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  1. allonsye added a topic in Introduce yourself   

    'Nother Noob in NC
    Greetings to the Collective.
     
    I've been away from flying for a good many years but recently decided to jump back in. I'd always liked the Avids 'n Foxes. I have 250 hrs PA28 time and 250 BC12D Tcraft time. I'm hoping this bird will be like the Tcraft.
     
    Thanks to Joey and Rich M. for their invaluable feedback via email and texts as i looked towards this purchase.
     
    I was actually considering getting into UL flying but after my g/f said "why don't you get a real airplane", I jumped on this C Mdl that many of you have seen or inquired into on Barnstormers. I was immediately attracted to the straightened fuselage and the HH wings w/fiberglass tanks. N951ST grosses at 1150. With it's IVO IFA prop, the seller/builder claims he'd cruise at 95mph (that's up there w/the Tcraft).
     
    I have all the original receipts and build log.
     

     
    It was a long haul from N. IN to NC - 620 mi and this bird accumalated thousands more cycles from bouncing down the highway on a modified snowsled trailer which resulted in wearing out and eventually bending the cheap old Maule single spring tailwheel.


     
    I'm not too dismayed about that however -- the way I see it is it was the sacrificial anode of sorts - mounting the airframe rigidly to the trailer would have likely resulted in frame damage. Though the 4130 structure is very robust.

    I considering different mods from simply retaining the Maule wheel but adding a dual leaf spring to a complete retrofit.
     
    You could call this an this is an undamaged project. Actually FWF and an annual.  My rusty old A&P background will certainly be handly - but I do have my work cut out for me. "Radiators and 2 strokes OH MY". This is totally new territory for me! My only 2cycle experience was my Yamaha RD350 years ago. I've ridden 'em but never flown em.
     
    The 582 was overhauled back in 2000, sealed in foam and boxed and only saw the light of day when the seller put it up on Barnstormers recently. So, I've got a motor to go through and update w/seals or whatever is called for.  But what's really got me perplexed. is the radiator set-up. What a mess. Interestingly (and fortunately) the airframe doesn't reflect this convultedness. One of the brackets is broken in half. I need to redo all the plumbing to aircraft quality spec and to include rods and staunchions for the radiators. But gezzzzzzzz that's a lot of footage of lines. I'm wondering if there is an alternative setup? ??
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    I welcome your feedback and suggestions on my project.
     
    Cheers:)
    Paul
     
     
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic 4 Point Harness in an Avid   

    I don't think I have a photo of my "Foxy" that shows the original tabs like Kitfox uses, but there are tabs on the lower tubes behind the seats for 4 belt ends to attach - there are tabs on each side back where the window tubes are, for the outside shoulder belts, and one center tab at rear of turtledeck, or a tube just forward of that, for attaching both inside shoulder belts. If you cant understand my jibber, I will try to take some photos of them.
    NOTE: AC43-13 (I believe) gives acceptable "for your safety" degrees of mounting shoulder belts - Not too high, and definitely not too low - shoulder belts attached to the floor would be unsafe in their opinion. Something like 5 to 30 degrees UP from the shoulder is what I remember to keep from breaking your collar bone, or your whatever? Check it out.
    If not in AC43-13, then I have it in another book. I will check on it.
    EDMO
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  3. EDMO added a post in a topic Parting out my Avid AF-1   

    Thanks Jim,Too far for me to drive with Obamagas prices.
    EDMO
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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2013   

    Why didn't you call me?
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  5. Deejayel added a post in a topic Airventure 2013   

    Av8r3400, got to see your bird today. Very nice.
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  6. Mendlerr added a post in a topic KING O SIGNED DEAL WITH MEXICO :<((   

    I'm not sure how old everyone is here but I'm 22, I still fondly remember teachers in school being very liberal and always talking about how we need free health care. I never bought into it. I'm a bit of a loner and very much a libertarian of sorts. I think we need total reform in a radical way but I can't say too much, haha. I live in a college town where people love Obama. I don't fit in, haha

    My future scares me

    Thank god I have guns, a humvee and my fox. Soon none of them will be legal at the rate we are going
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  7. Mendlerr added a post in a topic Prop Problems   

    I've flown with the dynon and sky view. I'm using an iPad if that tells you anything. If I wanted to spen $1,400 I would personally buy the Sagetech Clarity SV. Then you will have full synthetic vision, weather, ads-b, wifi, Ahrs and its dead accurate with a redundancy system. You can even add Efis with a wireless sensor kit

    The subscription for the dynon sucks. $500 a year for using their sky view system. The Sagetech and xavion are one time purchases and they update their software frequently. I realize the D1 doesn't have this but it's still pricey

    The manager at my home base just finished building his 5th RV and decided to use the sky view. It worked great for 3 months. Last week it stopped working and when you try to use it a screen pops up asking you to pay for a subscription for the sky view service. $500!

