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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Go Kart to Matco Brakes
Since I'm not covering my gear legs I'm trying to decide which gear leg will work better to route my brake line down before I start assembling this thing. There is a groove in the rear leg where the fairing attaches that I could route the line down through and keep it clean looking but the front fairing does not have that groove. I can add it with a router though if the line will run better that way. Which leg to you guys think would work better?
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m60vet added a post in a topic Performace
Ok, Guys, had the Bird up yesterday and going in the morning unless the wind is 9--O !!!!!! Will check the angle of the flaperions tomarrow to see if they are 15 degrees. I have stalled it in the air and it stalls at 60 mph..... No, I will not remove the bolt, it acts as a stop and yes, the control is clear of the bungee cords. It has been a long windy spell here. My local airport is 3702 feet according to the chart so may be altitude has anything to do with it But will know much more tomarrow I hope. Want to say thanks to ya'll for the help. All the info has been processed and has been checked out. I don't rule anything out !!!!!!!! Talked to Brent, new Airdale owner that bought out Avid and he is full time now, said that if I would put heavy hauler wings on it, it would help greatly but also said that they would fit the fat avid when I got ready.... from what he talked, there is a lot more room inside the cabin of it but I don't plan on living in it. Anyway, so much for the BS. Will get back tomarrow or tuesday. Thanks
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akflyer added a post in a topic Where did you fly today ?
Kinda proves the ole saying.. "careful of the toes you step on today cause they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow"
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akflyer added a post in a topic Buying my new Avid
The main bottle is for the oil injection, the second bottle (the tiny one) is for the rotary valve oil, it is just an oil bath. Make sure you check the level on the rotary valve bottle as this will tell you alot. If it starts leaking down, you have a seal leaking in the crank case. If it starts gaining fluid, you have a seal on the water pump shaft going out. If you run out of oil in the RV cavity, you have about 10-15 minutes before the gear that turns the water pump shaft and the RV plate shreds and you have a glider on your hands. It will be SUDDEN with no real warning if that brass gear shreds.
No harm in mixing the avgas for the small amount you will be using. Lots of people run straight 100LL without issue, some swear that you must run a lead scavenger but this is more myth than reality. I know my brother and others that have run just 100LL and have not seen any issues with lead plating on the bearings when we tore them down.
As far as changing plugs everyday... OVERKILL.. I fly over some pretty nasty terrain, and while I was real apprehensive like you are, and was doing the same with changing plugs about every 10 hrs I soon learned to relax and if your mixture is correct, you can go 50 or more hrs before you even need to think about changing plugs. Most of the time, you may start to detect a slight miss in the mid range, and that is a good tell tale that you need to check the plugs.
Do you have any prior experience flying behind a 2 stroke? There are things you MUST do differently than the lycomings or conts. that are in most certified planes. If you need a run down, I will list it so you dont burn the engine down the first flight (it can easily happen). That is why 2 strokes got a bad rap for airplanes is guys that dont know or understand them flying the way they always did and low and behold, melt down city. If you just obey a few simple rules, you should never have to be in fear of the thing just quitting. Properly adjusted and operated, the 2 strokes will give you signs they are getting tired long before they fail catastrophically.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Buying my new Avid
Jezz I run a mix of Mogas and Avgas most of the time to try and dilute the ethanol in our fuel. I don't have any issues. You will notice slightly lower EGT's with Avgas. The smaller reservoir is the Rotary Valve reservoir. It keeps the Rotary valve lubricated. It should not need topped off very often. If you find your self topping it off regularly check your coolant for oil that's where it's going. It uses the same two stroke oil that you mix with. Your pretty brave taxiing in 30. My bird will fly at 35..hahaha. Just make sure you position your controls accordingly when you turn 90 degrees to the wind or you might find yourself hanging in your seatbelt.
Here's some good tech info for you to educate yourself on the Rotary Valve.
http://www.800-airwolf.com/pdffiles/ARTICLES/part%2050.PDF
PS changing your plugs everyday is overkill. Your giving yourself more chances for a failure by taking the cowl on and off and pulling plug wires on and off that many times than if you just run them. Rotax recommends 25 hours and unless your Avgas exclusively IMO that's overkill.
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Jezz added a post in a topic Buying my new Avid
Hi Guys
Failure to post pics and keep up to date with buying my new Avid will be the downfall of me!
Went to the UK about 3 weeks ago and did some taxi runs on my baby. Wind was 20 with a gust component bringing it to over 30. Decided to do some really slow taxi runs to get a feel for taxiing it. So, at just over 1/4 throttle, that is how I ended up having my first flight, albeit to the height of only an inch or two. Now I see what you guys mean about these things really wanting to fly!
Today I made the flight plan for the ferry flight. I will be routing from the midlands of the UK down to the South Coast (Lydd), then over to the north of France (Le Touquet). Maybe stop on the border of Luxembourg to get some cheap MOGAS then on to Frankfurt (visiting friends). Day 2 will be over to Berlin then on to Inowroklow in Poland. From there up to Kaunas in Lithuania (avoiding that bit of Russia that is in the middle of the EU - Kaliningrad). Maybe spend 1 more night in Poland or Lithuania then on to Riga. Estimated flight time about 17-18 hours. Charts already bought, plates already printed, alternates already selected, price of fuel already compared.
