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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic oh oh list is getting chatty...   

    Well I would say he is directing that at several guys...Dave refuses to put the sig up to... you know what really kills me is his line of thinking.  First he says something along the lines of ..We want you to put your name and location etc. as a signature to help make the list a more friendly, personable place... then you get  for trying to talk and be friendly...  MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND...


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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR   

    They were pissin and moaning too much about our use of whale oil so we switched to seal oil.  Now we may have to try walrus or something 


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  3. 84KF added a post in a topic high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR   

    Hey John...
      Have ya heard this one...?

    How many Alaskans does it take to........

    BTW...
    The finger strainers are plugged in the tanks

    Quit using whale oil in your mix. Just my tech suggestion. 
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  4. 84KF added a post in a topic oh oh list is getting chatty...   

    I just saw that too. WTF?
    Who do you suppose he is refering to as not "including" a signature?
    Could it be that trouble maker 84KF.?

    I hate that dude. All he does is give tech advise and provide FAA references.
    Totally un-called for.

    Of course, something like this isn't CONSIDERED "chatty".....

    Jim,
          How do you drive them? I mean, what electrical signal do you
    supply and how do you control it?

    Thanks,

    Guy Buchanan

    steve
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  5. akflyer added a post in a topic Greetings Noel...   

    John,
    as many attempts as you have made to get over there and failed, I am thinking you are not ment to go hunting
    get her fixed up though cause I will be home in a few days ... If you doint have her tuned uo and ready to fly then your 


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  6. akflyer added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers   

    oh oh list is getting chatty...
    Holy crap, guys are having conversations, no bashing or getting out of hand yet someone feels the need to post that up?  Holy shit what is wrong with a little friendly conversation...oh well, we can talk away here ifn ya want to.


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  7. eskflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR
    Leni and I started to experience higher EGT's in my Kitfox we thought it was due to the weather change . I went out yesterday to rejet and now the darn thing does not get enough gas lol . Hmmmm bigger jet no gas . I did a fuel flow test and at static had plenty but with vacumm oooooops no fuel hardly .  The finger strainers are plugged in the tanks . This happened once before when I bought the plane and had to steam the tanks out . Thought we got all that crud out but now I realize NOPE got to do it again. This really sucks when it is freezing out. To do the front tank stainer I have to pull the engine and remove the housing inside the cabin that covers the starter on the 582.

    Ohh well so much for duck hunting this weekend .

    Later fly safe all 
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  8. eskflyer added a post in a topic Greetings Noel...   

    Welcome to the world of humor satire and airplanes Noel. 

    Mornin Steve Im off to work on the plane have to rejet for the cold temps. Then going  duckhunting .

    Take care everyone fly safe have a great weekend
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  9. 84KF added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Greetings Noel...
    Here is a link to some of Leni's Avid pictures....

    http://picasaweb.google.com/avidfox/Leni

    steve
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  10. akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????   

    Noel, post up the full size pic of your avatar!.. that is looking real nice.  hell post up any pics you want.. nobodys gonna get mad about that over here!

    Leni
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  11. akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????   

    welcome to the dark side...I am not sure I would bet on a stall... in looking at the pics, you can see the terain is pretty rough, and the area is tight.  I would lay more on him coming in hot, the small tire digging in and all hell breaking loose after that..

    The real question is, was there really an oil problem?  So he was or did loose pressure.. did the temps come up? were there any signs other than low oil pressure to tell him that he needed to make an off airport landing.. in a field, with a road running next to it?  I would have taken my chances with a fence on the side of the road before I did the rough field..

    Had to edit this one...  I can say that right now, looking at it from a nice warm office that this is what I would have done,however, having been in an emergency situation where I had but 2 seconds to think and no time to react and with no options on how hard I was gonna hit, I can say that I am 100% sure that he did what he thought he had to do at that time.... now looking back and reflecting I am sure he has asked himself 10,000 times if he did what he should have..
    There is a reason they say hind sight is 20/20.
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  12. Noel added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????   

    What are the bets he did an arival stall???  He wouldn't be the first or the last.

    Noel
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  13. akflyer added a post in a topic Stalling talk...makes my head spin.   



