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  1. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips   

    I was in high school in the 80s. You're making me feel old...
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  2. C5Engineer added a post in a topic One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips   

    Good info! I will gladly credit whoever the original writer of this piece was. i wondered how they shared information back before the World Wide Web lol. Yes I was born in the 80s. Sorry Ed not trying to make you feel old 😄
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  3. TJay added a post in a topic Rudder Pedal Rub   

    It looks like that was number 38 but it says only for vixens, not sure but I would think it should be for all.
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  4. saskavid added a post in a topic One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips   

    I'm pretty sure this stuff on this file was done by a guy named Lee Dubay waaay back in the late 80's. neat to see it all tabled in one source like this!!!
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  5. allonsye added a post in a topic Saved Avid #392 from a barn today   

    Awesome score Joey. Thanks for taking the time to share about it.
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  6. Luked added a post in a topic Lots of new documentation posted   

    Hey Joey, thanks for going to the trouble to scan all that stuff in. It's interesting to read all that stuff (I've only had a chance to read parts of it so far). Helps shed some more light on the History of Avid. I liked looking at the old price lists too.
     
    Luke D.
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  7. EZFlap added a post in a topic Saved Avid #392 from a barn today   

    Can anyone verify whether that forward fuselage structure in the photo is stock Avid? My lower longerons do not extend as far forward as what is shown in that photo. The photo of Joey's barn find shows a fuselage that could have a flat firewall bolted to that tube structure... and the lower longerons on my airplane essentially stop at the last diagonal member. Is this one of the differences between the Avid B and C models... or is the one in Joey's photo a modified aircraft? I'm having a hell of a time designing an engine mount that fits my fuselage because of this.
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  8. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Lots of new documentation posted
    Be sure to check out all the new pinned items in the Files and Forms area that I posted today. All of that came with this weekends Barn Find Avid and I scanned it in for your viewing pleasure. 
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  9. C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms   

    One builders upgrades...wing cuff info and other tips
    Found this with my recent barn find as well. This plane has the leading edge cuff built onto it as well as several other of these " mods"
     
     
    Avid Options_Improvements.pdf
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  10. C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms   

    Avid AD's in one place
    Not sure if this is all of them but it is a good collection. If your still building or have recently purchased an Avid be sure and make sure you comply with these!
     
     
    Avid AD's.pdf
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  11. C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms   

    28 page brochure on the Avid 2 place
    Some more goodness from my barn find
     
     
    Avid big brochure.pdf
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  12. C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms   

    Avid Flyer Yearbook
    115 pages of awesome info for your reading pleasure. This also came with my barn find. I've never heard of this before but it's a gold mine of information!
     
     
    Avid Yearbook Part 1a.pdf
    Avid Yearbook Part 1b.pdf
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  13. C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms   

    Original Avid Brochures for your viewing pleasure
    Part 1 of a bunch of good stuff I've scanned in from my recent Barn find. These are the the original color brochures scanned into one document. 
     
     
    Avid Brochure.pdf
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  14. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    I will share the total when it's done.  I'm doing the fuselage, doors, h-stab and elevator.  They gave me a range, which I'll keep to myself for now, depending on the amount of time required to blast.  They've done aircraft before, so I'm confident they will do a good job.
     
    Probably done next week, they told me 10 days or less.
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Larry,
    I would be interested to know what the blasting and painting cost you. You could PM me if you don't want to post it. Mine was $1000 for blasting and 2 coats of epoxy, and included tailfeathers and nose gear.
    I couldn't see all the pain of blasting on my own, and the cost and bother of painting - thought it was worth the price.  They do all of the WACO fuselages that my welder builds.
    This was a company that did our cranes when I was with the Coast Guard Indusrial, so I knew that they did good work - They charged the government a lot more!
    EDMO
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  16. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    If you don't mind my asking, roughly how much to do that? Jim Chuk
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  17. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Well--  Here she is.  
     

     
    Dropped the Mangy Fox off at my refinisher.  Crystal Finishing.  
     
    They are going to blast with Aluminum Oxide and re-powder coat it.
     
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  18. Guest added a post in a topic Proper Tailwheel Geometry - Castor Angle and Shimmy   

    Yeah. Tailwheel shimmy is like a balloon full of shit. Changing castor angle or tire pressure or bla or bla or bla, is like squeezing the balloon. It will go away where you squeeze it, but pop up somewhere else. Resistive damping is the ONLY way to get rid of it once and for all.
     
    It was interesting to me that while I was struggling to figure this out on my own, that others were also having the problem. An interesting approach I have seen recently with really big tailwheels is the total elimination of steering cables and springs. The huge tailwheels require so much resistive damping that they won't easily steer, so the just eliminate the steering altogether. The tailwheel is steered by differential braking action exactly the same way the RV nosewheel is steered with differential brakes.
     
    The RV nose wheel setup has large belleville washers that are compressed and tightened to produce the resistive damping to kill shimmy. Some of the big tailwheels are doing the same thing now. Very interesting. I never got a chance to experiment with this approach though.
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  19. EDMO added a post in a topic Rudder Pedal Rub   

    Kitfox issued a SB a long time ago about welding a little triangle of sheet steel at the joint of the pedestal and the torque tube - Doug Holly posted his broken cable attach tube at the pedestal,  and I believe a repair he made.
    EDMO
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  20. Guest added a post in a topic Saved Avid #392 from a barn today   

    SCORE!
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  21. thebriman added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    I'll never understand paying so much for something and working so hard on it just to let it die.....
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  22. EZFlap added a post in a topic Saved Avid #392 from a barn today   

    Congratulations! The McFarlanes are nice people, they had a Taylorcraft fly-in at their strip one year and I flew the 172 in to see some of my old T-craft buddies.
     
    So what this means is that you can do the greatest thing that an airplane homebuilder can ever do... build an ultimate airplane just the way you want it, using everything you learned on your B model... while still having fun flying all the while you're building.
     
    Good deal !
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  23. RDavidson added a post in a topic Rudder Pedal Rub   

    Robert,

    Sorry, I'm thinking things through while paint is drying, the fuselage is wrapped in plastic in my spray booth/garage so I can't get a pic yet.
    You are spot on though, and a Clevis pin is a great solution! I didn't think of that! I can't believe how tight that clearance to the boot cowl is though! I will post a pic in a week or two.

    Ed,
    These are the 4130 tubing style pedals and you are right, it doesn't take much to bend or break them. On my other plane I was landing and noticed I was using full right rudder and still having issues keeping it from going left. I looked at the pedal and the tubing had actually ripped open starting at a welded intersection...not good!

    Thanks guys!
    Ron
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  24. RDavidson added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Robert,

    I think that would work, just use duct tape not masking...Ha! Just kidding I know what you meant.

    I have to give credit to Ivan Allen, another Magnum builder, he showed me the flaring trick and it worked really well. I used UPOL light weight filler for the bigger filling jobs, but for smaller filling jobs UPOL Glazing Putty in the squeeze bottle is great! It cures really fast and is waterproof.

    Good luck,
    Ron
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  25. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    I hear ya. I destroyed this Avid I just got in 3 hrs today. Sad to think of the hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars these guys spent on the original build. I have all the kit info. They paid just over $19k for the kit with motor. Flew it a handful of times and sold it 23 years later for the price of about 5 tanks of fuel. Sad to think there are many more that were never saved.
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