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  1. cajunpilot added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Down but not out
    Howdy all,

    A little under a month ago,  I got knocked for a loop. I caught a bug and have been out of work and on my back for a month.

    I am only posting this so as to let those whom I have been communicating with and have been helping our little band of Merry Plane builders otherwise know as the "Cajun Militia" (Air Force Types), that we did not disappear off the face of the planet.

    My illness while serious has hopefully been terminated with extreme prejudice      , but not a Doc and should know more by this time next week.

    Hopefully as I have had my nose stuck in the manual for the last couple of days we will hit the ground running, well walking and then running, gotta build up the hutspa again.

    Either way, running, walking or crawling, diving in feet first...flight controls here we come.

    Sorry for the off subject post but just thought it polite to let those know why we all disappeared.


    Remember the real location of the Garden of Eden can be found just South of Baton Rouge, La in a little place we call "Death Valley" Home of The LSU Tigers!!

    All our Best,
    Greg &
    The Cajun Militia 
    (Building the Avid [Mark IV +] Fatty B)
    "Keep 'Em Flyin"
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  2. kl7jw added a post in a topic Owner Performed Maintenance   

    Some folks just don't get it when it comes to them asking you to sign off on either mechanical or inspection work or flight instruction.  When you put your name on the line, you are asserting that you have inspected and found the aircraft in a safe condition for flight, and that you have evaluated the person's flying skills and found them to be competent for whatever endorsement in the case of flight instruction.  ANYTHING that goes sour after that inspection will be attempted to be tied to your endorsement/evaluation by any investigation.  I don't mind signing off an owner assisted inspection when I personally look at work the owner has done while I'm with him, but damned if I'll jeopardize my A&P ticket by just signing a logbook without personally inspecting the work.    

    I've had person come to me with over 100 hours of solo cross country flight time in their logbook, without an instructor's endorsement for it, wanting me to "sign it off so they could take the private pilot checkride".  Damned if I'll do that either.  Anybody wanting me to recommend them for a Practical test for flying, or a written exam is going to have to show me they have the knowledge and experience to successfully pass the test, and a verbal assertion by them don't show me that.   In the case of the person with all the solo cross country time, just a few weeks later, and without having his pilot certificate, he was out solo without any instructor endorsement and got killed due to weather.  I'm damn happy my signature was not in his logbook.

    John Hart
    KF IV, NSI Subaru
    Commercial Pilot
    CFII
    A&P
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  3. kl7jw added a post in a topic Tire pressure   

    I run 8 psi operating off asphalt, 4 when operating off unimproved strips.

    John Hart
    KF IV, NSI Subaru
    Wilburton, OK
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  4. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Tire pressure
    What kind of tire pressure you guys running?
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  5. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Request pic of compression spring set up   

    I'm going to drop my rudder off at my local fab guys place to have him weld on some extensions. So you think an inch and half on each side is good? I guess I could always drill a few holes if it's too much.
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  6. C5Engineer added a post in a topic My covering again.....   

    Got in another 4 hours last night on the bird. I'm ready to spray. I forgot my camera but will try to get a shot of what it looks like all prepped. I did a lot of little things in between coats of paint that I've been wanting to do also. I got my tarps all set up and everything taped off so that next time I get out to the hangar I'm ready to set up the spray rig and get after it. The new paint is quite a bit brighter than whats on the fuse. I'm going to start with the back of the fuse and the tail and see how it looks. I have a feeling I'm going to be peeling off my pin stripes and spraying the sides too though so it looks uniform. I should be able to get the sides in one or two light coats since the paint that's on there is in good shape. Not sure when I'm going to get to spray. I'm entertaining family this weekend and Wed morning I'm leaving for a road trip from the Bay area to Idaho to see my side of the family. Won't take long now once I get out there again.