    I read somewhere that the Sagetech is proven to be just as accurate as the dynon systems.
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  8. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2013   

    Rans S20. Look familiar???
     
     
    Fixed it for ya Larry...Joey

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  9. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2013   

    Chuck Norris called and said he wants his fucking War Bird back...

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  10. wypaul added a post in a topic embedding a you tube video   

    I will try this again.  Do you know this guy, there is a picture of you and your plane at Mile High on one of his videos if I am not mistaken Joey.
     
    http://youtu.be/GBpP_of0ARc

     
    Edit: Well crap, I just don't get Joey.  I think that I followed your directions and this is where I end up.  Oh well.
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  11. Mendlerr added a post in a topic NEXT QUESTION - WHAT'S A 670?   

    I'm very interested in this also.  I've been trying to contact someone who has purchased the 670
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  12. Mendlerr added a post in a topic Tires   

    Thank you again, always seem to have the answers.
     
    I'm trying to decide what to do, buy the axle adapters and remount the ATV wheels, Matco Brakes and 21" Nanco's or.....
     
    Keep the Grove 6"ers with the powerful Grove brakes and dish out the cash for the better tires.  Decisions, decisions.
     
    The cheapest I have found the 21x800 - 6 tires from is eBay for $267 shipped and then I would need tubes.
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic Tires   

    Some just posted in the last week or so, that Desser had a sale going for $100 each - don't know about the tubes - I bought some Chinese tubes from Ace Hardware for $11 each.Check out WICKS aircraft parts in Illinois - they sell a lot of cheap tires & tubes.
    EDMO
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  14. Mendlerr added a post in a topic Tires   

    I have the ATV wheels and didn't even know it!
     
    Can the Grove brakes replace the Matco brakes found on the Cleveland ATV wheels or am I stuck with these Tiny Brakes?
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  15. Mendlerr added a post in a topic 4 Point Harness in an Avid   

    Looks similar to mine.  I have multiple sets of harnesses here at the house, some are new.  Let me take a look and see what I got.  2" belts are greatly preferred over 3 inch and you typically want the pull-down style shoulder harnesses and I prefer camlocks.
     
    In my experience with harnesses I weld 3/8 plates with eye hooks into the truck of the car, over the structural frame substitute on unibodies.  I mount the harness all the way in the back at a specific angle around 10%-12% like pictured.
     
    Obviously we cannot do this in a plane though.  The reason for mounting the harnesses in this fashion is so they stretch the proper amount on impact.  If you simply wrap a harness around a bar to take up the excess harness you will have a fun time in the hospital with broken collarbones or a severely hurt neck!
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  16. C5Engineer added a post in a topic 4 Point Harness in an Avid   

    Another thought I was having was something like the Cobeau bolt in set up bolting the shoulder straps in on the same bolts as the lap belt...Thoughts? Sorry I'm trying to do this with pictures on my laptop again while my plane is a million miles away. The answer would be pretty easy I think if I could run out to my hangar for a minute...too bad it's 8800 miles away!
     

    I don't think going straight back down with the shoulder straps is the right way to do it after doing some reading on the race car sites.
     

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  17. C5Engineer added a post in a topic 4 Point Harness in an Avid   

    Mine is not going to have those Tabs. Trying to remember if there's a bolt back behind the seat anywhere where you could use a Y harness set up like this.Would having them come up and over the bar that the seat back goes over make them too low?
     

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  18. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Testing Sources   

    That is great.  I have printed one out and put it in my file. 
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  19. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Parting out my Avid AF-1   

    I did some looking in the phone book, and the 413 prefix is Massachusetts. Jim
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  20. Mendlerr added a post in a topic Tires   

    They will with an axle adapter. I guess I have to downgrade brakes also
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  21. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Tires   

    Grove sells a set of 3/4" axles that will allow you to run the ATV wheels you have. Get the 21x12x8 Nancos from tires-easy.com
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  22. C5Engineer added a post in a topic embedding a you tube video   

    Paul you don't need to hit any buttons just simply put the link to the video in the box. The forum does it automatically for you
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  23. Mendlerr added a post in a topic 4 Point Harness in an Avid   

    Not sure if my kitfox could help or not but I may be able to snap a pic in a couple days. I believe some tabs are simply welded to the fuselage behind the seats
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  24. wypaul added a post in a topic embedding a you tube video   

    The "insert media" button is not available for me, seems like the rest of the buttons are there.  Any thoughts as to why that is the case?
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  25. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Tires   

    Larry......Can you answer this one?
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