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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic Contributing Membership??   

    I have not even thought about a "lifetime" membership... I would hate to have something go wrong 2 yrs from now and have a guy that spent some $$ on the site have nothing to show for it if it cratered and I was not able to get it back up and running with all the content.
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  2. Trackwelder added a post in a topic Smart Diesel   

    I have heard of very few diesel conversions that work, there is the dieselis aircraft, the website is in French so I can't reap much about it, the engine was used by bobcat in a 385 I think excavator,it is a peugoet and was used in a few other cars that weren't sold in the US, the power is about 100hp and it is fairly light weight as diesels go, I personally love the idea of diesel engines, no plugs to go bad and the older pre computer engines were simple, the VW diesel was fairly heavy but there are a lot more vw industrial engines than people would think. with the fuel mileage or Gallons per hour that these new snowmobile engines burn you are getting a very economical engine to operate and the snowmobiles wear out before the engines do. I just passed on a running and driving Yamaha for $4000 that I could have pulled the engine from and parted out the rest for about what I would have in it, My wife finishes nursing school in 6 months and she has promised me a new or new to me plane, I will probably build another, there was a Norman explorer based very closely on the Dean Wilson explorer that was like a tiny camper and flew at close to legal LSA speed, that one interests me, but maybe I will check on a new Kitox IV with my new weight I can easily get away with it.
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  3. akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    HELP, I need a geek to help with site migration
    well the title says it all.  I am trying to get the site moved to a new server.  I may be able to get the invision guys to do the move, but the godaddy guys wont do it.  If I cant pay invision to do it, do any of you guys have any special geekyness <yeah I just made that shit up   who would be willing to help with the migration, backing up the data yada yada so we can mover to a better host, a ton less money etc so I dont nuke the whole damn site and loose everything we have on here
     
    Any help would be appreciated if the invision guys cant do it for us.
     

     
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  4. Trackwelder added a post in a topic Fookididdy FookFook that was an exciting landing!   

    Steve wittman Used finger Patches around all those tubes, I am still putting them on my rudder pedals, yours could steer a tank.
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  5. Trackwelder added a post in a topic AN Hardware   

    Well, not everyone can bring a Cadillac out of work like Johnny Cash, I worked for the railroad and some of th things I was told to through out in a dumpster found one a little closer to home, anyone need a two-stroke powered grinder? 
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  6. Trackwelder added a post in a topic Size matters.   

    Rmendler you have about 20 lbs on me and my instructor his 582 got airborne in nothing flat and I had to drop the nose on climbout to see what was in front of me, I wouldn't worry about getting airborne, Landing speed was registering somewhere around 30mph but on grass we stopped in nothing flat.
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  7. Trackwelder added a post in a topic 3 blade or 2 blade prop   

    The inertia limits with a wardrive propeller limit a B Box to 66 inch, I need to get a bigger prop or new blades for mine. The C and E box have about twice the inertia limit.
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  8. akflyer added a post in a topic My new ride   

    its a 180.  0470R.  Debating a Pponk on it or just finding a 520 to stick in the nose.  I have a few months before I have to make that call.
     

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  9. horsepower added a post in a topic My new ride   

    I like the old straight tails myself, is it a 145 Cont. or a 150 Lyc? Randy
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  10. SkyPirate added a post in a topic My new ride   

    63 172? sweet thought the square tail changed in 60?
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  11. egp8111 added a post in a topic KFIII for sale   

    If I sell it with the 912 I'll be selling all the 582 parts. I'll save the filler neck for you. EG
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  12. C5Engineer added a post in a topic My new ride   

    Congrats!
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  13. dholly added a post in a topic My new ride   

    Uh oh, there goes the neighborhood!
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  14. akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    My new ride
    Sealed the deal on my new ride last night. She is a 63. A few squawks but next spring when the water softens up she will be pimping!



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  15. Chewie added a post in a topic Hood River Or   

    Randy,
    For sure!  I'll PM you later...
     
    Mark
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  16. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Hood River Or   

    Hey Chewie,
     
    Thanks for the information on that prop.  I love to visit the museum whenever I get back "home".  Matter of fact I will be heading there this coming weekend; be there for a little while before we head to the Steens hunting, but maybe I can get to the museum after we get back to Hood River and before I head back to AK.  It would be great to run into you there.
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  17. C5Engineer added a post in a topic KFIII for sale   

    EG any chance you would sell me the radiator filler neck from the 582 FWF stuff?
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  18. C5Engineer added a post in a topic 3 blade or 2 blade prop   

    Keep in mind he is running a 503 and not a 582. Bandit have you looked at the inertia limits for the B box. That is going to be your limiting factor.
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  19. Trackwelder added a post in a topic 3 blade or 2 blade prop   

    The B -box is designed for the 66 inch prop, I have one mounted on an E- box but would like to step up to 72 inch blades.
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  20. Trackwelder added a post in a topic Wing tank clearance issues   

    I used the wing tanks, and they did not seem to be a problem until I put the covering on, then they showed, I used early designed wings without the leading edge and am hoping that when I add fuel, they will settle down and not be obvious, they don't actually stick up but stand out.
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  21. SkyPirate added a post in a topic Wanting to build a baggage area under turtle deck   

    Looks like bronze lexan .093 to .125 thick, im making one out of .093 M5 bronze
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  22. Trackwelder added a post in a topic 3 piece windshield   

    I worked ith Plastics some in college, and the trick to blow molding or getting a good bend was to heat it evenly at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour, then you could do what you want with it, 30 years later I still have a salad bowl I made by blow molding, I may have to build a big enough oven to do it but 3 or 4 heating coils and a thermostat out of an old oven and I am half way there.
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Smart Diesel   

    My curiosity keeps me awake - I read the conversions pages - don't know squat about the mythical "diesel engine" they are talking about. Info?Thanks, EDMO
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  24. Trackwelder added a post in a topic NEW NOSE WHEEL INFO   

    Any information you have on a nose dragger conversion, I would be interested in, maybe you could send it with the parts.
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  25. Trackwelder added a post in a topic Wanting to build a baggage area under turtle deck   

    What type of plastic, and what thickness is your turtledeck?
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