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   TJay added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar    1 Feb 2015

   A few more pictures for you guys

   Here is today's progress, I built the engine plate and set the engine in for the first few fittings. I set the engine 1 Degree off to the left, any shimming I need to do now I can do with washers behind the engine mount, It is kind of a tight fit, I had to shorten an engine stud, Cut some of the electric starter housing off. Looks like I will need to cut into my firewall if I want to keep the pull start. Don't see anyway the exhaust will clear the engine mount down tube. But that's for a different day, good news is I think the cowl will fit nice with out to much cutting.
   
   

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   Bandit added a post in a topic gone fishing, well here are some tips--    1 Feb 2015

   did you ever notice that Bill Fishes the same lake on every episode.
   

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   Bandit added a post in a topic What do you think?    1 Feb 2015

   yes I have the Arctic sparrow mixture control when I get the knocking that is exactly what I do also
   

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   nlappos added a post in a topic KING OBUMMER TO GIVE UP INTERNET CONTROL?    1 Feb 2015

   OK, you folks beat me into submission. The Government should keep control of the internet. And that's such a good idea, let's agree the Government should take the telephone system under control, and away from all those pesky private companies. And cable TV, too. And how about the power companies? yep, you convinced me. Thanks, I feel re-born!
   

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   LSaupe added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar    1 Feb 2015

   Single Piece Cover Question (Model III)

   Question for you all:   I am covering my horizontal stab and rudder today.  I am trying to use a single piece of fabric for each in a wrap mode.   Mi intial thought here is to glue it to the non-hinge ends and have the non glued wrap on the large tube diameter (hinge tube).   Is this correct?  If so, when you glue to the two halves together (first half is already glued and dried) how do you keep puckering from happening (i.e. it glues beyond the 90 degree point on the tube as the fabric it is being glued to is not yet shrunk?   I did my elevator using a two piece method (bottom and then top) and didnt have this issue as I was gluing the second sheet to a shrunk fabric.

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   tcj added a post in a topic What do you think?    1 Feb 2015

   Bandit, do you have an Arctic Sparrow or a HAC mixture adjustment.  I have an Arctic Sparrow.  I don't often need to adjust it.  When the outside temperature gets warm I get the thump in the rudder pedals.  One turn in the lean direction stops it.  I had the thump on my first test flight and thought there was someone back there hitting the trailing edge of the rudder with a hammer every few seconds.  it took me a couple flights to figure it out.
   

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   TJay added a post in a topic Cooling questions    1 Feb 2015

   Sure that does make sense with the round cowl, I have a smooth cowl for my model 1 not sure what I want to do yet for my radiator. I have never done fiberglass work but am always up for a challenge. Thanks
   

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   Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Cooling questions    1 Feb 2015

   The round cowl was the signature look for Kitfox until the model V.  The round cowl doesn't lend itself to an internal radiator very well.
    
   
    
   This is an oil cooler.  I'm going to follow this lead on the Mangy Fox.
    
    
    
    
   
    
   This is (was?) an attempt at making the round cowl into a pressure cowl to cool a Volkswagen.
   

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   TJay added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar    1 Feb 2015

   Cooling questions

   Why the Belly radiator on all older kitfoxes. I look at some of the newer kitfoxes and see an oil cooler way up front in the cowl and a radiator right below it molded right in to the cowl. so why is this not done with the older ones with the 582 engine set up. It sure looks nice.
   

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    saskavid added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    Well Randy was closest....It bolts on to the tail airplane and sits just under the tail spring as a ballast weight to get the cg back a bit further. Weighs close to 7 pounds. MY initial idea was to have it so I could have interchangeable heads of various weight and just swap them out depending where I wanted to fly with the cg and how much baggage I had in the plane. Made a 12 pounder as well just never stuck it on the plane yet. Just seems too heavy for the plane. Also can act as a tail skid in the event u break the tail spring on landing and need to get out of somewhere without another spring to put on the plane right away....though yo would make a bit of a mess of it better it than the rest of the plane.
    

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    tcj added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    A camera mount?
    

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    wolves200 added a topic in Jokes    31 Jan 2015

    gone fishing, well here are some tips--

    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
     
     
    
    

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    wolves200 added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    heat seeking sex toy, that can also be used as counterbalance while is not in use?
    

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    Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Travis AFB iron from above and some warbird pics    31 Jan 2015

    Thanks for the nice pics, but you forgot to show where your hangar is located on the field.  Must have been an oversight. 
    

