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  1. TJay added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    That is the highwing gear.
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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic need some advise here   

    I cut mine off flush with the trailing edge.  Are you using the Aluminum trailing edge as well?
     

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  3. C5Engineer added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    That's the high wing gear.
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  4. TJay added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    need some advise here
    I am wondering what to do with the back half of these brackets, should I cut them off, or taper cut them up to the trailing edge of the wing? lets hear what you all have done or seen done.
     

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  5. TJay added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    Airheart brakes, I have no idea if there any good or not but I have them so I'll use them, it looks like they use them alot on those mini dragsters.
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  6. akflyer added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    What brakes are you using?  I have not seen that style on a KF before. 
     
    The gear looks like it does not have a straight pull on the cabane vee so your a step ahead of the game.  Like Larry said, I would darn sure reinforce that seat truss though, that is what is going to help keep those sides from buckling in.
     
    Nice progress, keep at it!
     
    :bc:
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  7. akflyer added a post in a topic CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP SITE GOING   

    You guys are blowing me away. The level of support so far this year is amazing! Thanks for helping to make this the most open, easy to hang out on avid / kitfox site on the net. I strive to make it easy to use, easy to post to, and keep your attachments unlimited. You guys are making it a lot easier to pay the server bills and licensing / updates for software and security to hopefully keep the hackasses at bay

    Thanks guys!
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  8. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    With that style gear, you should gusset across the bungee truss as well...
     
    She looks real good so far!  
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  9. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    Rear spar. I don't remember this wood plug on my wing. The front spar is obscured by the foam in the tip for now.

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  10. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    Gentlemen whoa whoa whoa......first off Thank You for voicing your concerns. EZflap if anyone thinks you are an asshole for trying to keep them safe tell them to run into your fist. Let me clarify my intentions!
     
    These wings are ROUGH. They for sure need stripped down bare and restored before they would be anywhere near airworthy. My intentions for right now are to clean them up and get the crap out of the spars so that no further corrosion or deterioration occurs. These wings will be going to a good home at my Dads place with all of other Avid parts to be stored for a while longer. If and when we decide to use them it will be a total restoration project. I would not even sell them without stripping the fabric off first and ensuring the buyer knew EXACTLY what they were getting. Fingers crossed that the spars are good but if there ANY question I will be scrapping them and trying to save anything I can to build another set of wings. Again Thank You all for voicing your concerns. Communication breakdown is my biggest complaint of online communities.
     
    With that said I like your ideas. One wing has a hole already cut in the bottom of the tip and there is a wood plug on the end of the forward spar that I can see and it's hysoled in. Wonder if I could drill a hole in the wood and plug my air hose into that. At this point I have no issues cutting fabric. The only reason I'm not going to strip them now is to try and preserve the ribs.
     
    166NFlyer I like your idea but if I shove a tube down the spar it's going to just pack the junk in tighter at the end when it gets down there. I got the wings on sawhorses in the back yard tonight before it got dark after work. Hoping to work on them tomorrow for a while and get the fuse hosed out.
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  11. jackak added a post in a topic Almost There...   

    Doug,
     
    There were some squawks, not on how the plane flew, but with the EFIS.  Most have since been fixed by getting compatible sending units and deleting unneeded info from the set-up.  By having redundant instrumentation the flight was able to be carried out.  Sometimes you have to wonder if the old steam guages aren't the simplist way to go.  Thanks for the comments though.
     
    Jack
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  12. horsepower added a post in a topic this is what happens when you take the day off.   

    A person can get alot done if your having fun.Looks good.Randy
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  13. TJay added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    this is what happens when you take the day off.
    Took the day off here to get stuff done, here is what I accomplished re sleeved my new cylinder because I wanted to keep the original piston and sleeve together,  then welded my brake brackets to my landing gear. then made my support plates with the hopes that my fuselage doesn't get all bent up with this gear. and installed my landing gear. Damn time to have a beer.

