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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
I agree with Ed; if it is convienient, at least check it out. See how long it has been flying, how many hours. Look at the engine/redrive install; it may be pretty well proven and trouble free. Look at as many of the welds as you can see and look at the overal quality of the other work if it was all done by the same builder. The Sube's are much heavier than the Rotax 2 strokes but that does not make them bad for the longer fusalage. I have flown both and they are both good performers but I do not think the Sube is a good fit for the stock Avid fuslalage (too nose heavy) and I doubt the 582 would be a good performer in the Avid plus (not enough HP for the weight). I plan to get my stock Avid 4 flying again with the 582 but when it comes to hauling a load, My Avid+ would be hard to give up now!
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herman pahls added a post in a topic Alaska Flying Envy
Ed
I did not know about the transponder requirement in Canada.
Good to know.
Herman
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EDMO added a post in a topic KOSH
My flying partner called me from Kosh today - said it was really hot camping, but great show.
106F here in Mizery today
ED in MO
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EDMO added a post in a topic KOSH
NEWBIES - NEWBIES ! #4 HERE - No wonder why I'M broke !
But took years to do that. Dang, now what was the name of that #2 ?
Just like airplanes - got to keep trying until you get one that flys good!!!
ED
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EDMO added a post in a topic Alaska Flying Envy
Leni,
This may sound dumb coming from an Alaska pilot: All that I flew up there had lights on as required - What if your plane doesnt have lights? Can you fly in Alaska without lights? (legally, that is) I'm sure I saw J3s flying without lights.
Does it just require lights on - if you have lights? What about Canada?
Herman, you probably know if you need a transponder to fly across Canada.
ED in MO
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akflyer added a post in a topic Alaska Flying Envy
Nothing better than sharing the cockpit with your son (or daughter) and passing on the love of flying! I was just kidding about the woodshed
Great to hear that he made it safe!
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herman pahls added a post in a topic Alaska Flying Envy
My kid just landed in Anchorage.
He was a day late due to weather in the lower 48.
Leni; can't do the woodshed idea because he lets me use his hanger and fly his Bonanza.
This all started 20 years ago when he was 12 years old.
He flew and I just sat there.
When he soloed the Kitfox on his 16th birthday I got to fly again.
My wife raised a great kid.
Herman
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akflyer added a post in a topic Alaska Flying Envy
#1 Time to take the kid out behind the wood shed n teach him a lil something about respecting dear old dad and paying him back for the sacrifices you made to get him to the point he is at now!
#2 The cruise, depending on if its STOL or speed wing should be around 95 and 3.5 -4 GPH.
Another option is to load it up on a trailer and drive up. You can be here by ground probably quicker than you can by air from where you are due to being able to drive longer days and not worry about sitting out weather. Then once here, unload and just have a blast around the state. Putting the plane on the ferry would be another option too!
Larry or some of the others may chime in on what their fuel burn is, but these are the numbers I have seen posted pretty regularly.
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herman pahls added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Alaska Flying EnvyI have been following my son Brent and his group of 3 planes on SPOT on their way to Anchorage the last few days.
They just landed at Northway Airport and appear to have 300 miles to go.
I was not invited due to my Kitfox's 80 mph cruise and short range.
I want to make this trip in the future to experience Alaska by air.
What is the realistic cruise speed of a 912 S powered Kitfox or Avid with 26 or 29 inch bushwheels and what would the fuel burn be?
Thanks Herman
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akflyer added a post in a topic KOSH
yep It will only be #2
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic KOSH
Holy fuque, Leni! Again?
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EDMO added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
If it is convenient for me, I would go and take a look and get some specs on the performance. Any time you look at something you further your knowledge. If it does not suit you, then you will have more knowledge when you look at the next one. You never know what you may learn by looking - far cheaper than making a bad purchase, IMO.
Ask a lot of questions about how it was built/modified, who built it, what is the history of it, who did engine/redrive, etc.
I look at homebuilts any time I am invited if possible, even if it is a type that I would not want to own. Keeps me interested and believe it hones my inspection skills too. Sometimes a friend who goes with me will spot things I miss. All educational and fun.
Soobs are dependable and last a long time with little maintenance or repairs.
ED in MO
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akflyer added a post in a topic KOSH
First is project "dont pass out" standing up front n center under an archway on October 6th
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akflyer added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
Yes sir! I have flown them with atleast 50% of the covering being duct tape LOL.. it is AMAZING how ragged out and tattered they can be and still fly fine! My brothers pacer has the paint peeling on the tops of the wings. I dont mean a little bit, I am talking chunks big enough sticking up that they look like damn lil spoilers, yet that plane flys straight, true, no bad stalls and normal stall speeds.. I dont get how one can be so screwed up yet fly normal..
Reminds me of a flight I did ferrying a PA 12 that had been on its back.. Talk about SCARY, the trailing edge was flapping in the breeze, an outboard engine 6 gallon tank strapped to the top of the fuse over the cabin the right wing tip sticking traight down and the left wing had a big bow in it. The tops of all the ribs were caved in up to the front spar.