    On a side note I got to play detective this week. I had my trailer parked next to a big hangar on the airfield where the maintenance was. He cleaned out his hangar on the 1st and left. Early this week I drove over there to check on my trailer and it was gone! Since our airport has security and a coded gate I knew it had to be someone on the inside. There are a few geezers out there that are notorious for scrounging. Our airport is a small tight knit community at least. It only took me a day about 15 phone calls to find out who took it. I called the guy and said wtf? He was told that anything that was left after the guy closed up his maintenance biz was free game. I would have thought the Idaho license plates with current registration and the big padlock he cut off the tongue would have raised a red flag.... he's a nice guy just not too bright. He returned it with no argument which is a good thing because I was about to turn him into the cops. Anyways my Avid trailer is safe and sound at home now.
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  7. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    Where did you guys get these? The ones spruce have are too big to thread into the tank. They are made to screw into a welded in fitting.
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  8. Bandit added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    Same as mine, except mine are 90 degree's. Came with the kit.
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  9. dholly added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    here ya go


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  10. akflyer added a post in a topic Gas tank leaking   

    put a couple sea plane groments in the trailing edge.


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  11. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Oshkosh   




    Gotta do it at least once. 

    (You'll be addicted and come back again and again...)




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  12. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    Is that something someone makes or did you make it yourself? I want some
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  13. Bandit added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    If we get our normal spot, you go through the yard then straight west out to the west side of the hayfeild. We will have a coleman popup with a blue 91 chevy short box pickup with Mn. plates.
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  14. Bandit added a post in a topic Gas tank leaking   

    Did get my plane flying again tonight. One worry though. Put a couple of quarts of gas in the wing to rinse it out. After that I drained it to see how much stuff came out of the tank. Not to many chunks. Turned the wing upside down to put the lift struts on and I had gas coming out of the jury strut fitting.
    Took it over to the airport and put it back on. Put a few gallons in it and rocked, lifted and shook the wings, no leaks. Put more gas in no leaks. Even folded the wings still nothing. Then put a total of 12 gallons in. Proped the tail up to over flight level plus rocked them and lifted them again. Still no leaks. Took the inspectin cover of by the middle of the tank and reached in and felt all along the tank with still no leaks. Decided to fly. Everything went good. After I landed I rechecked it all again. I am hoping that the gas came from the tank filler neck when we tipped it upside down in the shop to put the lift struts on. I did punch two pin holes in the fabric behind the tank to see if anything will seep out in the future instead of filling the back of the wing bays with gas. After I get back from Oshkosh I will check it again.
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  15. Bandit added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    The finger striner is a fine mess about as big aruond as a pencil that is connected to the 90 degree outlet. No way any big chunks can get through that.
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  16. akflyer added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    One of these days I will make it down.  May have to plan it for certain next year.
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  17. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    There are a couple of forums going on on Wednesday that I want to go to (Insurance @ 10am and Windshields and Windows @ 11.30) that will hamper my ability to get to the Avid Lunch.  I will try and get over there after the last forum (~1 pm) but I think everyone will be gone by then.  (I may bail on that second forum if it isn't what I think...)

    Bandit--  The farm across from the Ultralight area is where we (UL Chapter 75) are, too.  I'll be rolling in on Sunday afternoon (Green Dodge diesel pickup)



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  18. dholly added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    I'm flying in Thurs, not able to make the Avid cookout. I pitch my tent in the Amphib area right near the taxiway end turn to Runway 36L. Look for Grumman Widgeon N402E. PM if you want my mobile number. -Doug

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  19. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    Care to elaborate on your fingers in your tanks?
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  20. Bandit added a post in a topic Fuel strainers   

    I will run some gas through mine also. I have a three inch finger strainer on my tank outlet, with a filter in my main line, then a small filter in each line going to the carbs.
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  21. Bandit added a post in a topic Gas tank leaking   

    I cut the fabric from the root out to the outboard rib of the tank. Then six inches from the back of the tank around the trailing edge to six inches from the back of the tank on the bottom side.
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  22. Bandit added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    We will be at the Avid lunch. We are camping on the private land across from the barn. We will be their Saturday.
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  23. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    There's always an Air Force contingent there.  Maybe someone from your neck of the woods you can hitch a ride with ...  ?
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  24. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Oshkosh   

    I've got to quit saying someday and just take the time off and go!
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  25. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Gas tank leaking   

    Congrats! How did you cut your fabric to minimize the recovering work once you were all done?
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