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  14. 6320012s added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    I would get a piece of 1/2 pvc, plug the end with epoxy putty and drill about 4   1/16 holes angled away from the plugged end.  Insert it full length and then use compressed air to sweep the junk back out the fuselage end as you withdraw the pipe.  Repeat until clean.  Could also use water if air is not vigorous enough.  Could also use a sewer jetter tip on the end of an air hose. 
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  15. allonsye added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    Mouse piss  - oh my! A flush with air and water sound like good idea to me Joey as you suggested.  What are you thoughts a good visual inspection - borescope might be in order for the areas beyond eye sight. I'd be concered about intergraular corrosion in the aluminum; that's where stress cracking could occur. But as Lenny points out, hopfully it was coated really well.  Speaking of coating, I've had great success fogging exposed metal with a 50/50 blend of Linseed Oil and WD-40.
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  16. akflyer added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    Cut a hole in the fabric at the wing tip.  You can then blow air through to the open end.  plug the hole with a rag and the air hose and let it rip.  If the spars were coated as well as they looked in the pics, I am thinking there may not be as much if any corrosion in there.
     
    Best case you have to put a patch on the fabric on the tip, worst case your still scraping the wing. 
     

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  17. Guest added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    Yeah...after I read your post but before I read EZFlap's I was going to suggest emoving the wingtip too. Just seems like the best idea to me.
     
    Chris
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  18. EZFlap added a post in a topic Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???   

    I have to put on my a**-hole hat here and be the bad guy. Hang up my picture on the wall and start throwing darts at it, I can take it.
     
    Sorry, but IMHO the best way is going to be removing the fiberglass tip altogether. I'm sure it's a PITA. If the wingtip is epoxy bonded on you can carefully pry it off the aluminum tubes with a chisel or a piece of scrap aluminum sharpened on a sander, and tap it into the joint with a mallet. Aluminum hates being glued, it shouldn't be that much effort to pop the glue joint. Unless they alodined and chem-filmed the aluminum before gluing, at which point you will put down the darts and pick up an M-60.
     
    Considering that this is primary life-death structure, and you already know that you have some amount of mouse pee/poo in there, I believe it is definitely the right thing to do to remove anything and everything that is in the way of 100% full clear access to both ends of the tube.
     
    I hate to be the a**-hole that puts this picture into your head, but you need to imagine how it will feel when the wife and kids (of the guy you sell this airplane to) call you and say that a wing spar tube gave way and that someone got hurt or killed. At that moment, the time you saved by not removing the fiberglass tip, or the covering, or whatever... won't amount to much.
     
    Once you have this access, EVERYTHING gets easier... it will be much easier to remove the nests, see and quantify the damage/corrosion, clean out the corrosion with 100% confidence you got all of it out, do any repairs that are needed, re-treat the aluminum, etc.
     
    OK, now where's that Kevlar vest I had laying around...
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  19. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Suggestions for cleaning critters out of spars???
    I am finishing the cleanup of my barn find this weekend. One wing was invaded by mice and both spars have nests way down toward the tip. When I redid my wings I used a round toilet brush on a pole to clean them out but they were in waaaay better condition than these ones. I am looking for suggestions on how to get the actual best material out of the spar and clean them up so I can evaluate the corrosion level inside the spar. Hoping the one wing is okay but I am not real optimistic at this point. Jet of water or compressed air with the wingtip up in the air maybe??
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  20. Guest added a post in a topic need some torque specs   

    "The Book" is the overhaul manual which can be printed out from this site. It contains all torque specs and procedures for the 582. Everyone flying behind Rotax 2 strokes should print this great document out.
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  21. akflyer added a post in a topic need some torque specs   

    The grey head is the "mod 90" and the blue head is the "mod 99"  The book calls for the same tq specs for both.
     

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  22. TJay added a topic in Rotax and other engines   

    need some torque specs
    Hey guys if anybody has torque specs on a 582 blue head please let me know. I am looking for the cylinder bolts that hold the jugs to the crank case, and also the head bolts, I know the head nuts on the grey head but wasn't sure if the bolts and nuts were the same torque.
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  23. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips   

    I posted those picks of the leading edge wing extensions a while back, ( maybe three years ago ) and referred to them in a recent post. And I was out of high school for 11 years in 1980. Jim Chuk
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  24. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Saved Avid #392 from a barn today   

    The bottom of the fuselage is stock as far as I can tell. It could have a flat firewall installed if you wanted to, but the bottom of the firewall is stepped forward to give more legroom. Top of this step is just above the horizontal tube a bout 12" above the bottom of the front of the fuselage. Jim Chuk
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  25. EZFlap added a post in a topic One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips   

     
    I was out of college in the mid 80's... you guys are making me feel ANCIENT !
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