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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Aileron / flap leading edge   

    Have heard of the Ridgerunner - is it copy of Kitfox / Avid? How are the ailerons / flaps attached?
    Any place where I can get pictures, info? Where is it made?
    Just nosey!
    I may have it confused with the Ranger (I think?) I pulled one up and it was all aluminum and 1000 bolts holding it together - too many nuts to come loose to suit my caution.
    ED in MO
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  2. Tree top pilot added a post in a topic Short video ridgerunning my Avid   

    Very cool vid ! I have country similar to that not far from my home field. You guys have to worry about rotors on tha back sides of the larger peaks?
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  3. Tree top pilot added a post in a topic Aileron / flap leading edge   

    Everything I do is a PITA. That is what keeps me interested..all the hard things to be made. My plane is a Ridge Runner. Just trying to keep it as light as possible plus I like working with wood. I just want to cover the leading edges so the fabric will lay out a bit smoother and help to hold the shape. The slotted flaps should work well at low speeds. Almost ready to start covering the wings....not much left to do to the fuse. Engine is ready...all I need to get on the way is a prop. Thanks for looking....pix posted when ready to cover.
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  4. EDMO added a post in a topic Aileron / flap leading edge   

    Noticed that you have had no feedack on this - I'm always interested in any building ideas.
    Don't know what plane you are building, but wonder if making aluminum skin over whole aileron / flap might be easier / better?
    ED in MO
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  5. TheDeltaFox added a post in a topic Leaky quick drain   

    Friend here with a Pacer had a surprise on takeoff thanks to Teflon tape. He didn't know the previous owner had used tape on the wing tank fittings. He loaded up his son and two other small children and when he went full throttle on takeoff..... it bogged down after a few seconds and he was able to abort takeoff with plenty of runway ahead of him. For those of you that don't know, our runway 28 drops off into a river ravine about 200 ft past the edge of the pavement. Could have been a mess and am very glad he did a full backtrack that day. He opened up the gasocolator and it was full of gunk left from the Teflon tape. He spent a long time removing, cleaning and resealing the tanks and fittings. Then went through the entire system to make sure none of that garbage was used anywhere's else.
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  6. wypaul added a post in a topic Short video ridgerunning my Avid   

    Hey Joey, nice video. What camera are you using, I like the fact that it doesn't do strange things with the turning prop.

    Paul
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  7. 4aplat added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    New vid : PDR100 test
    yesteday : test of my new PDR100 video recorder on the avid

    next time I'll have to find a new place for the bullet camera


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  8. Tree top pilot added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Aileron / flap leading edge
    I know that the Highlander used fiberglass....and I was given sawn blocks of 2" home foam insulation board to form the leading edges. I made these from 1/64" ply from Aircraft Spruce with about 30 some pieces of balsa nose ribs to help maintain shape spaced 5" apart. I have invested a lot of time in my mold and process for this....not cheaper or quick to perform.....but man is it light and strong. No steam boxes....just hot water soak and then to my mold overnight. Taped to allow full drying .....praying it won't distort too much. When they are installed and sealed up they shouldn't move anywhere....your thoughts ? Or have I wasted time doing this? If I have to make a mold for fiberglass....I would rather lay them up with Carbon and vacuum bag 'em. Same amount of work either way.


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  9. EDMO added a post in a topic Montana Coyote???   


    The Magnum builders' manual certainly won't help you build from scratch. They don't even describe parts for assembly - just give you part numbers. Not anywhere as detailed as the early manuals, where they show you photos, drawings, and instructions on how to make the part yourself.

    I think you will extend your build time about ten-fold if going scratch. If you want to fly, then buy the Magnum kit and modify it as you build.
    "Scratch-builder", ED in MO
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  10. Torch added a post in a topic Montana Coyote???   



    Was the Montana Coyote a scratch build plans airplane or kit only? If there were plans are there any plans sets still around to buy?
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  11. 4aplat added a post in a topic Whale watching   


    I can't see the pictures ...............
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  12. ChrisBolkan added a post in a topic Whale watching   

    Indeed!

    Chris
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  13. akflyer added a post in a topic Whale watching   

    Sounds like a GREAT day of flying!


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  14. herman pahls added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Whale watching
    This morning was a incredible rare day for the Southern Oregon coast.
    Open the doors with the heat off and it was actually warm.
    This time of year light airplanes get flown early before the winds turn nuclear.
    I was headed north looking for "alternate" landing sites and spotted whales traveling north.
    I know that whales are a dime a dozen for the Alaska fliers but I enjoy them a lot.
    Years ago because of our daughters love of whales we went to Baja Mexico where you can reach out of the boat and touch them.
    I followed A Calfornia Gray and her calf for 20 minutes enjoying the incredible view that my Kitfox offered.
    Now that I have my IVO IFA and HACman dialed in, I am enjoying the 582 much more than I expected and would not like to be without those options.
    Herman
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic Traveling to Alaska   

    Believe the limit is mostly about that - 100 clicks I think in Canada - 60 is good in Alaska - however, be prepared for waiting for a lead vehicle to get you thru construction - and a slow, bumpy ride at times.
    Ed in MO
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  16. MtCoyote added a post in a topic Montana Coyote???   

