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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic 3 piece windshield   

    I was wondering if you could have just used a heat gun to take the strain off of the curves?
    ED in MO
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Wanted, Matco 6" wheels   

    Are those tires tubeless?
    ED in MO
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  3. Bandit added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Wanted, Matco 6" wheels
    I am looking for a pair of 6" Matco rims for the Dico tires.
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  4. Bandit added a post in a topic Adjustable Carbs   

    Jeff,
    I just routed the housing and cable into my IP, then ran the cable through the panel and tightened the control knobs to the cable. One turn of the cable is one notch on the main needle. No indicators on mine.
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  5. Bandit added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    Ha ha, my compass must be a match to yours. Mine does the exact same thing.
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  6. Bandit added a post in a topic 3 piece windshield   

    Yup, That is what I have been through with my windshield Leni. Nothing seems to work for long. My sunroof is seperate from the front. This made it much nicer to change it out. My curve was cracked so bad that I could stick two fingers through the cracks and pieces that were missing. I am going to fly this weekend if it clears up. I will let you know how it go's and take a picture of the finished windshield. In my Bandit I don't aproach any high speed's, so I'm hoping it will hold together. If not I will have a open cockpit airplane. The only thing I am concerned about is that I only used a 3/4" alminum strip to rivet the seam together, so the rivet holes are real close to the edge of the Lexan. Time will tell.
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  7. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic MATCO 8 INCH TAILWHEEL COMPLETE   

    If that's the pneumatic tire, I'll take it.
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  8. EDMO added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    WARP DRIVE PROP INFO NEEDED
    I got my used WD 3 blade SAE-2 triangle-shaped hub today - No instructions except 120 torque written on side of it. This is not the Rotax pattern.
    This looks like it was made to go on 6 bosses, but my drive adapter is flat, except for center boss - just tapped for 3/8 (I think) bolts -
    Can anyone tell me the correct way to mount this, or where can I get the bosses / spacers to fit it? Would the inserts for wood props work?
    Anyone have a copy of factory instructions they could copy for me?
    Thanks,
    ED in MO
    P.S. My Reductions EA-81 was bought from a guy in Canada who had a WD prop on it - but he kept the prop.
    ED
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  9. EDMO added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    MATCO 8 INCH TAILWHEEL COMPLETE
    There is a Matco 8 inch tailwheel assy complete just listed on ebay today - starting bid is $75
    Just letting you know. I dont have part no - look on newly listed for it.
    ED in MO
    went back and got part # 230897629528
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  10. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    There used to be one of these gizmos with a miniature plane inside a clear globe - think I saw an old one on ebay not too long ago - it is nearly useless with no markings whatever.
    Heck, this is not an "approved instrument" - it is just a decoration - like the rearview mirror and dice hanging from it. Neither is the curved level with the bank markings on it. Or, the little hula girl showing you the bumps!
    Jeep wouldnt be bad either - if it helps.
    Dont see how an inspector can bitch about it - mine wont! Its up to you to get it OK'd, or remove it for annuals.
    I'm so glad to fly VFR day as LSP, and dont have to worry about commercial IFR
    - Now, that just means, "I FLY ROADS"!
    ED in MO
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  11. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    Leni and others,
    Yes, I have had my share of "Oh-Shits" especially when I was young, low-time and "bulletproof" and just plane dumb!
    Fortunately, I survived long enough to get old and no longer bold.
    I got my little gizmo today to put in the J3 - It is about 1/2 inch smaller in diameter than the one I had in the KF2 - but looks better than staring at the fog - looks like it should work too. Looks like you will have to figure out how to level it laterally, but has a vertical adjustment. My old one went into a hole in the IP, and had no adjustment.
    The seller said the price with shipping will go up to $25 from $22 with shipping when he gets the next batch in, and he will put it on ebay as "buy it now", so there is no bidding to raise the price - there is no makers name on it, and evidently he dont want to share his scource with me.
    Most pilots dont want to admit to screwing up - but if anyone gets their butt saved by this little gizmo, please tell others about it.
    GOOD FLYING,
    ED in MO
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  12. RDavidson added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   


    I will definitely post some pics for you this weekend.
    I posted the same question in the yahoo group, and I was told to add a 1" spacer on the aft attach point of the seat rails. This should solve the control cable and tube conflict.

    I will post pics of the seat adjustment system and the modification for the next guy, in the Magnum folder but I'll put a link here.

    Thanks,
    Ron
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  13. dholly added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   

    G'morning Ron-

    I have never had the opportunity to see the Magnum seating install up close and personal, so I'm not sure exactly what would be involved in raising the seat. Is your seating arrangement the same as the Airdale Flyer's sliding base? There is a pic in the 'New Airdale Build' thread located in the Fat Avid Forum. I'd really like to see some more pics of your setup. Even though my Avid+ seat backs are re-positionable fore/aft, the lower cushion is stationary. That is a vast improvement over the f/g pan and sling seats I had in my Avid Mk-IV, but I always wondered just how much effort it would take to fabricate up and add a seat rail system ala Magnum, Airdale Flyer, Highlander etc.
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  14. akflyer added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   

    See if you can get ahold of ChrisB on here. He has a magnum and is VERY helpful at explaining things and getting pictures. There are a few guys lurking that I will continue to encourage to post up that have a lot of knowledge on these.


