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  1. jjbaker added a post in a topic Where's Ed in Mo   

    He had some computer troubles last time he posted. Sounded like a browser/ popup flooding. I hope he didn't think it came from this site.
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  2. TJay added a post in a topic landing gear footstep   

    I bet if you cant Figure it out you could always get a set of highway pegs for a motorcycle, they just clamp on too. Just a thought.
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  3. High Country added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    I know I hate to refer anyone to "the other site" but this has already been gone over with good results http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=415&highlight=wagnerI personally bought the Wagner Control Spray Plus and shot all of my ekofill with it. worked great. was going to use it for the top coat too but a friend hooked me up with a complete paint booth set up with air so I went that route. good luck
     
    -Robert-
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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Trade Avid B airframe nice   

    Did you know that HKS is back in production? These make an excellent engine in an early (light) Avid or Kitfox.

    Here's an Avid C with one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnOrQKaH6M
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  5. TJay added a post in a topic Cliff's plane pictures   

    thanks for the information
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  6. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic artic cat 800 ,160 hp!!!   

    The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

    Leni will argue with this, but the fact around these parts is A/C 800s are far from reliable in a sled. I wouldn't trust my life behind one in an airplane.


    One mans opinion.
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  7. dynomike added a post in a topic artic cat 800 ,160 hp!!!   

    with the clutch that's one helluva float plane engine.
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  8. sioux201 added a topic in Rotax and other engines   

    artic cat 800 ,160 hp!!!
    have a friend that has made a adaptor plate to use a C box, im looking for a sled NOW

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  9. cliff added a post in a topic Cliff's plane pictures   

    No. Flex agent is tempory when used in most modern paints. I have been told by a PPG rep that flex agents dry out in the first 90 days, leaving the paint brittle or only as flexible as paint with out flex agent. I did my own experiments after talking with a couple of tech reps at PPG. PPG makes a paint called desothane. It is specifically designed for fabric covered airplanes. The product is not available to anyone except companys that buy it in bulk and relable it and sell it for painting fabric covered airplanes. After some digging I was lead to believe that aue-300 and desothane are basically the same animal. I let some aue-300 dry in the bottom of a mixing cup and I let aerothane dry in the same size  mixing cup. When each sample hardened I popped out the hocky puck sized sample, labled them and stuck them on a shelf. Every once in a while I would pull the pucks down off the shelf and bend them and hold them against each other to see if one shrank more than the other or if one was more flexible than the other. After a 5 year test period I could find no difference between the two samples. Both were the same size and of the same flexibility. I am not a chemist and don't advocate or guarentee this paint to be crack proof for any one else. This was my findings and I have been happy with the results so far. It could crackup and fall apart after the 5 year mark but I am willing to take that chance.
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  10. Luked added a post in a topic Electrical experts   

    That's a variation on the type I had in mind. Good to know you can get them from Spruce. I might have to get one of those crimpers.
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  11. Luked added a post in a topic Where's Ed in Mo   

    Now that you mention it, I have been thinking things have been pretty quiet on here lately. He usually keeps things lively. Hope everything is okay.
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  12. TJay added a post in a topic Cliff's plane pictures   

    did you have to put a flex agent in the yellow then, It looks great. I have a ways to go before Im ready for the paint.
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  13. cliff added a post in a topic Cliff's plane pictures   

    Poly Fibers aerothane on the fuselage, poly tone on the wings. The yellow is PPG AUE-300 single stage polyurethane, very similar to Aerothane but less than half the price.
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  14. TJay added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Every weekend we get a little closer
    worked on the flaperons today and the trailing edge of the wing.

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  15. TJay added a post in a topic Where's Ed in Mo   

    I sent him a pm a couple weeks ago asking if everything is ok haven't heard back yet. He must be on a break
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  16. SuberAvid added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Where's Ed in Mo
    I haven't seem anything from our most prolific member lately.  Does anyone know how Ed is doing?
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  17. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Electrical experts   

    I found these on Spruce.  Ordered this set with connectors and crimper.  I've used these before for work and know them to be quality and workable.  I didn't know Spruce had them...
     
    Now with the proper crimper and extractor tool I can use these elsewhere on the plane and other projects, too.
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  18. jackak added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    If you're going to use the Stewart System products, get their cd's.  Very important to follow the directions or you end up with a less than satisfactory paint job.  I used a Wagner Conversion gun because my compressor is too small, only 6.5 cfm, to run a regular hvlp gun, they take around 9-11 cfm to run properly.  When I talked to Dan Stewart about using a turbine set-up, he said that the heat generated by the turbine would cause the paint to dry faster than you wanted and would not lay on smoothly.  He suggested using an additional length of hose and trying to cool the air by the additional length or laying the hose in a tub of ice water to cool the air. My paint job turned out pretty good, about a 5-10 footer, but I'm not a good painter.  Which ever gun you get try to get a selection of jets, the primer seemed to go on better with a 2.0, the paint with a 1.5mm jet. 
    I used the original Stewart System paint when the process first began, but finished the cowl and turtledeck usinf their premium paint.  The premium goes on much nicer and with fewer coats.  Check it out.  There are batch differences in the paint colors too, be ready to do all your painting when you start or you could end up with different shades of your chosen color.
    A word of advice on having and experienced painter do your job, if they try to use the traditional method to lay on the Stewart System products it doesn't work out very good. Way too much much paint is applied and runs result.  The directions must be followed.  Hope all this helps.
    Jackak
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  19. akflyer added a post in a topic landing gear footstep   

    Most of them clamp on. I will try and get a pic when I get back to town.
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  20. TJay added a post in a topic Cliff's plane pictures   

    that paint is shinny does anybody here know what it is.
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  21. TJay added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    what type paint are you gonna use, like a DuPont CroMax Pro or something?
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  22. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    A turbine HVLP system is worlds away from a Wagner Power Painter.  
     
    People have had good luck with a roller too…   Roll and tip painting
     
    Larry, I understand that you are looking to be frugal with your finish system.  Maybe the best compromise between cost and result quality would be to talk to a local body shop about spraying the finish coat.  You are spending a bunch of money on paints.  Don't just throw it away with poor application.  
     
     
     
    Your results may vary.
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  23. LSaupe added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    This one actually is used in the Automotive world.
     
    http://www.amazon.com/Earlex-HV5500-Spray-Station/dp/B004RGOKR2#productDetails
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  24. TJay added a post in a topic Painting waterborn paints with a power sprayer   

    Im sure it would work fine. And Im sure any airless sprayer would work great.
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  25. Luked added a post in a topic Flaperon Mixer Control Assembly   

    Hey Jeff,
     
    The parts shipped out today from the post office. I sent you an email with the details.
     
    Here is what I sent (the other bellcrank we discussed was also in there, but not in the picture)

     
    Ready to ship.

     
     
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