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ChrisB,

      What is the diameter of the pivot tube - Not the support tube -  I am still looking for a chrome tube.

EDMO

Sitting in Doctors office today waiting on wife, and picked up a copy of Popular Mechanics mag:

Small article in it about a new Lazer-enhanced headlight on some foreign car - The lights are not approved yet in the U.S.

Article said that the best LED headlights only illuminate up to 820 feet - the Lazer Lights double that to about 1500 feet.

Wonder what they do to the eyes of the driver meeting them?   All LEDs and Lazers tell you not to look directly at the light source, as blindness can occur.

Just something to think about.  And, I guess I cant spell Laser?  But I can say it!

EdMO

I would like to add my face to it! FaceTittys are the best!

That was AWESOME

Wow....super unfortunate. So relieved you are both OK.

Does your original nose fork have the doubler installed? That was something everyone was supposed to do that strengthened it considerably.

my friend Max has a couple of original Avid Nose forks. He might be willing to let one go. I need to get him on this board.

Kenneth,

      Glad you are OK - what $3 part?  Do we all need to do an inspections on some part?

EDMO

Mark,

     Maybe someone can get it and post it for you on Files and Forms?

EdMO

I just tried and it wont open for me either!

Glad you both are ok.  Everything else is secondary!

Mark

Thanks for the tip on the manuals. Unfortunately, they won't open after I download them.  Adobe complains the document root is missing or invalid.  Sigh, it has been that kind of day.

Mark

Hey Kenneth; im glad that you and your wife walked away from it....any material damage can be solved...

It's a place to store your gun.

My condolences (if that's appropriate) for the loss of the plane.  You had put so much work into it.  It must be absolutely heartbreaking.

Yet, I am so happy for you and your wife that you are both alive and well to be heartbroken about the plane.

Thanks everyone for understand why I haven't commented up on this yet. I have more information that was given me to today by the FAA and NTSB but don't want to say much about it other than it was a $3 part that broke causing the entire problem. I feel I handled the situation as well as I could have but am sickened over the loss.

I should mention that my nose-gear is not sprung, but is steerable by a bell-crank attached to the rudder peddles.

The "Builders Manual Part 3" online in the forum has a drawing for the front fork and mains on page 5.

Since I'd like to make a nose gear for mine (and also new main gear, since they are different for a nose gear configuration), depending on where you are at I'd be happy to help get the measurements and maybe make some drawings.

I'm in central illinois, but travel for business a lot, so wherever you are may work at some point.

Mark

Only advice I can give is to remove yours and fix or make a duplicate, unless someone has one for sale. 

  ChrisB bought a RANS Tundra fork and made his.

I've got a fork and pivot shaft for a Cessna 172, and a complete Piper TriPacer setup, and no idea of how close it would be to yours.

Thanks for the info on the cover.

EDMO

The cover is a "stock" "lightweight" (5 lbs) cover from Bruce's Covers for the Avid.

I need the nose gear because the one on the Avid was bent while towing it through some grass that had a deep rut from a mower.

I would enjoy walking through that old car show for sure.

Welcome to 68C, Ed.

http://netnet.net/~wjknjan/

It looks just like my Bruce's Custom Cover I have for my Kitfox.

https://www.aircraftcovers.com/general-aviation/high-wing-single-engine

They have them listed under Avid and SkyStar (for Kitfox).

Those multiple grass strips look like an international airport just waiting for concrete.

EDMO

Guess I should have asked the owner about the cover on the yellow Avid - wanted to know if it was commercial or homemade.

EDMO