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  1. lostman added a post in a topic Paint Ideas   

    What were those people thinking with the piper!? I agree with not going too crazy, but you have to realize with my background and a lot of free time on my hands I don't see this as being a big project either. I did play with it more and simplified the side of it. When done it should keep it looking longer as well. Obviously I'm just playing with a picture and who knows what the plane will look like in person. That will be more of a deciding factor than anything. If that's a beige I'd be surprised, since the interior and everything else looks brown to me too. Guess I'll see in a couple weeks!
    Even IF I do this I won't repaint the entire plane, just the areas with new. I figure it will have to be recovered in a couple years so I'll get more fancy with it then.
    On the other side, I'm working on getting back into school for my A&P so I might be able to use the plane to "experiment" on!
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Electrical System - yes or no?   

    Lights are not a major change - Standard EAA oplims include something like "eligible for night flight when properly equipped, per FAR-----".  I believe with the new oplims by EAA, a major change is just a logbook entry, and W/B if significant change there.
    Night flight includes other equipment too -
    You could have a starter and battery - but no generator - but why?  So you can cross TCA control zones without a transponder?
    EDMO
    I know where there is a PA-12 set up that way - he gets away with having "no electrical system".
    EDMO
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  3. Chewie added a post in a topic Paint Ideas   

    Do what you want!  But you asked, so...
    Actually I'm kinda taken by the paint job John has on it.  Simple and elegant.  I thought it was beige? 
    Personally, I think the zig-zag makes it look shorter, and the length is one of the Pursang's strong points.  I would stay with a pattern that accentuates the length.
     
    Here's a good one too if you run out of ideas...

     
     
     

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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Paint Ideas   

    To me, there's something to be said about the KISS (keep is simple, stupid) method as far as painting goes.  This is what I'm working on for my project Kitfox IV...
     

     
    I'm honestly not a big yellow fan, but I want the visibility.   The grey with red accent is a nod to a Chevy Blazer I had, years ago...
     

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  5. lostman added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Paint Ideas
    I know I'm getting ahead of myself but since I'm waiting to pick up the new (to me) Avid, I'm working on a couple ideas for repainting. I honestly don't know what shape the paint is in but John lead me to believe it wasn't great. I also really don't like straight white and really dislike brown. Which is the only color he has on the plane currently. The panel will be treated with a carbon fiber look and maybe spruce up the interior but the exterior is what others see more often!
     
    Here are a couple bad photoshop ideas I had for colors and a design. Wish I had a better program to do a decent job with it, but this at least lets me see something before I paint.
     
    Let me know what you think, and which color combo you like better. I'll probably post up more if I get into another one soon too.


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  6. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Electrical System - yes or no?   

    Lights are not required for daytime VFR.  I'm sure you could add them later.  If it's a major change to the aircraft, (probably not), you have to notify the nearest FSDO and go back into phase one flight testing.  Your operating limitations issued by the DAR will spell out what you have to do for a major change.  Jim Chuk
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  7. Chewie added a topic in Technical tasks   

    Electrical System - yes or no?
    Do the FAR allow VFR day flying with no electrical system, and therefore no anticollision lighting?  If you get your E-AB airworthiness without an electrical system, can you add one later?
     
    Cons of no electrical system are obvious - no night, no engine monitors and other toys, hand propping...
    but... there's something to be said for simplicity.  If it ain't there, it costs nothing, weighs nothing and never fails, I think someone on here said that once.  And it's faster to build!
     
    Mark
     
     
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  8. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Let's talk flaperon rigging   