    I built and fly a Mt Coyote. I may be able to answer any questions.

    Jim Salmon, Idaho
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  17. herman pahls added a post in a topic Traveling to Alaska   

    Thanks for the replies and the info that only 20 miles is not paved.
    When towing the interstates in the lower 48 I average 55 miles each hour by driving 60.
    Does the Alaska highway allow those speeds for the most part?
    Thanks Herman
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic MANUVERING SPEEDS   

    OK - will work on all this for a while. Then make my red line guesstimate. Thanks for all the input.
    I still have flashbacks to Physics 101, and all the Newtons, and other terms I cant remember, and my brain goes into shock!
    Ed in MO
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  19. MtCoyote added a post in a topic Montana Coyote???   



  20. EDMO added a post in a topic Traveling to Alaska   

    If you decide on the ferry, then try your best to go to Seward - Then you are there!
    Much better than driving from Haines.
    Ed in MO
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  21. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Traveling to Alaska   

    Herman...Unless there is something new, you can't ferry to Anchorage.
    There are few runs from Seattle or Bellingham to Seward
    All others go to Haines, leaving another 800 miles +- to Anchorage.
    I've driven many times. Four days sound about right pulling a trailer.
    I think I have beaten the ferry every time I drove. It stops alot.
    I've never rode it except to Kodiak to deer hunt. In state ferry.
    Besides road work, the only bad part of the road is @ 20 miles at
    the border on the US side, the entire way is paved.
    Regular gas is 462.9 here, more in Canada, @ $.25 less in Anchorage.
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  22. John_L_Seagull added a post in a topic MANUVERING SPEEDS   

    Yup metric smeckret

    I started school on standard and finished on metric lol
    sure glad we still use standard barometric pressure in Aviation up here at least
    rather than the kilo-pascals like on the news lol

    yes sir,
    59 degrees Fahrenheit(15 Degrees Celsius) @ barometric pressure 29.92 @ sea level
    A perfect day

    The first formula was a standard formula,
    looking now I see I forgot to add that it was in MPH and oz/sqft

    Here it is again>

    stall speed = 3.7 * square root of wing loading

    speed in mph
    wing loading in oz/sqft

    that may help eh!


    Oh,BTW
    That other formula
    Just use "lb/ft^3" for density altitude rather than KG/m^3
    the rest of the formula is relatively easy to convert to standard

    Just do each other calculation in standard,
    and use the above standard (lb/ft^3) calculation for Air Density ;0)
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Traveling to Alaska   


    Never been that way. Always figured 6 days minimum from Great Falls to Anchorage. Last trip, gas was $1.50 to $2 a LITER, and truck, trailer averaged about 6 mpg. Motels not cheap, when you could get one - and food was lousey most of the way! Got rancid roast beef in restruant across from Whitehorse Airport, and worst KFC in Whitehorse I have ever eaten!
    4000 miles - one way - from St. Louis.
    ED in MO
    P.S. If you can get to TOK, Alaska before too late in evening, you can get the best food, and possibly a motel room, at FAST EDDIES.
    Great Beer-battered halibut at restraunt at boat dock in Seward, and more of anything that you want at KLONDIKE INN at Soldotna.
    One stop you have to make is the REGAL HOTEL restraunt at LAKE HOOD, in Anchorage (the name may have been changed) You can eat good food and watch float planes taking off right outside the windows.
    (ALL in ALASKA)
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  24. EDMO added a post in a topic MANUVERING SPEEDS   

    We had to start to endure it about then - forced to it for trade purposes. Ended up having to pack a set of American tools and a set of metric tools in my truck because it had both kinds of bolts in it. I think my French cousins, (and others) really stuck it to us on that!
    Now my plane has two sets, with a Jap engine and AN bolts in the rest!!!
    I was a machinist - used to working in thousanths, and ten-thousanths of an inch. Metrics were a pain to convert!
    It is a foreign system to us old-timers.
    I experienced being a foreigner in your country many times starting some years ago:
    I couldn't set the thermostat in my first motel room because is was Celcious - couldn't find anyone to translate it to Farenheiht for me either.
    This is life, and we just have to make the best of it. Lesson: Carry conversion tables when traveling!!!

    I could not find a number in my books to use for density of air at sealevel, 59 degrees F, if that is still standard day. Isn't that part of the formula - got to look at it again. If not, then disregard.

    If that 3.7 formula you first gave is V= meters per second, then maybe I can convert that instead of the 11 mph that I thought was wrong. 11 m/s = Back to calculator.... OK - came up with 24.6 mph, and that is reasonable.
    Thanks, ED in MO
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  25. John_L_Seagull added a post in a topic MANUVERING SPEEDS   



    I guess I would fall under the later category then of being a foreigner, as I'm from Canada
    we gave up the standard system ... oh,roughly 30 some years ago

    I'll see if I can translate it for you
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