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  1. SkyPirate added a post in a topic replacement wing tanks!   

    the only way a welded tank will work in a kitfox avid wing is to make it a full floater and have an over sized tube put thru on the right angle for a cross brace to be installed thru it,..fore and aft connect points of the tank would have to be rubber mounted in a fashion to allow .25" flex up and down so by doing this a compression tube would also be needed to replace the existing tanks function as a compression tube,..one of the possible down falls,..when the wing is in fold position..you  might get  allot more  flex ie twist which would absolutely require transport braces if trailered 
    the other option  if you have the tools required to do it is make a tank that has rolled seams with tank sealer in the rolls / folds,..it wouldn't be hard to do ,..using 3003 aluminum it has good working properties with enough rigidity to hold any manipulated forms.// in the attached pic is how it would look ready to fold the seams..

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  2. Chewie added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

     
    I'm guessing... Airworthiness?
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  3. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Alaska Bush Tires   

    let's go!
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  4. Chewie added a post in a topic (2) New, never started Kitfox kits available.   

    Doug... where did you go?
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  5. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic OIL RICH TWO STROKE   

    The toughest HD "Iron Butt" bikers in the 115º heat of the Sturgis South Dakota summer all carry and use baby power for lubrication of the baggage...
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  6. akflyer added a post in a topic OIL RICH TWO STROKE   

    when heading out for a long snogo ride it tough to explain to the wife why we put vaseline on our nuts and buttcrack just to go hang out with your buddies... after a few hundred miles of hard riding and sweating the chaffing without it is brutal! 
     

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  7. Russ. added a post in a topic OIL RICH TWO STROKE   

    Dose it come in a larger size?  After all he has big boys.
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  8. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    HaHa,  noticed no planes tied down out near the target.
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  9. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Alaska Bush Tires   

    Dont rub it in Randy.  Hey, when you going to take me up.
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  10. c_stauffer added a post in a topic 1993 Avid C For Sale   

    Black Friday Sale!!!
     
    I am being sent on a long term assignment with my curent employer. I was told we could be a while in the field and won't have time to get to the avid for possibly 3 years. I would be willing to entertain offers around $10,000 at this point.  
     
    Respectfully,
     
       Cory
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  11. wypaul added a post in a topic Wyoming Photos   

    I have some 21's setting in the hanger but I am not sure that they are up to the terraine around here. I look at all of the great sand bar photos you all post from up in AK and I have to admit I am envious. And the FISH....

    Ed you probably went right by where they are making holes to take out the coal. Did you get to see Devils Tower? Most of the Paint is actually vinyl that a friend cut for me.

    Took some video of a flight through the mountains looking for turkey for dinner but only saw Christmas geese along the river. I have not figured out the editing part yet so if this old brain can work through that I will post a video one of these days.
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  12. c91x added a post in a topic (2) New, never started Kitfox kits available.   

    I'm interested in the model 4. Would like to know 1050 or 1200? how much?
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  13. wolves200 added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Nice pics Randy!....
     
    I have one here of ME flying away from home, was not intended.... but I´m happy for it!

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  14. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Nice pics Randy!  Jim Chuk
    PS  I just got a new PC, and all my pics are still on the old one.....
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic What not to do with your Airplane   

    Not the same guy from the TV show.  Actor was born in 1945, this guy is 46 years old according to the article.....  Jim
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  16. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic What not to do with your Airplane   

    America's Most Wanted must not be paying the bills for him anymore?
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic What not to do with your Airplane   

    Sounds like a true Alaskan! 
    EDMO
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  18. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    OK, it's hard to choose the favorites but here are some of mine.  Pretty easy to figure out what is going on in the first picture.


























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  19. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Wyoming Photos   

    Neat pictures, thanks for posting them Paul.  Looks like you have some great places to explore with your Avid.  Better get some big tires on that bird.
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  20. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Alaska Bush Tires   

    Jeff,
    You might as well buy them; your going to have to buy another plane now that your hooked.  JackAk just bought a pair and Leni said he had some drummed up so they are now the norm for AK Avids.
     
    Larry, I bought some stuff made by Locktite that is made to repair the rubber on conveyor belts.  It is a two part material and also has cleaner and etching chemicals to prep the rubber prior to application.  It is pretty spendy stuff so I hope it works.  I will put it on before I go back to tires in the spring so no test reports for a while.
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  21. C5Engineer added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts   

    What not to do with your Airplane
    Just heard about this one....WOW
     
    Authorities allege that John Walsh, 46, has been using an unregistered LSA-type aircraft and falsified pilot certificate to fly customers near Key Largo, Fla. Walsh was charged Tuesday with felony operation of the aircraft — an M-Squared Breeze II that would otherwise be an LSA or experimental category aircraft, fitted with pontoons — in a careless and reckless manner and possession of an unregistered aircraft. Authorities say Walsh was in possession of a fake pilot’s license and used Facebook to advertise for customers. They say he was not in possession of a pilot certificate of any kind and an FAA safety inspector reportedly shot video of Walsh flying the unregistered seaplane, exiting the aircraft with a passenger, and soliciting others.
    Walsh was released from custody Tuesday after posting a $10,000 bond. His aircraft has been confiscated, a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told WPTV news. The sheriff’s director of aviation, Brooks Bateman, told NaplesNews.com that Walsh “didn’t have any pilot certification at all.†He added that the aircraft Walsh flew was “falling apart due to saltwater exposure.†Walsh was allegedly filmed soliciting rides for $20 per passenger in the two-seat open-cockpit aircraft.
     
    http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Unregistered-LSA-Fake-Pilot221011-1.html
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  22. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Alaska Bush Tires   

    Once there is cord showing (per the ad) can they be re-capped I wonder?
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic new to forum and computer challenged   

    Cliff,  Your granddaughter can probably show you how to browse for your photos and attach them to your posts.
    My daughter shows me how, and I cant remember, so she shows me again, and again and.........
    EDMO
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  24. cliff added a post in a topic new to forum and computer challenged   

    I am knee deep in painting my 206 right now. As soon as I get that finished I will be ready to get to work on the Avid's again. I am browsing the threads right now to see what has all ready been discussed. I don't know how to down load pictures, I have just enough computer skills to be dangerous. I plan to learn more.  Thanks again for the tips, Cliff
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  25. wolves200 added a post in a topic November flight   

    Hey Guys, thaks for watching I think I explained in the video where it is, and also little bit of me on the introduction section as well.....
     
    I´m trying to get you to go to church every Sunday (just kidding)----------------
     
    I´m planning to do that in all the churches around Skåne (Skania - South sweden) I found it curious that in the middle of no where, in a town with less than 100 people living there, a big beautiful church in the middle, strike me first, and I asked an Old Lady who explained to me that early this century, the people with a lot of money in the area where the farmers; and it was like a non spoken competition between them to see who has the biggest and mos beautiful church in town, so they spend a lot of money helping the goverment build this churches.....
     
    So my flying EXCUSE is take short videos of churches in Skania, WHAT´s YOUR EXCUSE???
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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