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dholly added a post in a topic Fuel Tank Coating
Hey Ron -
I had another thought that might be helpful. I know that the wing tanks I received from [old] Airdale with my Avid+ kit had a crap load of excess adhesive and selvage in them, and definitely would have benefited from a good rinsing. Kitfox has a Service Bulletin out on this very issue, with pointers that should work with your (or any new Avid) tanks. If you have any question about the vintage of your tanks, ie. whether they were manufactured with the earlier polyester resin vs. vinylester resin, I would rinse with Avgas vs MEK or Acetone as instructed by Kitfox for tanks made prior to Nov. 2007 (which, I suspect, is the date they switched to more ethanol resistant vinylester resin).
HTH
sb60.pdf
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dholly added a post in a topic Finally got me an Action Cam.. Drift HD and a couple vids
Cool, 720 playback looks good, liked it when your wing man popped into view!
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dholly added a post in a topic Security warnings with Firefox on this site
Leni - I just cleared all my cookies again and still get the warning using Fire Fox on my Windows desktop. It appears that StopBadware.org is the Co. putting out the warning. They take attack site info from Google plus two other data providers, so it might not be input from Google that is causing the problem now. I followed the path from the Attack Site! splash page to the Co.'s FAQs and found a link that site owners can use to request a review if they believe their site has been clean, but is still blacklisted and receiving an Attack Site! warning. This might be worth checking out if you have already used the Google Webmasters Tools I linked to in another thread.
http://www.stopbadwa.../request-review
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akflyerbob added a post in a topic Finally got me an Action Cam.. Drift HD and a couple vids
Nice ..hope you don't start adding the loud rap music to them
Motor sounds are much better
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Finally got me an Action Cam.. Drift HD and a couple vids
I used the handle bar mount that came with the cam for my posted videos.
I now have a suction cup mount coming from B&H Photo. I'm still waiting on a real computer (Apple) so that I can do some editing and publish some more.
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C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Finally got me an Action Cam.. Drift HD and a couple vidsWell I finally got with the times and picked myself up a Drift HD. I went with the Drift over the Go Pro for several reasons. #1 it has an IR remote that works awesome. #2 you can see what your filming on the side of it so it makes adjustments easy. #3 I paid $180 instead of nearly $400 for the Hero 3. I jimmied the mount today with zip ties so it's a bit shakey. I was filming in 720P at 60FPS. When my strut mount shows up this week I hope to get some more stable footage. Here is my first attempt at vids.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic WTF?
"Bump."
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horsepower added a topic in Jokes
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EDMO added a post in a topic GUNS OF ALASKA
Correction on name of show: It is "Wild West Alaska". I saw the ad again last night.
Jim West designed the "Co-Pilot" as a Marlin 336 Takedown model, with the pistol-grip stock, and the big "John Wayne" Lever so you could work the action with heavy gloves on. Corbon made a real hot "bear-killer" cartridge for us and tested the barrels with it. There are many options available for this gun.
I made the prototype of the "Ghost-ring" rear sight for them, and there are internal action improvements too.
Mine is a little different - It is the G-model with a ported barrel, and satin stainless plating. I sent the stock model to Fagen in Missouri and they made the Green-Brown Laminated stock blank for me.
ED in MO
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lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic AVID Flyer In Wasilla
Do you think he is overpriced?
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akflyer added a post in a topic Rotax 582 Grey Head Water Temp
I think the hole goes up but it really does not matter too much. Leave the radiator cap off when you start it and you should be able to see the water flowing in the radiators. Make sure that the over flow bottle is at the minimum line so it wont suck air back into the system as it cools off.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic One of my boys and my C build.
Hi Dale,
I posted some information and pictures on the flaperon cable setup on the topic Chris started "I just bought a Fat Avid" or something like that in th Fat Avid/Avid+ section. I think the post was around 3 January. The cables have to cross twice.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic GUNS OF ALASKA
Ed,
Sounds like a neat show; I would love to watch it but don't have cable and don't watch the alphabet channels; I just got fed up with them. I may get to see it when it comes out on a DVD.
Although I don't own a 45-70 I do really like the cartridge. I had a H.S. teacher who was really into them and had about a dozen different guns in 45-70. In the Marlin and the Ruger you can really load them up. I keep eyeing the Marlin stainless with the laminated stock; a takedown of that would be very nice for the airplane gun.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic AVID Flyer In Wasilla
Interesting; I just talked to Mark a few weeks ago. That plane spent about 2 years in my hangar when it was on Aerocet amphib floats. It needed a little work to get it flying since it had not flown for a few years before that. I taxied it around the airport but I never flew it; the way it handled with those floats on the pavement made me not excited about trying to land it on pavement and I don't have a float rating. Then about 2 years ago Gary sold it about to a guy in Valdeze who was all excited to get it flying. Mark just bought it from him but without the floats. He had plans to get it flyable by spring but must have changed his mind. That plane has done a lot of traveling without leaving the ground.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration
Finished trimming out the baggage area and building quarter window frames...
