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  1. High Country added a post in a topic Wanted B Model Parts   

    You might look for MK IV tail feathers thats what I did, they were a direct fit to my B and now I have more surface area for the control surfaces. just a thought. I have some B parts still available from my build that I'm not using if you're interested shoot me a list of what you're looking for. have ELT, rotax exhaust, spars, nose fuel tank, coolant tank, and other misc parts can't quite remember what all off the top of my head right now would have to take a look would be happy to help if i can.
     
    -Robert-
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  2. High Country added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    tank looks nice but on a different note, is there any provision for venting it back to one of the wing tanks, I didn't see a fitting for this in your picture.
     
    -Robert-
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  3. egp8111 added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Wiring on old GRT EIS unit
    Anyone happen to have any manuals or knowledge on wiring the old two D plug style connectors on a GRT EIS unit ?  The newer units had one bigger D connector but this one has two smaller one.  I've been able to match up one to the engine inputs (egt,oil ps,cht i etc).  The second connector just has three wires so I'm assuming one is power, one is ground and the third goes to the warning light but they are not marked and I don't want to hook them up wrong and let the magjc smoke out.    The folks at GRT are looking but so far havent been able to find anything!    
     
    Thanks,
    EG
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  4. Chewie added a post in a topic My latest completion   

    Thank you all!
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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Bandit,
           did you have stoppage with the finger strainer?
    ED
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  6. Bandit added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    I took my finger strainer out and have a filter in the main line and a filter on each line before it goes into the carbs.
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  7. wypaul added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    F7A
    I have a newly completed F7A ready to ship. $85 shipping included in the USA. These are professionally TIG welded with replaceable studs on the pushrods. Workmanship is first grade. Dimitri has purchased a set and I am sure he will be glad to tell you about the quality. PM me if you are interested or have questions.
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  8. wolves200 added a post in a topic My latest completion   

    Congratulation Chewie!!
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  9. Russ. added a post in a topic My latest completion   

    Congrats to you and your partner home builder.  Russ.
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  10. Russ. added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Dimi3, thanks for the measurements.  Russ.
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  11. horsepower added a post in a topic My latest completion   

    Congrats Mark,Enjoy they grow up fast.....Randy
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  12. akflyer added a post in a topic My latest completion   

    congrats!  you were only a few months behind me on the R&D
     
    Enjoy the Rotax secondary muffler, it burns out pretty quick and pipes get much louder!
     

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  13. Chewie added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    My latest completion
    We've been working on this for a while.  Not a ton of plans or manuals on the build... but plenty on the maintenance.  The fasteners are neither imperial nor metric.  Put about 7,000 hours into it.  And still a lot of improvements to be made, will take a few more years to refine. But the fuel injection and exhaust systems are definitely working well!
     
    Sorry, I wasn't sure where to post this... "general hangar"?  "close calls and dumb stunts"?? "For Sale"? "Hardcore"
     
    Let me know your thoughts and experiences...
     
    Mark
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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  14. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Wolverine,
          I would have to refer to my machinists manual - I thought NPT threads were odd numbered - like 1/4 - 27.
    If the thread numbers are correct on the 3/8 NPT, then is it really tapered thread?  Can you use a micrometer or dial caliper to compare the two fittings?  That's all I can think of for now.
    EDMO
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Thanks Leni,
         Going to put 3 of these on my Christmas wish list.  Appreciate the Summit site - copied it.
    GF,
    EDMO
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  16. akflyer added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/spe-2369?seid=srese1&gclid=CMfe54LcsrsCFcuSfgodwzQA6Q
     
    Look up Spectre 2369.  Most auto parts stores around here have them.  I use them on the Avid as well as my boats and plow truck.  Works great so far.
     

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  17. wolves200 added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Hey Guys;
     
    I kind up screwed up in the tank measures, I`m struggling to fit it on the desired place, I should have make it narrower in one side by 2" or more and compensate in the other side. But I think I can manage, I one guy in England made it for me for about 200$;
     
    I bought many AN-6 fittings on a racing store, MAN I went crazy here, like a kid in a candy store I couldn´t help it.... I just couldn´t stop buying things there... all fuel lines will be replaced either by aluminium or Teflon, so I don´t have to worry about fuel lines anymore (knock on wood).
     
    other thing I found, after I ordered the finger I was installing  Paul´s new modified F7A in the controls I need it to replace a little bolt and digging in my boxes I found a brand new  fuel finger strainer from my old Volksplane project (DAM) I hate when this happens, I´ve been waiting for this tiny little piece more than a week to proceed with the fuel fixtures and I had it all along.
     
    turned out the finger will screw nicely in the tank female 3/8 NPT hole, however I have a aluminium piece for the Teflon hoses (AN-4), same thing 3/8 npt 18tpi that doesn´t fit on the tank, thus the question earlier.... hmmmm.... see the pictures, they both check out with the thread gauge... anodized perhaps???
     
    if you want to use the header tank drawing I suggest you check measures in your plane, don´t know what you guys have behind the passenger seat exactly, and take into consideration the rudder cable as well, which is a easy fix....
     
    Regards
    Dimi3



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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Thanks Randy - Will check out the local auto stores for them.
    EDMO
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  19. SuberAvid added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Ed,  I am using the same ones.  I believe they are Spectra.  I got them at the local Shucks Auto Parts but should be available at any similar auto parts store.
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic joke thread   

    An old man goes to the doctor. At the end of the checkup the doc says, "Everything looks pretty good, but for the final check I need you to take this container with you and bring me back a sperm sample tomorrow."

    The man says okay and goes home.

    He returns to the doc the next day with an empty container. The doc says to him, "What happened?"

    The man says, "We'll, first I tried with my left hand, nothing. Then I tried my right, still nothing. So I called my wife in to help. She tried her right hand, nothing. Same with her left. Then she tried her mouth, zip. Then she took out her teeth and tried again, no good. So she called the neighbor lady to come over. She tried both hands, her mouth and even put it und her armpit, still nothing. After she wacked it a couple times on the counter with out any success, we decided that the lid to that cup was not going to come off."
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Leni,
          Can you give the part number or where to get the kind of filters you use?  Some filters have paper in them and I understand that they are not the kind to use.
    Got a photo?
    Thanks,
    EDMO
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  22. akflyer added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    I have a glass filter with changeable plastic screens in them before the header tank, then one after the header tank.  And a valve right above the filters.  I can shut the valve, pull the filter apart and clean the screens in a minute or two.  I clean them about every 20 hrs but only once have I found any fibers in them.  
     

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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    What filters before header tank?  I thought the fingerscreen was the only one.  Doug posted something some time ago that the fg fibers couldn't be seen in some other filter, and clogged his up.  Maybe fingerscreens should be made twice as long, to lower chances of clogging by 50%?  Maybe pull them more often?
    Good subject for discussion.
    EDMO
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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

     
    The original screens were brass so they could be soldered to the fitting.. Aluminum dont solder into the brass fitting very well.
     
    It was only a couple years ago that the conventional wisdom was to pull the screens and let the filters before the header tank that you can see trap the crap so you dont end up with a plugged screen and no way to check it or bypass it... cause when that happens, your options for landing get really limited depending on the phase of flight your in.
     

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  25. Russ. added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid   

    Dimi3 I would like to know where you bought the new tank, and the H x W x D of it in inches.  Would like to have one. Thanks Russ.
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