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One thing I have learned is that mistakes/ accidents happen. If you need to un-bond a junction using Hysol 9460.... here is what I have found. The glass transition temperature of 9460 is near 160 deg. F......so with careful monitoring of temps....you should be able to un-bond a glue joint on most parts. Seeing as T-6061 has a problem with losing some temper near or above 320 deg. F for more than a few minutes.....one should be able to take a wing apart with no problems. Reason being is that I am helping with a spar replacement on a Kitfox . Jason was worried about the drag tubes getting heat through the attach bracket....and then the metallurgical books and Alcoa documents reading began. Man what a job. Just thought I would pass along the info we have gathered in a nutshell.

Well enjoy when you can, our Wx has been crap so far. Yesterday I went and hooked up the E-1 tach but it was so damn windy I didn't even bother to pull it out of the hanger for a test run. I have never seen so many full sock days here and they always seem to be direct x-wind to the runway. Ugh.

I did try to jigger something up out of the tool chest but couldn't come up with the right combo. Good tip re: the SkiDoo tool kit, thanks. FWIW, my Yamaha xt600 tool kit has everything but an 11mm. I'm just gonna go have the airport mechanic do it, I hate to go this route because he and the FBO owner ALWAYS give E-AB guys shit and I'm sure payback will be a bitch!

http://www.avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/1153-gear-leg-safety-cable/?p=6853

This shows where the gear legs tend to break right at the toe of the weld where the diagonal comes in and the bungees are wrapped around it.  I ground off the tab on the end of the cross tube the bungees wrap around and slid another tube inside a couple inches past that weld zone, then welded the tab back on. 

I looked at both the failed gear legs that were on mine, and at the one on my brothers kitfox and they all broke at this same point.  I make it  part of my pre-flight to look at this area to make sure there are no visible signs of cracking.  I also moved the safety cable as shown on the drawing to assure that if / when it does break, the cable will still be useful.  The cable at the stock location does nothing for you when the gear breaks at that weld.

I have it on my plane and have beat the crap out of it.  One thing I did do.. My plane was on its back twice before I got it do to the stock gear folding up.  I got to take that trip in my brothers kitfox as well (he was flying I was just along for the ride).  I will dig up the thread on how I reinforced the gear leg to get away from the cracking issues (I hope).  I would not hesitate to go with the wide gear, but I thought it was standard on the MK IV..

Thoughts on going this route on my Mark 4.

Lighter than the Grove gear?

Doe's it stand up to off runway landings?

Thx Marv

one step forward 3 steps back..had what looked like some light corrosion on on of the engine mount tubes.. After stripping it turns out its worse than we thought.  Found one that has just been overhauled and powder coated for 1000.. and the guy will load it up in his 180 and deliver it to us saving us 6 hours of driving.  still not sure what we are going to do with the stab and elevator.

Doug, we didn't get crap for snow fall this year.. there is virtually no spring run off this year and its has been blue bird days with high temps and no rain so far this spring.

I would have thought the rivers would be high in Spring with snow melt? Does that mean I'm too ignorant to ever move to Alaska?

That would be great, hope the weather holds it was 69 here, cooking hot like everywhere else.

Thx for all the reply's.

Ya looks good, you guys so many places up there to explore

That makes me feel bad. It more than sucks!

ALL of those "reality" shows are scripted for the "drama" value.  I can't watch any of them any more, but, I wouldn't mind seeing Ariel in her bikini again...

Good eye's fellas and without going into to much detail and sidetracking this thread to much. The vents are in the caps thanks to some 3/16" brake line. There's a doubler in the nose gear tube and the picture is just at the right angle to not show the standard Avid 912 smiley face opening for the radiator. The oil tank is under the baggage compartment and doesn't have a cooler except the two lines running under the fuse in the wind.

I agree about Wild West Guns, occasionally amusing, but for the most part Ken makes me want to go check my wallet, then wash my hands. I did like the tag line on one of the show - 'There are two kinds of people in Alaska, those that carry guns, and bait'

Mark

When I was in Alaska, the tires on the cubs were getting up to the 4 foot mark - Finally, the FAA ruled that 36" was the biggest that could be put on the cub, because the big tires were blanking out the elevators.

EDMO

Another stupid "reality show":   I am so glad that I left Wild West Guns before the TV show made "con-man" Ken a star!

I watched a couple of the shows, but had to go puke after each one, so I quit watching - It is all a bunch of scripted BS!

Nobody buys a gun without first asking the price (like they show)!  Notice that no prices are ever given.

EDMO

http://www.desser.com/store/products/850%252d6-4-PLY-AERO-CLASSIC-SMOOTH-TUNDRA-*Pre-Order*.html

Dresser is saying they are coming out with several new sizes.  I think the 27" will be perfect.  I wish they were a tubeless "all in one" tire like the AK bushwheels are.  The dresser tire in 4 ply should be pretty soft and work perfect for you and they don;'t break the bank.  For 400 bucks you should be able to have the tires and tubes and be ready to ply in the grass, gravel and sand.

Randy, you buy them I will put em on... for one flight anyway

Looking good on the panel, I just remembered that when I first tried putting my radio and GPS next to each other I got noise on the radio. Don't remember if it was the Magellan GPS or a PDA I had rigged up with  GPS software that caused the problems.  When I moved them about 18" away from each other, the noise went away.  That was with my Vertex Standard VXA-220 radio.  Jim Chuk

I wanna see an Avid with 35's    Actually, those take a 10" wheel though.

I have watched them all, it just pisses me off when the editors have to make a super cub sound like a turbine, or a 208 sound like a cub.. why the hell can't they get the editing right so the plane sounds like the plane that is flying.  They did show then doing some dumb shit on TV that has not helped the image.

Ed,  ERA heli has not been a part of ERA aviation for many many years. 

That is looking great and it sounds like you will have a real performer!.  On additional comment; I can't see the gas cap vents.  I know there is some discussion on this and recently on this forum but the most trouble free and proven method is to vent through the caps.

I agree. I really liked the show. I watched all of the episodes available on Netflix. I wasn't so into the stories about everyone's personal life, but I liked being able to watch a show with some good aviation content, and interesting flying conditions. It also had some fairly funny humor at times. I don't know what the family is like in real life, but they seemed pretty nice on the show.