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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic 747 Airlifter - Not STOL   

    Salvage Sale is Cancelled - They must have called in some AvidFoxFlyers to get this hog off in 6000 feet!
    Cold temps, Headwind, defueling, probably helped.
    Glad they survived.
    EDMO
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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

    back to the yahoo thing... good pissing contest about to start over there me thinks... I tried to keep my mouth shut, but I just couldn't do it.. My keyboard has a mind of its own, it wasn't me! 
     
    Sorry ChrisB.. I really did try.
     

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  3. akflyer added a post in a topic Rants   

    I would venture a guess that its not designed by a 5'5" 100 pound woman.. But I know what ya mean.  I got some friggin  blankets that showed up at the house the wife bought that are spose to be bath towels.
     

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  4. akflyer added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    bombing is A LOT harder than it looks but tons of fun!
     

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  5. Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Here's one from Galt Airport's (10C) annual flour bombing contest.  All onlookers (biped and bovine alike) seem to enjoy it.  My kids and I didn't win, but had a great time.
     

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  6. wypaul added a post in a topic wingtanks.com   

    I did do the screw shake thing and just used sheetrock screws. I also used a quick slosh of acetone a few minutes before the epoxy. If the tanks are mounted in the wings already I think that I would forego the screw thing because it would be hard to get them all out.
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  7. marshawk added a post in a topic Fat Avid weight and balance   

    Ok thanks for the info, will recheck it ,i never did one of these before so its all a big learning curve so thanks alot for the help ,maybe we screwed up on some of the measurements
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  8. Chewie added a post in a topic Pursang / Avid Mk V info   

    Not sure I can convert the scans to text, that's above my pay grade.
     
    When "History of Avid" is complete, I'm happy to append that to one single pdf...
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  9. C5Engineer added a post in a topic 747 Airlifter - Not STOL   

    On the bright side it's one of the better ways to lose your ATP...
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  10. akflyer added a post in a topic Fat Avid weight and balance   

    I am with Ed, not sure where you came up with your numbers at, but they are WAY off from the factory.  at 8" your gonna have to land FAST and without flaps to have enough elevator to pull that nose up and flare.  When you pull on the flaperons it will pitch the nose down and you are gonna be using a half a stick of up elevator to keep the nose up even at 14-16".  I would rethink the numbers you came up with and get them more in line with what the book says if it were me.
     

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  11. Chewie added a post in a topic BCP   

     
    With an office full of mechanical engineers, very nice lobby, and a production floor that definitely had some process control and quality, the factory's plant had a lot invested in it, and all that costs $ in the end product for sure.  It was basically a JV version of what I saw at Quest up in Sandpoint.
     
    Why they put all that effort in a cub ... in Yakima?!  I think someone was thinking how can they sell the simplest craft to the highest market at the lowest cost. 
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  12. akflyer added a post in a topic 747 Airlifter - Not STOL   

    Scheduled for a noon departure.  Didn't have to unload it.
     
    How the F#$^K can a competent air crew not be able to tell the difference between an Airforce Base and a non towered local airport.  WTF was up with the on board nav systems?  HOW THE HELL DID THEY DO THIS
     

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  13. flattie45 added a post in a topic BCP   

    My father was with me when I bought a Cessna 140 as my first plane. The seller had bought a PA-18 so the little Cessna had to go. During the purchase we were chit-chatting when the seller mentions this, and the response from my father was, "Eh, they're a little over-rated. Shoulda spent your money on something else". The seller was a little taken aback. I don't think that he had ever heard someone say something bad about a cub before. And my father was not really knocking the cub on it's abilities, just the price that people pay for them.
     
    I guess that if you can afford something like a carbon cub, knock yourself out. It would be interesting to see how much money the factory makes from selling a new plane; probably not as much as one would think. 
     
    There's a carbon cub parked at the gravel strip at Merrill Field. Nice looking plane, but that's alot of money to leave sitting outside. A person could probably buy a mid-level cub and the hangar to put it in, for less than a new carbon cub.
     
