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mine has a little streamline cover over it not sure if its factory avid or kitfox ray allen maybe

That ray Allen servo looks sweet, where are you guys mounting it, Im not sure it will fit in my elevator with out bulging the fabric down, are you mounting it on the outside?

sure I get it, real similar to the aero trim system made by sonex aircraft I have one of those sitting on the shelf.

Long time lurker, first time poster...

Jbird

I noticed in your photos your ELT is positioned horizontialy. Is this your final mount attitude? If so, you may want to investigate getting a 90 degree antenna adapter or, ideally, mounting the device in a vertical position. The horizontal plane of the antenna is 90 degrees from the standard emission polarity. This greatly reduces the effectiveness of any signal being emitted. Normal orientation of aircraft antennas is vertical. Receivers located very far from your transmitter will have difficulty receiving the signal, if at all.

KF2 owner - yet to be a driver

John Stoner made a trim system for his Mod III that used a little lever next to the flap handle and a thatching spring off a mower blade that was attached to the elevator push rod.  It was simple and took all the stick pressure off as well.  I think there are pics of it on here, if not I will see if I can dig some up.

Edited and put the pic in here.

I think you can study the pic and figure out what is going on there.  If not, I can try to explain it to ya.  the spring is just stiff enough to take the force off the stick to trim it, but very easy to still use full stick deflection.

I have a ray allen servo in the back.  I think Joey does as well.

So what do you guys do, run a control cable up front or do you put a servo motor in the back or what.

Sweet Joey, thanks for taking the time to make this and share it

I have seen one or two where the glaresheild did not extend to the WS - didn't see how it was all connected. Since my WS sits farther forward at the bottom than most, I plan to extend or split my glaresheild and splice it. This could be done with aluminum, fiberglass, or thin plywood, then paint or cover with leather, etc.

Some WS are bolted at the bottom, and some just lay against the glaresheild and sandwiched between it and the cowl - some put rubber or foam tape at the bottom for a better seal - Donno what Avid does, except for the Magnum since I have that manual.

EDMO

Thanks

3 inches of powder here last night and I am getting cabin fever already!

EDMO

Here is an excel file that already has the formulas built in for doing weight and balance. Just plug in your numbers and information. Hopefully this is useful to someone.

Myers N279AF Weight & Bal TEST CONFIG.xls

You need to get in touch with John Knapp

http://www.avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/3240-plugs-up-for-avid-82/?hl=upright#entry24151

I put a cowl for a MK IV on my c and it went right into place on the camlocks but I did add one more strip of 1/2" weather strip to the windshiled to seal it off at the top cowl.  Mine is serial # 571 I think.

Is your panel and glare shield one piece?  you should be able to move the glare shield seperate from the panel to get it to line up with the colwing and windshield.

/\  /\  X2  Put the elevator trim on it while your stretching it. 

George Happ will often answer the phone when you call Matco. I too have had very good experiences while calling them.

Very nice! Yes definitely stretch the elevator and I would seriously consider adding a trim tab as well. I recently just did this mod on my B model Avid and after 350 hrs and many changes the trim was by far the best thing I ever did to it.

Snaps has lots of 670 time on float planes.

Hi Jim thanks for the response. I may have a model c with all mk4 upgrades but the rudder. Do you know if the model c and mk4 use the same dashboard? Just trying to figure out why mine is so far off? I'll try and post some pics of the problem tomorrow.

Thanks

Bill

Do you know the serial number?  Mine is #841, and was sold as a 'C', the build manual says 'D', and it has all the Mk IV upgrades. It originally had the square rudder, but after a ground loop, the original builders replaced the busted square rudder with the round one.

Mark

the streamline covers do make a big difference but the gap in performance is to big and it is underpowered .I thought someone on this forum had good luck with the 670.

ed .full lotus are heavy and not very pointy but they are the only float for me cause theyre tough and as much fun as they are in the summer ,even more fun in the winter.they beat straight skis off the snow.i was landing in three feet of powder this winter and they stay on top of it.

Ha not yet ed, I thought $1125 was enough to spend on fuel tanks for 1 month, Ill save the header tank another month or.

I like the newer, flat one better than the old round header. You can also get a low-fuel warning to go in it.

EDMO

Ha not yet ed, I thought $1125 was enough to spend on fuel tanks for 1 month, Ill save the header tank another month or.

TJay,

Did you get a header tanks with those wing tanks? Kitfox says, "Never leave home without it".

EDMO

Try changing the angle, move the front of the dash up or down,( it's mounted on little rubber thinges ) it will change the cruve of the windscreen.

  Jim