I swear the damn thing flew like NOTHING was wrong with it other than anything over 80 MPH got the trailing edge and wing tip flapping pretty damn good and set up a good virbration. Below 80 she flew hands off ??
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EDMO added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
Yes, I have seen welds that scare me on older planes - and they have been flying for 50 to 80 years now.
Every time I get a little worried about my Kitfox or my designs, I go down to the basement and watch a video of the old contraptions that men used to fly in - I come away a lot more confident in what we are doing today.
Anything can break, and Everything will deteriorate if not maintained - Inspections and maintenance are the most important lifesavers we have. I fly with MIG-welded airframes, and some of the old not-so-perfect welds on antiques, and none of them have broken unless the pilot hit something with them.
ED in MO
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Takman74 added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
The more I see chat here the less inclined I am to go even take a look at it. When I posted the original question I was mainly concerned about performance over much else. I know the sube is fat compared to other engine installs.
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dholly added a post in a topic KOSH
New project! WAAAAAAAA.
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akflyer added a post in a topic KOSH
I am in if the good lords willing and the creek dont rise! Not sure if I would skip JC though.. Momma here is pretty adamant that we get out and about and do some oif the things I have been holding off on the last few years, and heading down for a few of the big fly in's is at the top of our list. Course, that is all dependent on if a lil present happens to show up around that time frame too.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Hood River Or
Thats what happens when you got a bunch of pocket protector wearing high water pants engineers sitting around on a friday night .... You just know one of them said to the other...duuuuude, i juuust thought of a way to reaaaaaaly blow some pilots mellons.. Lets put the blades sticking out the sides of the huuubs and reeeeeeeeeeally mess with them. Cripes, nothing worse than a stoned engineer with a mission I know, I deal with trying to fix their brain cramps every day. No offence to any of you engineer types out there, you should know that there has always been a fued between the enjineer guy that says on paper it should work this way, the welder guy (sparkle headed flux sniffer) that says the engineer is an fn and dont know the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground so he is gonna do it how he knows best and make it work, and the inspector who comes along and jerks a knot in the welders ass for going against the design without proper authorization.. Then the welder and the inspector have a pow wow and go gang up on the engineer
Yup, do it every day here!
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akflyer added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
Not sure what it is. Possibly a reserve lift indicator.
As far as the welding 4130 with GMAW your not going to get 4 different kinds of metal, it depends on the wire used (just as with any process) the transfere mode used (spray, gobular etc) and of course preheat / post heat. The dilution of the consumable wire is the key as most guys tend to run a little cold when using GMAW and they dont get good penetration and leave lots of cold lap / incomplete fusion. If you dont remove the mill scale from the tubes then you will have issues as well. I used the GMAW for putting in the Vee plates in the landing gear truss area and GTAW for the new longeron tubes and vertical fin tube replacement as well as the rudder post and hinge tubes. If its bracing, I will use the GMAW for full on tube replacements with butt welds I use GTAW and get full penetration onto the sleeve tube also. I hate stress risers!
You want to look at shitty welds that will scare the hell out of you, go take a look at a 1930-40 PA-18 or PA-12 or any other tube and fabric plane. HOLY SHIT! You would be AMAZED at how long a crappy weld will hold up when there really is not that much stress on it. I would be MUCH more worried about glue jiont and pop riveted assemblies than I would most any welded joint. Of course, take a good look at it, but chances are, if the damn thing has been flying since the 90's that the welds have been "service" tested and are just fine.
Edit: As far as welding processes being used by boeing versus avid/KF/Highlander/Rans etc... Let look at stresses involved and 1000 other variables before you just take it carte blanch that GMAW sucks for welding 4130 tubing. Last I looked Airbus and Boeing were not using rotax engines either but that does not mean its not the perfect marriage for an avid / kitfox type aircraft.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Avid plus specs
Doug, or anyone,
I looked at the video of the Raven clone - Want to know what the gizmo is on top of IP where compass usually sets. Best I could make out was a round instrument with a small green and small red dot with some kind of scale above the dots.
Watizzit? Prices?
ED in MO
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dholly added a post in a topic Hood River Or
Some very cool stuff there, would love to visit that place somedy. Wassup with the prop hub on the radial engine in pic#3... w00t!
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BryceKat added a post in a topic KOSH
Going Wednesday will be at flaperon fly in Thursday, c u there!Bryce
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic KOSH
I am going to skip Idaho for this trip next year. Leni you in?
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EDMO added a post in a topic One of my boys and my C build.
The biggest fault I found with the design books is that they go from Spam cans to bigger Spam cans to Supersonic - Not much mention of a J3 or Stearman -Hardly what one needs for slow, cheap (relative term) homebuilts. Still, there are some never-changing aerodynamics in them.
Good Flying
ED in MO
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