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lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Engine Mount 12 Feb 2015

o-200. I saw a Cessna 150 mount and it is pretty light. I am looking a engine mount plan for a o-200 in a merlin. It does not specify whether its 4130 or the inside dia. Just says 3/4 x 035.
Engine Mount Drawing.pdf

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akflyer added a post in a topic Engine Mount 12 Feb 2015

what engine are you putting on it?

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lv2plyguitar added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar 12 Feb 2015

Engine Mount

Hi,

Is 4130 the typical tube steel used to fabricate a motor mount? If so what should the inside diameter be if I am going with 3/4.

Thanks

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EDMO added a post in a topic KF III near Minneapolis 12 Feb 2015

That has to be a KF-1. Serial #108, and KF1 doors.
Strangest IP and nose tank setup I have ever seen. Looks like they didn't have builder manual!
My model 1 looked more like a "normal" IP, and the tank only showed thru a small vertical slot in the IP that was a visual gage.
EDMO

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic KF III near Minneapolis 12 Feb 2015

WTF is a GK-3? Not only is it a Model 1 it's an early Model 1 based on that serial number. Model 1 went thru #257. Model 3 didnt start till #749. Looking to trade for a tri gear plane with fresh fabric on the wingtip hmmmm. Another groundloop victim perhaps. Wonder if there was fuse damage and a prop strike too? I would not pay more than 10k for a Model 1 with known damage history. I hope any prospective buyers go to Kitfoxes website and look at the history page. Big difference between a 1 and 3 and his price doesn't reflect that.

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IFMT added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

Flaperon spar. I assume the spar material is 6061 T6. CanÊ¼t find numbers on my orignal.Thanks.

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akflyer added a post in a topic KF III near Minneapolis 12 Feb 2015

looking at the doors I am pretty sure its a model I

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Av8r_Sed added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it 12 Feb 2015

KF III near Minneapolis

I ran across a Craigslist ad for a 582 powered Kitfox Model III in Hudson, WI. I have no personal knowledge of this plane or the seller. Looks like it has a little recently repaired wingtip damage on one side.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ws...886472915.html __________________

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akflyer added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer 12 Feb 2015

What you talkin bout Larry, the Stewart system is so safe you can drink it remember.... Well, they try to sell it that way till you read the MSDS for it.. YIKES! I am not sure how they have not had the shit sued out of them for the false advertizing... well, misleading advertizing any way..

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tcj added a post in a topic Oil injection tank location 12 Feb 2015

This tank is off a 1996 Ski Doo Scandic. I think it holds 2.5 Qts. I installed it with the outlet level with the pump inlet in 3 point attitude. When I switched to the 22" King Fox tires the outlet is now about an inch lower than the pump inlet in 3 point. There is room to move it higher on the fire Wall but I decided there isn't much to gain as the oil left in the tank if near empty is only what's in the sump at the bottom of the tank.

With your big tires and monster gear you may have to sacrifice a few ounces in the bottom of the tank to "Unusable" oil.

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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Snowmobiles 12 Feb 2015

Put on a 130 mile ride this evening. I'm wiped out...

-5Âº, with 20 gusting 30 northwest wind. F'ing cold.

First run with my new Lin-Q bag installed. Works awesome.

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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES! 12 Feb 2015

Leni will probably be flying a shopping cart, though. (Amphib floats)

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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

If you have a block of steel and a small ball pene hammer, that works, too.

You can also squeeze them with a small "c" clamp.

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EDMO added a post in a topic Oil injection tank location 12 Feb 2015

My 532 oil tank was mounted on the side of the engine.
EDMO

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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Oil injection tank location 12 Feb 2015

I have an original brand new Avid Tank. You can see it in the bottom left corner of this pic. Welcome to it if you can use it.

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akflyerbob added a post in a topic Oil injection tank location 12 Feb 2015

I'll try to post a pic of where I put my oil tank

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akflyer added a post in a topic Oil injection tank location 12 Feb 2015

The oil pump has a VERY limited suction on it. you should be able to install the oil tank up high on the firewall per the plans or use the newer KF oil tank that holds a couple quarts. My cap just clears the cowling by about a 1/4".

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akflyer added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

When John Stoner was building the ribs for dakota cub he modified a few pair of vice grips to get into some tight corners. He ground the teeth off both sides of the jaws, then drilled one side just enough to capture the head of the rivet. It takes a couple practice rivets to get the vice grips set just perfect for each size your squeezing to get the set perfect. He also put a jamb nut on the vice grip "lead screw" so once set for that length rivet, he could lock the nut down and squeeze away and never loose the setting when you flip it open.

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EDMO added a post in a topic best excuse to the boss for missing work 12 Feb 2015

Jim,
The best excuse to the boss for being late that I ever heard was from my fellow toolmaker apprentice when we were in our early 20's - He said, "The reason I am late is because I didn't get started in time to finish on time to get dressed and get to work on time." The boss excused him! And, I think his first son was born about 9 months later!!
EDMO

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TJay added a topic in Rotax and other engines 12 Feb 2015

Oil injection tank location

hey guys is the oil on a 582 gravity feed like it is on the 503. The reason I am asking when my plane sits on the tail-wheel, I level back to the fire wall to see where the bottom of my tank needs to be while on the ground or in a climb, that does not leave me much room for any size tank. Or am I looking at this wrong and the oil pump has suction?

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TJay added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

Actuality I think I may have them, Just went and looked through my hardware kits and found a package that says Driven Rivets An426-3-4 I have 66 of them I bet that is what there for.

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TJay added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

thats what I was thinking I bet I could grind and file an old vicegrips to make a nice squeeze, what do you think for size on rivets, smallest and shortest I can find.

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EDMO added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 12 Feb 2015

TJay,
You may be able to squeeze aluminum rivets with a modified pair of Vicegrip pliers.
If you decide to use pop rivets, use the shortest one possible, and install them with the tails to the top of the flaperon, and file the broken sharp end of the stem on bottom slightly.
EDMO

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TJay added a post in a topic trailing edge of flaperon 11 Feb 2015

I dont have a rivet squeezer any body know of a good affordable one to buy, or any tricks of turning any other tools into one.

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1avidflyer added a topic in Jokes 11 Feb 2015

best excuse to the boss for missing work

I ran across this video while looking at some of the Doubliners vids on youtube. They did a lot of great Irish folk songs/ ballads starting in the early sixties. Song is from a time when most work was done by hand (and without OSHA in existence LOL) If you move forward on the video to 28:40, you should find the song. It's about 3 minutes long and I thought well worth the time it took to hear it. Here is the link (I hope) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBZl5qwQ_Q enjoy, Jim Chuk

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