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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic So whats up with the fat bastard builders???   

    and another months ticks by with no progress reporting going on here...... the suspence is killing me, you girls working on the planes or ya just sitting around in the garage sweeping and tipping back a few?


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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    going to try out an IVO medium.. should be able to handle it no problem.  remember the reason for staying with 2 stroke is weight.. the medium is several pounds more, and the magnum is even more than that.  The fun part will be the motor mounts and making a new cowling for it.  I know I am going to have issue trying to hide the pipe etc in the cowling so it may end up with more of a super cub type cowling on it.


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  3. jackak added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    Leni,
    when you get to working on that install, remember, many, many pictures.  That is going to be one wild Avid!  It's going to be fun coming up with a prop that can handle all that power.  An Ivo magnum maybe.  Or an HP Warp. Or one of those Russian props that the guy in Canada sells.  What fun!
    Jack 
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  4. akflyer added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    put it in a buddies A model.  He has a 532 in it now, but we cant get the damn thing to cool.  after about 2 minutes WOT it will overheat no matter what we have done to it.  4 different radiator configurations, pulled the engine atleast 10 times looking for anything wrong etc... So I am going to drop it in his so he can fly... he has never even been able to go up in his plane since he bought it 3 or 4 yrs ago..


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  5. dholly added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    Hey Bob- not mine, I'm still flip-flopping between the EFIS and round gauges. Bbut that Avid+ panel does look pretty nice to me too and I've given serious thought to doing a near duplicate layout. IMO, an Avid is always going to be a simple plane no matter what's in the panel, and by the time I get to building mine steam gauges are probably going to be obsolete anyways.  
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  6. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    Your panel really makes me jealous, I have the basic stuff. But your right, the engine instruments are the more important ones.
    And Leni. the reason I bought the SPOT is so I don't have to look at fuel
    sight glasses that don't work anyway, especially when their kinked, comegetme.
    And you have to realize that when my engine quits in flight because I kniked the fuel line when folding out the wings, I'm not getting as many hours on it
    as you are.
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  7. Bandit added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    Glass panels for monitoring the engine would be great, other than that I think the Avids were designed to be light and simple.
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  8. Bandit added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    what ya going to do with your 582 ?
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  9. akflyer added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    yeah.. my enthusiasm was dulled when I got the price back... seems it went from about 4800 to almost 7000.... oh well, its only money and ya cant take it with you


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  10. C5Engineer added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    I'll be watching this closely!
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  11. dholly added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    I realize GA is under assault big time but 100% in agreement about the AOPA cash calls, they are coming fast and furious. Seemed to coincide with the new head guy taking over last year, maybe he got a raise. IMO, you don't have to pay up for the Dynons etc. In true spirit of experimental homebuilt, just pick up a cheap panel and some open source software and make your own! That and a GRT EIS is cheaper than a full blown 6-pk with engine gauges. Friggin replacement (or overhaul) cost of engines these days and I personally won't fly with just airspeed indicator and no engine gauges. Besides, I figure I scrimped, scratched, horse-traded and built my own on the cheap so I'm entitled to a bit of splurge on the panel.  ;D
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  12. akflyer added a post in a topic my new power plant   

    This order was shot down awhile back when the dealer failed to order it for me when he said he would..... however, I just punched the button on it again and ordered it.  Cant wait to start the install on this one!  Probably wont be till after Christmas before I get too heavy into the project but it will happen this winter for certain.... 120-130 hp on take off.... and should only weight about 8-10 pounds more than the 582.  Can you say thrust greater than weight..... oh baby, I do believe I have a chubby.


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  13. akflyer added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    yeah... now I just have to get you to use those instruments... namely the fuel gauge   Just kidding... sorta ....


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  14. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   


    I used to get some of these mag's some 20 years ago and realized
    then I didn't want or have a 100K plane and told all of them to stick it.
    Now I get all the mail wanting me to subscribe and send money
    just because I registered my Kitfox. Who says they don't share your info.
    I have enough instruments in the Fox to tell me what my "plane" is doing
    not what the rest of world is doing.


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  15. akflyer added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    Nice panel... but I am kind of siding with Joey on this one... I dropped my kitplanes subscription and the AOPA membership.  I also dropped all my model airplane magazine subscriptions as they are mainly manufacture advertisements.

    While there is a movement for kitplane owners to build the fastest, bad ass airplanes, there are still alot of us that think the spirit of homebuilts is a cheap, safe aircraft that we dont have to spend a life savings on.. If I wanted that, I would have bought a IFR certified 180 or 185.

