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  1. egp8111 added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    21/4 airspeed
    Anyone have a 21/4 in asi they want to sell ?  Mine decided to call it quits...
     
    thanks,
     
    EG
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  2. kauaicuda added a post in a topic Looking for storage dimesions, garage space requrements.   

    Awesome, thank you very much
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  3. EDMO added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    Now I am totally confused - Thought the link was to a "diesel engine" - Are the 600 and 800 gas or diesel? I thought he had come up with an automobile diesel for our planes.......Now, where are those missing memory pills I forgot to take?EDMO
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  4. akflyer added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    Me thinks you got lost in the conversation somehow   you get into the Budweiser again lastnight???  hahahaha
     
    The "girl" referred to on "RW" was the person in the link that was posted to the rotary wing forum who put the Arctic cat 600 in the gyro...  But I dont think its a girl over there...
     

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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    Thanks for asking - doing about as well as any feeble-minded, abused-body, grumpy old man, with aches and pains from past sins, and another year behind on building because of torn rotary cuff! Didn't know the "girl" on the RW was named ED? Did I forget to take my memory pill this morning?
    EDMO
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  6. tbucket added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    thanks....
    Bob
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  7. akflyer added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    Everything on the engine and EFI is batteryless.  I have not heard lately how the machine work is coming, but I will drop him a line today.
     

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  8. akflyer added a post in a topic Looking for storage dimesions, garage space requrements.   

    I think they are right at 8' X 21'.  Its actually 7'9" wide, but some guys have added leading edge extensions etc.  The long wing version will be longer than a short wing version.  For all practical purposes, figure the 8 wide and 21 long
     

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  9. kauaicuda added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Looking for storage dimesions, garage space requrements.
    Hi folks.  
     
    Im seeking some measurements of an Avid or Kitfox IV with the wings folded.  Width, and length from spinner to tail. 
     
    I'd like to see if I can fit one in my garage.,
     
    Thanks for the help.
     
    Robert
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  10. tbucket added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

     
     
    thanks for the reply.... very good info. I don't have a lot of experience with.2 strokes so this is good for me to know I had looked at the latter model engine and thought that it was a better engine. does this engine power the fuel injection from the stator coils or are they powered from a battery?
    how are you coming along on adapting the gearbox on?
    thanks Bob
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  11. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

    Okay I was exaggerating on the actual post number. When's the last time you saw any real Avid tech on there besides John Larsen's awesome story? The last few topics I can think of were people selling stuff and a 5 day argument on how big of a trailer someone needed.
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  12. akflyer added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

     
    You got him there Doug... The digest from yesterday has one new topic and 2 replies.  on penetrating oil... no, not the kind you buy at the local sex shop...
     
    Tuesday there was 5 messages posted
     
    The group is not really very lively and has not been for close to a year.  I used to have multiple digests a day from the group each with 20+ messages in them.  There is a lot of knowledge on the group and in the files there, but the format sucks
     

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  13. dholly added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

    Maybe an error on your end Joey, I show recent activity and just posted there.
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  14. akflyer added a post in a topic Flying Expenses... The proper way to explain it to the wife   

    I dont mind spirals.... its kinda the norm around here
     

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  15. akflyer added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

     
    I am using the stock ECM and CCU.  We worked with the cat factory a few years ago and got the fuel map dialed in for our clean fuel etc. so it has been re-flashed and the map really is spot on. 
     
    In looking at the pictures, I am not so sure that is a girl on Rotary wing!  If so, she will give our Kodiak Buffalo women a run for their money!
     
    I thought many times about using one of my FI 600 engines, but at the end of the day, we have had too many issues with them.  The 800 is a dual plug engine that has good SMOOTH low end grunt and is very happy all day long running in the 6000-6800 RPM range.  If I run it the way I run a 582, I am looking at 112-118 HP at take off and double the TQ of the 582.  If I want to run it to 7800-7900 I can pull 140 HP easily on take off.
     
    The 600 does not make crap for power till it hits 8000+ RPM.  my sleds are set up for CC racing and if I take them into the mountains its a bitch cause they wont hold the RPM.  The second that engine falls below 78-7900 I better be turning out and headed back down hill..  I hate having to turn out because I cant keep the track spinning
     
    At the end of the day, you may get a 600 to give you SOME time in the air, but I dont think it will hold up to the constant use.  The 06-09 800 engines have been absolutely bullet proof with ZERO issues of customers bringing them into the shop for ENGINE repairs... There have been plenty of chassis repairs, but nothing Engine or Stator related at any of the Cat shops I deal with or have contacted.
     

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  16. akflyer added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

    We have had quite a few new members sign up here.  We have a ton of lurkers everyday, but the registered members are steadily climbing. 
     
    The YH group is a lot like the other two sites... Normal grumpy old men...
     
     
    This is our site
     

     
    Ours may be grumpy, but damn do we have fun too! 
     
     

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  17. akflyer added a post in a topic I just...   

    cmon now... is it really that bad?  It is comedy.  What is more fun than giving rednecks guns and powder and telling them to do something stupid.  I would much rather watch DD than CSI, Bones or any of those other shows that our wives watch trying to figure out the perfect way to get rid of us
     
    Damn, do ya hate baseball and hot and hot apple pie too  
     
    At the end of the day, it's kind of a modern "leave it to beaver".  Every other word is not bleeped out, it is pretty funny, and they promote God, Guns and Family.. In this day and age, I would say its one of the better of the reality shows out there. 
     
    But this is just my humble.. sort of ... opinion.  The great thing about this place is we can all disagree and still be friends   You may be wrong, but I will still call ya a friend hahahahahahaha.
     
     
     

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  18. C5Engineer added a post in a topic I just...   

    My wife get's way to excited about that show. I'm thinking I need to grow a beard or something.
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  19. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Yahoo Group   

    There's only been about 3 posts in the past 2 weeks. I think it's days are numbered.
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  20. tbucket added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    I was talking about a guy on the rotary wing forum that had put an arctic cat  engine on her gyro and used a rotax b gearbox on it I think Leni is doing basically the same thing putting a rotax c gearbox on a latter arctic cat 800 engine I am considering doing this but with the earlier arctic cat zr 600 engine sorry for the confusion I am interested in the adapter plate that he is having made and what ecm {engine control unit for the fuel injection} he is using by the way how are you doing today?
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic AK 670 Powered Kitfox on Barnstormers   

    Bob / Tbucket - I know what Leni is talking about - But have no clue about what you are writing about - Are you sending that to another ED?EDMO
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic I just...   

    They get it by making million$ from sponsors because stupid people watch...
    EDMO
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  23. Av8r3400 added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers   

    Yahoo Group
    The information there can be good sometimes, but I always hated the format.
     
    The new format, if it is actually possible, is worse.
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  24. Av8r3400 added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers   

    I just...
    ... watched five minutes of Duck Dynasty.  That's all I could take.
     
    Where in the hell do they get this shit that is on TV these days??
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  25. Bandit added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Joey,
    Tried climbing it once. Got stormed off the mountain at 10,000 ft. Had to go back down.
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