    I had a lengthy discussion with Steve Winder about this subject one time, and his suggestion was strap a straight stick tightly to the bottom of each flaperon pointing back perpendicular to the flaperons.  Close to the fuselage, equal distance from the plane.  Sticks should reach back 18" to 24" behind the flaperon.  Put a mark on each stick same distance back of flaperon.   With plane level, and if floor was flat, and if the flaperons were adjusted properly, when you put the joystick all the way to the left and all the way to the right, you should have the same dimentions up and down from the marks on the sticks to the floor.  That would tell you that each flaperon was going up and down the same amount.   The main reason to put the sticks on the flaperons, is it will give larger differences to measure to than if you measured off the back of the flaperons themselves.  If your measurements are different, then you have to adjust till they are as close a possible.   My Avids had a tendency to be left wing heavy also that was helped by pulling in a bit of flaps.  Hope my explanation made sense.  To hold the joysticks in place, I cut a 1X2 that wedged tight between tubes on bottom of door openings and clamped or wired the joystick to the 1X2  Jim Chuk
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  9. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Let's talk flaperon rigging
    I installed my F7A's per the manual on my plane but other than that I didn't mess with any of the controls during the restoration of my plane. I leveled my plane and set them using my warp drive protractor but I've NEVER been happy with my rigging since day one I just got sick of messing with it and been flying it ever since. It rolls to the left but what's weird is if I pull on just a little bit of flap it isn't nearly as bad. I think I rigged them with about 5 degrees reflex. I need all the nose up I can get due to a forward CG. What really has me perplexed is it's not just a roll it's almost more of a yaw which leads me to believe to I'm getting differential flaperon when I put my flaps full up. Because it's not just a straight roll I don't want to monkey too much with my left rod end till I'm confident my flaperons are good.
     
    I was around another guys plane today and he had a nice detent type feeling when the flaps were full up. Mine doesn't do that I have to keep the flap bolt really tight to keep them from creeping on.
     
    How have you guys done your rigging? I have a nice digital angle finder now and I want to start over from scratch and totally redo them.
     
    1. How did you lock the stick in place so your not fighting them moving back and forth?
     
    2. Angle finder on the bottom of the flaperons since it's flat? How to attach it so it's accurate?
     
    3. How far out from the inboard edge of the wing did you take your measurements?
     
    4. The flaps linkage has two adjustable rods. From what I can tell it looks like all that really does it adjust where your flap handle travel limits are. I'm wondering why right at the end of my travel with flaps up I get that yaw.
     
    I've attached some pics of my mixer and my flap handle position. If you see anything that looks different from your set up PLEASE let me know. I want to make sure everything is good before I start over.
     
    Mixer...
     

     
    Flap Handle position with flaps full up
     

     
    Rod end on the end of the flap handle. Notice how it doesn't really line up. Looks like it's been tweaked to me. The paint missing is from the last set of bungees I had it was rubbing on the metal piece that holds the bungee loop.
     

     
    Thoughts??
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  10. lostman added a post in a topic Avid--VW combo.   

    Valley Engineering builds a redrive for the VW's. If you're looking. I don't know much about them other than I checked into their ultralight engine a few years ago.
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  11. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid--VW combo.   

    Paul,
         I was thinking that Revmaster, or one of the major VW makers, had a redrive listed in the Kitplanes engine buyers guide.
    I don't know that much about who is making them.  I did read some about doubling torque and slowing down prop so you could swing a larger prop and get STOL performance out of them.
    EDMO
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  12. lostman added a post in a topic Avid--VW combo.   

    I have over 200 trouble free hours behind an aircooled VW 1600. I don't have an oil cooler and used to fly it in Phoenix even when the temps were over 115 degrees outside. Never had a problem with it cooling. The cool tins that cover the lower part of the cylinders and some type of well made shroud (much like an older Piper cub) will work wonders on these engines. You can not fly them with these or they will overheat. Just stick the heads and cylinders out in the air and they cool wonderfully.
    I can't vouch for what they'll do when you cover them up with a pretty cowling though. My plane isn't big enough to have such a critter mounted on the front of it. The engine is the widest part of the cockpit and fuselage.
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  13. wypaul added a post in a topic Avid--VW combo.   