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  15. akflyer added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    No fuzzy dice in the plane Contact away, I had a meeting with the boys in the nice building just before you get to ANC once before. It has been determined that the only way they can keep me from flying is to lock me up where I cant get to a plane!

    I have had a couple oh shits in a couple different planes here. One I kept pushing into weather I should not have pushed into, only because I knew it was actually worse where I just came from versus where I was headed. When the temps line up and the fog sets in over the inlet, the only option is to get as far away from the inlet as possible so I pushed on at 10' over the river till I got to the turn off for the lodge, then it picked up and I no longer need a "special" to get into the lake.

    Another was in lake clark pass about 2 miles into from the lake Clark end headed back to Kenai. The pass was wide open, clear as far as you could see. blue sky, sun shine, birds singing no wind awesome spring day. Till in a matter of less than a minute the shit dropped in and I couldnt see the spinner. No way was I going to try and turn as I could look over my shoulder and see it was just as bad behind me. I zoomed in on the GPS and stayed glued to my flight track and pointed the nose to the sky and firewalled it. I went into the shit at 5-700' AGL and broke out at 14,500.. In a bare bones panel PA 12 with a compass that didnt work. Mid climb batteries in the GPS went out and I was sweating bullets trying to keep from hitting a few mountains I couldnt see, keep from getting vertigo as I looked down to try and change batteries and trying to keep the oily side down.

    That flight prompted me to start IFR training the very next day. It also got me to replace the whiskey compass in the 12 and do a few other things to keep a know it all "bush pilot" with a whopping 62 hrs in the logs from becoming a greasy skid mark on the back side of a mountain.

    Then came the time in the 172 that I was determined to fly into ANC to pick up a couple friends that flew in from Alabama. Nothin like a dumb shit know it all 200 hr invincible jackass wanna be "bush pilot" taking off into known icing condition in a friggin 172 and getting just past the last lights of North Kenai headed to ANC when suddenly the lights of ANC blink out, the world turns darker than the inside of a well diggers ass and the vacumm pump heads south. Toss a nice layer of rapidly building ice on the wings and we had the perfect shit sandwich! Partial pannel when the shit is getting heavy is no fun at all!

    As far as the GPS keeping the wings level.. They have a nice little stack built into them that gives you a fake artificial horizon that will indeed help you stay greasy side down, right up until the point that the batteries go dead or you loose signal. Hence me being intrigued by a device that takes no batteries or vacumm to give you some sort of gross visual reference to the where abouts of the big round thing hopefully below you and hopefully it can help me from pulling a JFK Jr.

    Joey,

    I contacted the seller too, but no joy on a responce so far.

    There are quite a few I can find on the net for off roading but I am not sure how funny the FAA would think it was to do a ramp check and see a picture of a jeep on the dash

    Oh, my compass now loves it when I turn the radio on. If I wanted to stay on a heading of 060 no matter what direction I am traveling, it is a very usefull tool. Ather than that, it is just keeping me from having an empty hole in the panel.


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  16. C5Engineer added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    This would probably be more useful than the compass on the top of my panel that spins around in circles most of the time.



    http://www.ebay.com/itm/271121755591;jsessionid=5E1EEAE793107239EE0A65282941A580?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D271121755591%26_rdc%3D1

    I contacted the seller.
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    David,
    The photo of your plane looks like Merrill field, where I went to UAA and got AMT/A&P - am I right?
    Seems like I may have said this before - Cant remember if I forgot to take my memory pill this morning!
    ED in MO
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    Now here is a dumb question from an old antique - How does the GPS keep your wings level - or does it?
    ED in MO
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  19. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    Leni,
    If you get in IFR and GPS goes out, and you dont have one of these - Just call me and I will notify the Coast Guard and the FAA - How much did you say you wanted for your plane, since you will be grounded! :lol:/>
    Nah - no one is grounded in Alaska - Some even have pilot's licenses!
    ED
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   

    Between here and the Yahoo group is your best shot for support...
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   

    So..........Is there no support for the Magnum builders"
    ED in MO
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    Whats an I-phone? Just kidding - my kids come over and show me all the things they can do on their phones - when they get finished, I pull out my old phone and say, "it makes phone calls!"
    But, you dont have to worry about the batteries going dead in the Fuzzy Dice on your mirror! UNLESS you get lucky and find an antique pair with the little lights in the spots - God, I am getting old!
    Dinosauer ED in MO
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  23. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Elevator Tube, Seat Belt, and Rudder Cable Clearance?   



    I don't think Brett will be of much help. He has none of the tooling or information on the Magnum or the Catalina/Amphib designs. All of this stuff was wisked away before Brett came into the picture with Avid/Airdale.
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  24. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic ATTITUDE, TURN & BANK, PITCH INDICATOR   

    I've got an app for my iPhone called RudderMate that does the same, along with compass and gps driven altimeter functions. (Free)
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  25. akflyer added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    never hurts to have a buddy kickin you in the ass to keep you motivated and moving forwards! Sometimes that is all it takes to get er done


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