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    Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration    31 Jan 2015

    Thanks for the link and filling in part of my education.  I was surprised their online configurator had so many flavors of KF's and Avids.  I like that you can get an idea on configuration and pricing after filling a couple of dropdown choices.  Are they adding a Kitfox Rotax Zipper in your honor?
    

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    EZFlap added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it    31 Jan 2015

    Trade Avid B airframe nice

    At 2AM yesterday, sitting in the garage scratching my head... I finally figured out that the nice certified 4 stroke engine I wanted to use for the Avid B (Franklin 2A-120) simply will not fit this aircraft without a large amount of modification. The engine mount will either go through the oil tank, or go through the intake system. Any of this would require cutting up and modifying a perfectly good airplane.
     
    The other good 4 stroke options (R-912, HKS) are too expensive (for my unemployed ass to afford) at this moment.
     
    So the proper thing to do is to put this in the hands of someone who is operating in an area where a 2 stroke (582, Simonini Victor 2) would be safe, or someone who has access to a 912 or HKS engine.
     
    I repaired the damage to the fuselage. I bought a new replacement set of landing gear. The airframe is now nearly in flyable condition. I'm willing to repair the one remaining damaged wing part, and replace the one remaining damaged wheel. This will make a really nice airplane for someone, and I'm pissed off that it won't be me.
     
    Instead of coming up with a cash sale number, I'm specifically looking for trades. Do you have a Cassutt or C-150 and want to go Light Sport? Do you have a glider and want to fly powered aircraft? Do you have a nice car but really want a folding wing STOL bushplane? I will consider trades, but no large trade-plus-cash for a significantly more expensive aircraft.
     
    Bill  victorbravo ^at> sbcglobal ! net
    

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    kiwi3 added a post in a topic FS: Motor Mount, Spinners, Oil tank, Radiator, Fuselage    31 Jan 2015

    Hi Joey, am interested in the sling seats. PM me if you wish. I had tried to PM you earlier, but may not have gone through.
     
    Ian
    

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    SuberAvid added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    Flaperon counterbalance?
    

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    C5Engineer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids    31 Jan 2015

    Travis AFB iron from above and some warbird pics

    We have an amazing private collection of flyable planes at our field in a single hangar now. I set up a field trip for the guys from work to come out and check it out today as a company field trip. Beforehand the weather was perfect and I had my good camera so I took off and did a fly over of the base and shot a few pics.
     
    C-5's and C-17's
     
    
     
    My new chariot the KC-10
     
    
     
    Tower
     
    
     
    More 10's and the base museum in the foreground
     
    
     
    The RC field where I fly about a mile from my house
     
    
     
    My house is the one with the two tall shadows from the trees in the lower center
     
    
     
    Umm she's anatomically correct!
     
    
     
    
     
    
     
    
     
    
     
    
     
    Beautiful 140
     
    
     
    Jelly Belly Jelly Beans are made here in Fairfield if you hadn't caught on yet
     
    
     
    
     
    A couple of KC-10 pilots trying to figure out what to do without a Flight Engineer
    

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    Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    Looks like some sort of boarding step.
    

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    Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration    31 Jan 2015

    Lonnie Prince Aircraft Company (PAC)
     
    Yeah, I guess he is a custom surfboard carver.  He's been around longer than Catto and hasn't gotten as big of a head (about half the price).
     
    The prop is a wood core with carbon fiber cover and hardened leading edge.  Weight is approximately 9 pounds.  The Prince props are famous for having the "P" tips.  Looks like the tips of an aluminum prop that has had a slight ground strike.
     
    This one probably looks familiar...
     
    
    

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    TJay added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    Nah, to short for that ha.
    

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    marshawk added a post in a topic Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....    31 Jan 2015

    lol looks like a sex toy to me
    

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    saskavid added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar    31 Jan 2015

    Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....

    Well what ya think it is????Something I've been flying with stuck to my plane for a while now. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but on to the fun part....Let the guessing begin!!!  
    

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    Bandit added a post in a topic What do you think?    31 Jan 2015

    I know his thread is old, but for anybody else flying behind a two stroke, the thumping you feel in the airframe or rudder pedals means your mixture is to rich. Try leaning it out one clip. I richen my mixture until I feel that thumping then give the mixture control one turn to the lean side. That should make it real close to the right mixture.
    

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