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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic KITFOX 1 FOR SALE   

    The phone number listed in the ad in Aviator Bulletin is: Peter (510) 915-0654 CA.
    Please, Let the AvidFoxflyers know if you are going to sell the grayhead or parts.
    And, in case someone has forgotten, I have a 90% KF1 copy frame and parts for sale here in Missouri. Cheap.
    ED in MO
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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic Tail Wheel Options   


    http://www.matcomfg.com/TAILWHEEL8PNEUWIDE-idv-3690-69.html

    I normally buy straight from Matco. Very nice people and they ship quick!

    The chains and springs from the rudder to the tail wheel steering arms.

    You can probably find one local in Atown at stoddards or reeves. A truck spring shop should be able to make you one too.


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  3. akflyer added a post in a topic New Home for N844RS   

    Nice trailer Russ! Who was the manufacture? Any inside pics? did you have tie down points installed inside for the wheels or are you doing that yourself? One day I plan on having a trailer like this so I can drag my bird down south and fly around with some of you guys.


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  4. Russ. added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    New Home for N844RS
    Just picked up my new trailer. 8 1/2' W X 24' L X 7' H. Inside 7' H X 8'3" W. Front door on right side. Plan on leaving plane and trl. in my driveway for winter, and at my airport in summer. Russ.





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  5. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Tail Wheel Options   


    Is this link the matco you are speaking of? http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/lg/tailwheels_matco.html

    Am I correct that Airdale is the only one with the double leaf assembly?

    What are chains? Are you talking about the cables to the rudder?

    Thanks
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  6. BryceKat added a post in a topic Bush gear   



    I love it! Holidays, here I come!
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  7. akflyer added a post in a topic Tail Wheel Options   



    The single leaf spring SUCKS! Are you planning on flying off gravel or sand bars? If so, ge the dual leaf spring and the MATCO 8" wide pneumatic tail wheel. It will change your life! I had the 6" tw and it was nothing more than a drag in the sand and gravel and was blowing out on me on a regualr basis. The 8" has much more flotation and it just flat out handels much better. It is alot easier on your airframe too!

    If it is GL prone, then your chains are too loose, or the springs on the steering chains are too weak. I like the compression springs alot better than the tension springs.

    The single should NOT have gone flat on you, but they are prone to breakage. You can look around town for a spring, or call a local truck shop and see if they will make you one. as a last resort, (due to shipping costs and down time) you can call Brett at Airdale and he will get one out to you.


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  8. lv2plyguitar added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Tail Wheel Options
    Well, had an interesting time on Sunday taxiing the AVID Heavy Hauler for the first time. Definately ground loop prone. The tailwheel was the most disappointing experience. When I got home I found that the leaf was bent up into the rudder. Never took off once and never lifted the tail off the ground. Dont understand why it bent so easy.

    Any tail wheel options that any of you suggest? I currently have the maule tail wheel with the single leaf spring.

    Thanks
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  9. brendot added a post in a topic KITFOX 1 FOR SALE   


    Electric propulsion is where we are headed. Do you still have any contact info for the Kitfox in California? It will be a fun winter project if we can get an air-frame to start working on.

    Thanks
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  10. tcj added a post in a topic DC-9 WAS THAT THE SUPER CONSTELLATION?   

    Ed, in answer to your question. The super-constellation was a lockheed L-1049. There was a military version of the constellation labeled Lockheed C-69. Dc-9, thats a Douglass aircraft Jet.
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  11. larr added a post in a topic Bush gear   

    The Grove gear that I took off was 40 lbs. The bush gear weighed on a baby scale is 18 lbs!

    Look how much more I can eat and not gain weight!
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  12. Twister added a post in a topic Gas without alcohol   

    Apparently, there are only five gas stations that sell alcohol-free gas in CA.
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  13. akflyer added a post in a topic Opinions on fabric   


    Gorilla tape.. the only stuff I have found that will stick when its cold out! when you try to peel it off it takes the paint with it.


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  14. EDMO added a post in a topic Specifications for Modifications   

    Twister,
    One good place to start is by contacting kitfox and ordering the book on them by ED Downs, if it is still available. I think mine cost $15, and has lots of info on flying and the history and changes in the Kitfoxes.
    ED in MO
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  15. akflyerbob added a post in a topic DC7   

    The C-54 was a DC4...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster

    The C-118 was a DC6..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-118
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  16. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Where did you fly today?   