One question to you guys. Has anyone had any problems with mixing MOGAS and AVGAS? There are a couple of these stops where the only available fuel will be AVGAS. Are there any precautions we should take? I am planning on replacing the plugs with new ones each day (we will be flying over half a continent of forest and otherwise unfriendly forced landing sites). The engine is a 582 with oil injection.
Another question for you guys. I have 2 bottles inside my cowling labeled "OIL". One of them contains about 5 quarts (I guess this is the one for the 2 stoke oil). The second one is tiny (smaller than the hydraulic reservoir in my (small) car), containing maybe just a few fluid ounces - anyone able to tell me what goes in that one?
Happy flying!
Jezz
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Jezz added a post in a topic Where did you fly today ?
Where did I fly today? .....
About a half dozen times around the pattern in a 172.
Biennial on my SEP
X-wind on limits and an instructor who I have previously snagged for a shit load of misdemeanors. Needless to say, he snagged me back, big style. At least my flying was on the ball and I am now good to go on my SEP for another 2 years.
Can't wait to get my baby here and do some real flying! Ferry flight is planned ... see my other post in "buying my new Avid".
Jezz
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C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Good luck with that saleThere's a 582 powered KF III on Barnstormers right now with a crappy panel for 36.5K. I would not pay that for a 912 powered one with a glass panel right now. Guess he didn't see the other three on there that are just as good for less than 20K. I'm sure he's got more than that into it but I have serious doubts he'll get any where close to 36K for it.
http://www.barnstormers.com/listing_images.php?id=424888
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akflyerbob added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
Great pictures
If you would, post some pictures of your tail ski
Thanks
Bob
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horsepower added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
Those are awesome pics, My wife wants to know what kind of camera you used to shoot those with.That is some big country up there, hope to make the trip from Idaho someday.Randy
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horsepower added a post in a topic Attaching Member Picture?
Ok Joey, I might have to do the same thing as Im not a computor guy.I may need your help also. Thanks Randy
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akflyer added a post in a topic Fish Creek Lake Flyin
got pics but they are at home. I thought I downloaded them to my laptop before I came to work and I was going to post them, but it seems the did not transfer.... Will get some posted up next week.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Attaching Member Picture?
Email me the picture to kc135joey@hotmail.com and I will resize it and send it back to you with instructions on how to make it your Avatar (member pic)
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
As usual awesome pictures!! What is that little square zip tied to your left jury strut?
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Rotax Avid/KF Mounting
I thought of this a while back. I mix in my tanks..granted it's 100:1 so not a lot of oil but you would think the oil would coat the inside of the tanks over time. You may have started in interesting discussion here Leni.
To keep this thread from turning into an Ethanol discussion the biggest difference I notice between the KF straight up and Avid inverted is the over the nose visibility. I like the vis a lot better in an Avid. I have flooded my inverted engine by over priming it once or twice but that was my own fault. They have a little different procedure for priming the Rotary Valve and priming the engine for start but not enough to be an issue.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Fish Creek Lake Flyin
Leni, Did you get any pics from this trip or is this the only one?
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SuberAvid added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Attaching Member Picture?OK, I'm stumped. How do you attach a picture that shows on your member info when you reply? I got the perfect one yesterday but haven't figured this out.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
That sounds good!
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akflyer added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
OK, so now I am the jealous one. I am stuck up here at work right now I get home Tuesday night, but will only be there for one week this time in. If I get a break, I will call you up and see if we can meet up someplace and go burn some sky!
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Savoring Winter
A few more pics of the trip.
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SuberAvid added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids
Savoring WinterConditions were perfect again yesterday and I am not sure how much longer I will be able to get off of Wolf Lake on skis so I had to get out. Every ski flight from now on is a gift. I called up my buddy to see if his wife would give him a day pass and we headed out looking for someplace to go. He had spotted a bear den last weekend so we went to check it out; sure enough spotted 2 grizzlies sunning themselves on the south side of the canyon oposite the den. Flew up on top of little Beluga mountain and found a good landing spot. Sittin on top of the world! The one pic from behind my plane is looking out accross Cook Inlet toward the Kenai Mts. I figured Leni must be out doing the same thing. I wanted to check out a stream that runs into Beluga Lake for fishing in the summer so we flew to the lake and landed on the west end below Beluga glacier; absolutely beautiful. Found a fresh set of wolf tracks but no wolf. Took off and flew up the glacier before circling back across the Skwenta valley; Mt McKinnley and Foraker make a great backdrop for some air to air pics. Can't beat days like that!
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akflyer added a post in a topic Rotax Avid/KF Mounting
Sure,
1) empty gas tanks
2) fill with moonshine
3) wait a couple days, if the tanks are empty and your plane smells like booze, you have the old tanks
Dont know of any way other than that to tell. I am not sure if Avid / Airdale has records of what tanks went out with what serial number plane
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akflyer added a post in a topic Away We Go!
Good Luck Mr. Wish I was heading down that way but some of us have to try and keep the oil flowing
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Av8r3400 added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Away We Go!We are off tomorrow morning at 5 am.
9 airplanes: 3-Kitfoxes, 2-Avids, a Rans, a Champ, a C150 and an Aircoupe.
Two days down, a couple of days there, then two days back. Hope to have pictures to post next week!
Wish me luck!
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Rotax Avid/KF Mounting
Has anyone ever figured out a way of testing what resin exists in your tanks?
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