    I bet someone did Ed, I know that you can get them for the Jabiru.
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  14. DMSkyrider1 added a post in a topic WANTED: 72" prop for soob belt reduction pusher   

    Thanks for the interest,Im still in tears after reading the posts.I didn't give Joey enough info.I have a warp drive and 2 ivo props.All too short.I would go for any brand 72 in.Standing behind the HC the prop needs to turn ccw.Remember the flat side of the prop shoulb be faceing you.
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  15. Emory Bored added a post in a topic Update to Deans latest project   

    That is really cool.  I'm so glad he's still at it.  The last build I knew about was a boat.
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  16. EDMO added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    Question about wing theories:  When you bank an airplane, the wings have less lift, so your stall speed goes up - Sooo - When you increase the angle of attack, then that is like banking in a fore/aft mode, and the wings would have less lift again, so wouldn't the stall speed increase after reaching a certain angle, even with slats? 
         Note that I said "banking" - not "turning" where centripetal force would play a part. 
         I think this is where the fowler flaps have the advantage - increasing wing area while keeping wing surfaces flatter.
    Another:  When you lower your stall speed so slow that the wind has more control than the pilot, then you are not in control - and the earth may come up and smite thee for thy discretions ?
    Thinking - Thinking....
    EDMO
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  17. lostman added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    I saw the pictures, The tires were enormous!!! I wouldn't have even called to look at it after seeing what all he'd done to it and that it was only a 1050 aircraft.
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  18. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    It's gone now.  
     
    It was a IV-1050 from Oregon with a modified, high compression 912UL (95 hp) in it.  It had extended wings, full span slats, and the leading edge extrusions were deleted to fit the slats.
     
     
    According to a conversation I had with a fine fellow looking at the plane (who wisely chose to run rather than walk away) there is quite an extended laundry list of absolutely scary problems with the motor and airframe.
     
    The seller was asking $28.5k...
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  19. EDMO added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    Post up the Slatted Fox - so we can see it too.
    EDMO
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    Speaking about slats, did anyone set the flaming bag of dog poo, slatted kitfox on Barndreamers?

    A good parts plane at 1/2 the asking price...
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  21. lostman added a post in a topic Mark V for sale   

    Randy,
    Not yet, but we have a purchase agreement that John has signed and sent to me. He is awaiting our signature on it and a check.
    I plan to pick it up the second week of February, weather permitting of course.
    I will be flying it to Ogden Utah, putting it in a hangar while I move a 150/150 tail wheel from Billings Montana to Cincinnati Ohio. Then commercial airline back to Salt Lake to pick up the Avid and bring it to St. Louis, after a couple days hanging in Utah.
    If the weather permits I might just spruce up the paint a little before bringing it back out this way. Not a fan of Brown and from what I can tell of the paint it couldn't hurt to touch it up a little.
    I plan to do some updating to a few things too, like installing a new transponder out there before having to fly under the mode C veil here in St. Louis. Not to mention if I want to pick up flight following across the country it would be helpful.
    I'll keep everyone updated on this as I know more.

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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic cog belt?   

    Gates makes cog belts, and Grainger has some in its catalog.  I think 8mm is common for redrives.
    If you don't find a source, then PM me and I will look in my papers for the info that Dave Johnson sent to me for buying belts - It had a different brand, but cant remember right now.
    EDMO
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Leading Edge Slats   

    Randy,
           When I got my plans for the 701, I questioned the figure that Chris had written for the trailing edge of the slot - It looked like a 7 to me, so I called his son who explained that his Dad writes the figure 1 with the top like you see it here, but it was a 1mm.  This could have been an effort to get a better cruise speed?  That was 20 years ago, so it may have changed by now?
           Stall speed for takeoff could also be slowed by 1.  adding 4 inches to leading edge, 2. making the flaperons wider, or converting to wide flaps, or extending wingspan - either of which increases wing area, which, along with weight, determines stall speed.  
    Can you go on a diet,   or decrease your survival gear???     
       I think the Slats are more for increasing angle of attack before stall,  than slowing the stall speed, IMO, but I am no expert on this subject.  I think the ones doing this also depend on more horses to hang it on the prop?
    The slats will somewhat increase the wing area and change CG a little, just like extending my leading edges 4 inches.....
    EDMO
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  24. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Kitfox wheel hubs on ebay   

    Maybe Leni has an extra set and he just forgot where he put them  .  It's kind of fun when you can hide your own easter eggs. 
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  25. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Mark V for sale   

    Hey Kenneth, are you officially the new owner now?
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