    Don't get me wrong, I'd love to fly something like a carbon cub. But for some reason I think that Avids, Kitfoxes, Zeniths, etc are a little more interesting.
     
    -Nate
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  14. sioux201 added a post in a topic Avid Motor Mount Wanted   

    My mistake , it's a B mount
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  15. C5Engineer added a post in a topic 747 Airlifter - Not STOL   

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/travel/kansas-cargo-plane-wrong-airport/
     
    A light 747 shouldn't have any issue getting off the ground in 6000ft. They will probably have to defuel and unload it though. I just don't understand how this happens. When coming down final one would think you could tell the difference between a municipal GA airport with a tiny ramp and Cessnas tied down vs. a massive Air Force Base with a 12,000ft runway and a collossal ramp covered with big grey jets. That field didn't even have a tower. How did the Tower never notice that after clearing them to land there was never a plane in view. Unless it was totally IMC you an see a planes landing light on a 20 mile ILS final.
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  16. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 747 Airlifter - Not STOL   

    http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24030715/boeing-747-mistakenly-lands-at-small-kansas-airport#axzz2lHejfbh1
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  17. EDMO added a topic in Hangar Talk   

    747 Airlifter - Not STOL
    Anyone catch the news that a 747-400 Dreamlifter converted to haul cargo, bound for an Air Force Base in Texas, landed instead on the wrong airport 12 miles away?
    They need 9000 feet of runway to take off - This airport runway is a little over 6000 feet.
    Want to buy a dismantled Fat 747?  Bring truck and trailers!
    EDMO
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  18. wolves200 added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Cmon!!! FOLKS!!!
     
    bring your favorite pics here, this is getting better and a better......
     
    all this encouraging pics will help me make it through the winter!!
     

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  19. Chewie added a post in a topic Status of Airdale   

    Thanks for this update.
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  20. EDMO added a post in a topic Fat Avid weight and balance   

    No matter what your engine or equipment weighs, your AC (Aerodynamic Center) of the wing will not change - The AC of the Avid / Kitfox wings are at 25% of the © chord, (But, is that figured at 43 inches, or include the flaperons and use 51 inches?), and your maximum forward and aft CGs should be about 15%C and 33%C, but I am not sure what % Avid and Kitfox uses -
    so whatever the manual says should be your limits - You cant change that - Please check it out again before flying.
    A gallon jug of JD should weigh about 10 pounds - Please don't put any lead in it......
    EDMO
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  21. marshawk added a post in a topic Fat Avid weight and balance   

    Thanks for the numbers Leni and Chris, the numbers we came up with are a little off your guys,mine are 8.90 to 12.51,and it looks like we need 12 lbs of weight on the tail according to my buddy who built a few planes already. I like Ed' s idea of the JD for weight lol
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic Pursang / Avid Mk V info   

    I realize that Leni - just wondered if it could be put into print and added to "History of Avid"?
    EDMO
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  23. Bandit added a post in a topic Avid Motor Mount Wanted   

    I have a MKIV mount for a 582.
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  24. EDMO added a post in a topic BCP   

    Everyone has their "dreams" - If your money is unlimited - which I have never dreamed - then you can own a nice 15 karet orange piece of glass for a lot of million$, or some really UGLY paintings that just sold for $142 million, or a $240K experimental, or a $10K homebuilt to take you away from the rat-race to your place of enjoyment.
    For some, the joy is not in the "buying", but in the "doing", like the guys that get the most out of the flying they can afford.
    Then, there are a very few that aren't happy with what someone else has designed, and spend all of their time "rolling their own".
    IMO, to each their own, to fly away with their dreams and joys, and not to be judged by others.
    EDMO
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  25. tbucket added a post in a topic Status of Airdale   

    I don't know Bret but sometimes when a personal tragedy comes it will affect you for a long time I know because of experience.It took me a couple of years to recover from it. so give him some space to get his feet back on the ground  I am not asking for pity for me... just give him some space and help him to get back on track
    thanks Bob
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