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BryceKat added a post in a topic Kitfox Belly Radiator?
Ed, yeh they are the tall radiators which don't fit worth a sh!t! I used aluminum and silicone to baffle them off. Lawenceberg is about another 35 miles southwest of me. Stop on by when your down this way! Bryce
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EDMO added a post in a topic Rotax 582 Grey Head Water Temp
I just noticed that you havent gotten any reply to this in 10 days - Hope someone can answer this for you -
I cant.
ED in MO
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EDMO added a post in a topic Kitfox Belly Radiator?
If your rads are long like some I saw on ebay recently, looks like a lot of the air has to turn downward to go thru the lower portion - would some aluminum fins \\\ in the nose openings help redirect the air to the lower portion, or maybe I dont have a clue on this if you have a different cowl than what I am thinking of - Avid didnt make any round cowls like early Kitfox, I dont think. How about some extra holes in the front of cowl?
How about the outbound air - does it have a good escape?
Moonshine worked for a lot of things - why not try it? I would go with aluminum tube - lighter and better.
Lawrenceberg, or Lawrence County, Airport? - Fleeman Aviation. Ancestors of my several different families came from there and Giles County to Missouri after Mr. Lincoln's Invasion of Privacy.
ED in MO
From what I have heard, the belly rads work when the cheek rads dont...My one belly rad was hung at 45 degrees inside the back of the cowl by an angle bracket coming off of the firewall, with baffles to keep the air from going around it......
ED in MO
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BryceKat added a post in a topic Kitfox Belly Radiator?
Hey Ed, I'm about 35 miles southwest of Nashville. What airport is your cousin?
I just baffled off the rest of the radiators last fall. However, as I was changing out the straight watertube anti-freeze and water mixture I realized there's not much coolant in the system. I was not able to try that last year in the hot weather though. I want to keep the cheek radiators, I don't like the idea of having the radiators hanging off the belly of the airplane. I had thought about adding coolant reservoir or some copper lines back behind the radiators to increase the Capacity, Ala moonshine style! Bryce
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C150L added a post in a topic Security warnings with Firefox on this site
Thanks for the replies guys. Some time ago, I saw something here about some issues like this but thought it was resolved. I was curious why it was still happening on my PC. I don't mind just telling it to ignore and I get right in but this friend of mine told me his Chrome browser just wouldn't let him so I thought I'd ask quick. (Before heading off to the aeroplane factory last night.
I do some web site (set up and hosting) and will look to see if I can find anything out to help resolve this. This is too good of a site and people to have this BS hampering.
Ed, I'll try your suggestion. Once I get in, it does not come up again until a reboot or next day. Not sure. King O ahy? Don't get me going on that one. Goggles somewhat left of kookoo?
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lv2plyguitar added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
AVID Flyer In WasillaI saw this plane for sale in Wasilla.
http://anchorage.craigslist.org/rvs/3485186833.html
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EDMO added a post in a topic Security warnings with Firefox on this site
The telephone was a most welcomed addition to our house - until some salesperson woke us up early in the morning or late at night, and you couldnt leave it off of the hook - then it became a pain to have.
Fortunately, with the new celphones, you can silence them when you want peace and quiet.
There is always some idiot who screws up a good thing - we either live with that, and enjoy the convenience,
or find a way to stop them.
ED in MO
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High Country added a post in a topic One of my boys and my C build.
Dale, I also have started this conversion see here the right cable stays on right side and left on left. I mounted my cable brackets a little to low on the flapperon sides and had to adjust the angle of the horns not to big a deal. also had to rebuild the flap handle. I would like to see some pictures of your system, maybe I could steal some thoughts.
-Robert-
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akflyer added a post in a topic One of my boys and my C build.
I think I saw in another post that Randys cable cross TWICE to the get the left back to the left and the right back to the right.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Kitfox Belly Radiator?
I have seen the MK IV radiators work very well, but I think the key is to use baffles in the cowl so all the air is forced to go through the radiators and not around them.
With that being said, if you buys in the hotter climates are having issues and need the belly radiator instead, I would trade a belly mount for the MK IV setup to ya in a heartbeat. I want to get rid of the belly mount so I can build a big cargo pod under the belly.
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