neat I thought. Not at all my kind of flying, at least not on purpose... Although judging by how much smoke I had in the cockpit when I blew an oil cooler line on my Jabiru powered Avid, I've probably left at least one good smoke trail in my life. Lots of smoke in the video at any rate, and aerobatics as well.. Enjoy, Jim Chuk

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  20. Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    A very similar rotisserie design: http://tropicaltuba.com/Kitfox%20Project/Kitfox.htm#WingRotisserie
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  21. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Rib Stitching Vertical (leading edge down trailing edge up)   

    Make sure you make a good template if you have the STOL wing. If you just go straight down your row will get all out of whack. I remember spending a little while trying to figure out the best way to do it.
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  22. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Rules... Read them before you contact me..   

    Nukapoint I am not arguing but can you cite a specific example? If you think these people are sensitive you should try some other forums. I post regularly on 15 or more forums and this community is by far the most relaxed I've seen.
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  23. TJay added a post in a topic Avid model C turtle deck pictures needed...   

    Yeah, I bet the stores that do start with W also have that stuff.
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  24. EDMO added a post in a topic Spokane, WA Piper Malibu crash... plane fueled with wrong gas   


    This has happened too many times - that's supposed to be why they dye the fuel different colors.
    I like fueling my own, with my tanks or their pump.
    EDMO
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic 3 mile vis in Class G airspace (Sport Pilot)   

    When I was a beginning commercial student, about 50 years ago, I took a VFR C-172 from St. Louis to OK City, had wife and two small daughters with me - CAVU, and made a stop at my hometown in the flatlands of the Missouri Bootheel on my way to Oklahoma.
    3 days later I left Cherokee Airport, where there was no fuel, under big cumulous clouds - Near Tulsa, an ATF pilot was reporting hail just north of my location - I quickly got into rain and made a fast landing at an Airport and went right into an open hanger until the storm passed.
    Taking off and heading across the hills of North Arkansas, I was under lowering ceilings and about 1000 AGL for a while, and then a pilot north of me in a Beech reported storm tops at 55,000.
    I got down to 500 AGL, and was off my course, flying more south to avoid storms.
    Spotting a water tower at a small town, I circled it to try confirm my location - There was no name on the tower! -
    The clouds were nearly touching the hilltops, but there was what looked like a tunnel in the clouds in a valley to the northeast of the town, and I headed the Cessna into it hoping it wouldn't close up on me before the hills blended into the flatlands of Missouri. I got to the flatlands and landed in rain with maybe 5 gallons of gas left.
    Not an exciting story now, but a trip I will never forget with some very precious passengers asleep in the back seat.
    EDMO
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