    Landed on a Golf Course fairway that's also a strip today and then met up with a new Kitfox guy and took him to a couple strips.



    Parked on the Green












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  17. Twister added a post in a topic DC7   

    I rode in the troop seats of what I thought was a C-54 from Madrid to Diabakur (sp?) Turkey in 1962 (or 3?) in which we lost the two starboard engines halfway between Ankara and Diabakur and had to return to Ankara for a replacement, so I was searching the 'net and am now uncertain of the difference between the -54 and the -118. Can anyone straighten me out?
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  18. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Bush gear   


    He will build it with any axle you want. Cost is around $1200. It's 10" wider and 3" taller. No noticeable difference in weight and CG. Ground handling is NIGHT AND DAY difference. It'll land and take off slower and it takes a ton less effort to keep it pointed straight. I didn't fair mine and noticed the increase in drag.
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  19. akflyer added a post in a topic Specifications for Modifications   


    You wont see me bitching because a topic wanders. Sometimes one answer leads to more questions and topics may wander around a bit. It's all good ask away, its the only way to learn!


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  20. Twister added a post in a topic Opinions on fabric   


    What kind of tape did y'all use? My Viet Nam "conflict" buddy says they had some super-sticky, super-strong tape there then that was not authorized but kept a lot of shot-up planes in the air and saved a lot of lives.
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  21. Twister added a post in a topic Bush gear   

    Size, weight, effect, if any, on cg, and how much does it improve ground-handling?
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  22. Twister added a post in a topic Specifications for Modifications   

    Y'all:

    I hope I haven't stretched the "Specifications and Modifications" thread too much and frayed your patience. On the other hand, I'm still trying to find out the dimensions/specifications of the various models of folding-wing aircraft, particularly the Kitfox, and gain a better understanding of the pros and cons of things like wing type and length, stretched fuselages (better handling as well as cg aft for heavier engines and any problems?), the type of engines, gear, etc. to help me in specifying "my" airplane. I must thank all who have answered some of my newbie questions, and if I have repeated myself it doesn't mean that I didn't read your answer, it means that I've been trying to absorb a lot and have simply forgotten some things. And then there's the matter of refining my fledgling "knowledge" of the subject. Most of y'all have forgotten more than I'll ever know, and I know how hard it is to believe that somebody like me could possibly be that ignorant.

    Anyway, thanks again to everybody!

    I'm gonna look for a topic on training, and if I can't find one, start one. I've decided that I'm going to seek out the best possible training, but I would like to buy "my" airplane first and get trained in it, but would like at least to get some dual in any LSA of the Kitfox type as soon as possible, as close to home as possible (I'm in San Diego CA; the official flight school for Kitfox is in Idaho, where I still plan to go for fully maturing my flying skills). (Hope to see you on that topic soon.)

    I'll try harder to keep my questions here closer to the topic!
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Bush gear   

    How much does this Bush gear cost, and what is the axle size?
    ED in MO
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  24. Bandit added a post in a topic Bush gear   

    Check my u-tube video on Brett's spring gear.
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic Opinions on fabric   

    Travis,
    Give Stewart a call and get their opinion - I talked to them a while back when we warped the hell out of the root rib on the J3. They said that this new 2.7 shrinks so much more than the old, that there have been warpage problems on the Kitfoxes, and they recommend only 1.7 which is a finer weave and takes less paint to cover.
    In no circumstance with either, do not go over 300 shrink - 275 might do for the 2.7, and maybe for the 1.7.
    He also said to pull the big wrinkles out of the fabric when you first do the undercamber, and then glue front and back and every rib before shrinking at 250. work from middle bay and skip bays each way, then go back to the skipped bays.
    Do the topside and shrink to 250, same skipping method, before going to 275 on the bottom, and you work both top and bottom at the same time, skipping, as you continue to shrink.
    One option, and I'm not sure if this would work, (ask Stewart), would be to only use 2.7 on the horizontal tail and under the fuselage, if you plan on driving thru brush, or landing in 10 feet of snow covered with ice, or on glaciers,
    like the wild Alaskan bush pilots do?
    I have even wondered about fiberglassing, or sheet aluminum on the bottom of the fuselage, but that would add weight. Has anyone ever tried this?
    Hope this helps.
    ED in MO
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