    Long live the cheap low and slow flying kitfox / Avid type aircraft.....

    Now to play the devils advocate, getting rid of steam gauges and going glass panel, while costing more, will generally come with a weight savings.... there by enhancing the low and slow aspect.... damn, there is never just one good side to an argument is there


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  16. dholly added a post in a topic Enough already AOPA!!   

    Personally, I think light sport glass is good!

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  17. akflyer added a post in a topic new forum software   

    The conversion to the new software should be completed tonight or tomorrow morning.  I am told they will not loose any posts or attachments while doing the conversion but if they hose it up somehow... well... dont kill the guy that is trying to make this place better for all of us!  I am sure you will find the new format easier to use, and have more features.  It will take me a little while to get permissions set up etc, but I will get it done ASAP and you should see a seamless transition... I hope...

    For those of you that are using a photobucket account, I have unlimited storage on this site so you can just attach pics here if it is any easier for you.

    Looking forward to playing with the new software and getting this place running better!


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  18. akflyer added a post in a topic Problem with activating account   

    well if you were able to log in, which you were, then your account is activated!


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  19. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Nice surprise in my hangar this morning   

    Squish. 
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  20. Howard_Hazelgreave0993f added a topic in Avid Model B   

    Problem with activating account
    e41af34764ee5c73811a9ac12fdd37d2 Hi Guys, I am newbie in the internet stuff and I dont know if I am writing on correct board on this website. I
    have got problem with activating my account. I received email but when I click on the link it was not working, is this link is correct?  http://avidfoxflyers.com/?f41b08192733,
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  21. Howard_Hazelgreave0993f added a topic in Avid Model A   

    Problem with activating account
    e41af34764ee5c73811a9ac12fdd37d2 Hi Guys, I am newbie in the internet stuff and I dont know if I am writing on correct board on this website. I
    have got problem with activating my account. I received email but when I click on the link it was not working, is this link is correct?  http://avidfoxflyers.com/?f41b08192733,
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  22. Howard_Hazelgreave0993f added a topic in KitFox General Forum   

    Problem with activating account
    e41af34764ee5c73811a9ac12fdd37d2 Hi Guys, I am newbie in the internet stuff and I dont know if I am writing on correct board on this website. I
    have got problem with activating my account. I received email but when I click on the link it was not working, is this link is correct?  http://avidfoxflyers.com/?f41b08192733,
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  23. C5Engineer added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers   

    Enough already AOPA!!
    When I was getting my Pilots license I got talked into joining AOPA by the FBO. Well the magazine was pretty cool but then the calls starting coming in. At least once a week someone called my house begging me for money. It wasn't no 10 or 20 bucks they wanted $100 donations!! I got so sick of the propaganda I did not renew. That was almost 3 years ago. I'm still getting membership applications with last notice stamped all over them about every other week. I guess I'm going to have to call them and tell them to leave me the hell alone. I support what they do but they need to go after the big cooperate guys that actually have money and fly big glass cockpit jets not the fly 20 hours a year in a rented POS 172 guys. The cover of the magazine in the latest reasons why I should join package had a Gulfstream on it. I could give two shits about business jets that I'll never even the see the inside of let alone fly. That is the same reason I cancelled my FLYING magazine subscription. They cater to about 15% of the people out there that actually fly. The only aviation mag I get anymore is the EAA light sport one. Even it's getting overflowed with digital this and glass cockpit that.... WTF is up with all these $100,000 dollar plus light sports that my Avid will fly circles around??...ok okay..rant off thanks for tuning in...  :soapbox:
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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic Nice surprise in my hangar this morning   

    Venom toxicity - the bite of the Wolf Spider is poisonous but not lethal. Although non-aggressive, they bite freely if provoked and should be considered dangerous to humans. The bite may be very painful. First aid and medical attention should be sought as soon as possible, particularly as to children or the elderly. 

    Spider Identification - an adult is 1/2 inch to more than 1 inch in body length - mottled gray to brown in color, with a distinct Union Jack impression on its back. The female carries it's young on its back.  Habitat - this spider is a ground dweller, with a burrow retreat. It has a roving nocturnal lifestyle to hunt their prey and can move very rapidly when disturbed. Commonly found around the home, in garden areas with a silk lined burrow, sometimes with a lid or covered by leaf litter or grass woven with silk as a little fence around the rim of the burrow.


    Looks like a good candidate for dispatching.... but then again, I now hate all spiders..


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  25. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Nice surprise in my hangar this morning   

    Did some research and it's a wolf spider. They kill crickets and other annoying insects. Their bite is harmless to humans.
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