    Bhwaaaaaa on the bold...

    Hmm.. gonna have to come up with a good brown noser emo. 
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  14. akflyer added a post in a topic Was: flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating   

    Must be where the old saying "wheres the f*^^ing duck" came from 


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  15. 84KF added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Was: flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
    Leni,
       Here is a lifesaving tip I got from an oldtimer instructor:

    If IFR conditions are a possibility during a flight, always carry a live duck with you in the aircraft.
    If you inadvertently do enter IFR conditions, throw the duck out the window, and, since ducks are smart enough to know not to fly in IFR conditions they will head for VFR conditions.

    So just follow the duck.

    steve   
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  16. 84KF added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Stalling talk...makes my head spin.
    :D  Get it??  Makes my head spin...?  ;D ?-----?   Never mind.
    Anyway,
      This insight is to good for the "List" and since this is the place where the only true intellectuals meet, I will post it here.

    My hero, (I have few.. 'cept for Lenni,  ) Wolfgang Langewiesche, states on page 38 in his 1944 book "Stick and Rudder" that:

      "With power on, just as with power off, the airplane stalls for just one reason only: because the wings are meeting the air at an excessive Angle of Attack."

    In regards to stalls in a turn...page 58, "when an airplane flying at a certain speed, goes into a turn and loads itself down with 'g' load it assumes a larger Angle of Attack and thus gets closer to a stall"......  "At the higher angle of attack, the wings have more drag and thus the airplane will slow up unless the throttle is opened wider. The airplane assumes a still higher Angle of Attack and gets still closer to the stall."

    He goes on to describe it in more detail  but since you all DO have the book, .........

    BTW.. Leni, if there was a icon for asskissing i would have used it instead of the  one.

    steve
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  17. 84KF added a post in a topic Simple problems can be .....bad.   

    "field mechanics have had their grubby little dick skinners on it....

    Hey... I resemble that remark!! 
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  18. akflyer added a post in a topic Simple problems can be .....bad.   

    holy crap... damn goodthing you did not fly through a temperature inversion... that could have been really bad!

    on a serious note, that did not take long to rub the fire sleeve.. last cub I put an engine in I was ANAL about tying everything back / down with sleeves so nothing could chafe.  Everyone who has seen it said they had never seen an alaskan cub with such a clean install.. I bet it looks like shit now as it has been 2 years of 135 work so I know lots of field mechanics have had their grubby little dick skinners on it....
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  19. akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating   

    hey man, nothing but the finest redneck engineering for my kids!  Daddy dont spare no expense onthe young'uns....


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  20. 84KF added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating   

    I also like the slide ya built for the kids at the Beach House.
    What a guy!

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  21. 84KF added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Simple problems can be .....bad.
    Here is a picture of one of my oil lines....that was rubbing against a cowel fastener tip. This happened over about a 2 hr period without the top cowling being removed for inspection. A simple re-route with some tie-wraps cured the potential for more chafing but one can imagine the potential outcome if it hadn't been spotted.....such as slow loss of oil, then increasing oil temps because of decreased oil level and eventual loss of oil pressure.

    Oh wait... we already covered that.   

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  22. akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating   

    ya bugger... I told you to stop in for a drink if you were in the area... last time I invite you to my fine dwelling
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  23. 84KF added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating   

    Ahh Leni,
        Sorry about the *itch
      I drove by your Beach House today and snapped this pic....thought you might like it. Nice. 

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  24. akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
    the outcome is never good....



    My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.

    Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.

    The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.

    The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured.

    Photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft.

    She was very lucky.

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  25. 84KF added a post in a topic What am I missing here??   

    I started to comment here about the most recent post that includeds the sentence..."It same old story lack of pilot ability and training. I really doubt tail heavy has anything to do with it."...then I said the heck with it.

    I can only imagine the original poster (Name withheld in the name of ....whatever.) pictures himself as future astronaut Gorden (Gordo) Cooper, who, in the movie "The Right Stuff" looks over to his wife while driving and says....."Who's the greatest pilot ya ever saw?......  You're looking at 'em."

    Damn ...my head hurts.... Oh ya...that's a good thing.   
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