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  1. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Kool paint scheme on Avid -

    Someone needs to run a bulldozer and flatten some of those bumps in Wyoming!  :lol:

    I went up a real nice valley in Wyoming after leaving Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Mountain - up to Little Big Horn - Guess I am just a flatland pilot!

    Always like to see big rocks and little planes.

    EDMO

  3. SkyPirate

    Posted

    I agree totally superavid,..if your going to go larger diameter tubes they should also be thicker,..if someone wanted to keep the same OD tubes but go thicker,..options cut out the tube and replace with thicker same OD tube or cut the tube at either furthest point  possible on one end or the other ,..but not so far that the inner tube can not be slid back past the cut joint and slide a tube inside then drill and  fill weld ,..then re weld  joint that was cut,..I'd stagger the drill holes so there is no linear stress on the outer tube

  5. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    I may end up building a set of flaperons as they are tuff to find, their built pretty simple,aluminum skin over foam ribs and aluminum torque tube. May be able to get the brackets from Kitfox.

    Sam,

    Please let me know if Kitfox will sell the bracket / hinges and how much each.

    Make sure which hinges you are getting because the Kitfox 4 and later are different than the Avid.

    Thanks,

    EDMO

  6. Sam Purpura

    Posted

    I may end up building a set of flaperons as they are tuff to find, their built pretty simple,aluminum skin over foam ribs and aluminum torque tube. May be able to get the brackets from Kitfox.

  7. C5Engineer

    Posted

    Cliff welcome to the forum. It sounds like you have plenty to keep you busy! Where are you located at? Once you get a little more comfortable with using the forum if you go to the upper right corner and click on your name and then "my profile" and then "edit profile" it will let you plug in your location which will show up when you post. There is also a button right at the top of that same page that says "change my photo". That is where you can upload a picture so that it shows up in the little box by your name when you post like the others that you see. Were always here to help if you have questions.

     

    To post pictures of your project

     

    1. Start a thread like you already did

    2. Next to the Post button click the box that says "More Reply Options"

    3. At the bottom of where you type you will see a box that says "Browse" Click on that and go to where the pictures are located on your computer and click on what you want to up upload.

    4. Click on "Attach this file"

    5. You can repeat this process with quite a few pictures and when your done just hit Post like you did with your introduction post and we will be able to click on your pictures and see them.

  9. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Thanks for the replies. I will renew my EAA membership. I  will have my granddaughter show me how to private message. I have on occasion browsed this forum. My computer skills are getting slightly better so I decided to try to join in. Thanks again, Cliff

    Cliff,

    Welcome to the "Old Dinosauers List" of computers - I cant do much on the puter either, but this site is so simple, even I can do it - You can click on any members name and go to the part that says, "send them a message", or click on members list and pick the first letter of their "handle", and scroll down to find them and then do the same. For messages coming to you, look at the envelope at top right corner of homepage, and if you see a red 1 or 2 or such, then click on it to see a list of messages coming to you.  Click on a message to open it.

    Don't worry - computers cant bite - they just make you frustrated!

    I probably made this as clear as mud - if all else fails, post a message to Leni or Joey for help.

    EDMO

  10. cliff

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies. I will renew my EAA membership. I  will have my granddaughter show me how to private message. I have on occasion browsed this forum. My computer skills are getting slightly better so I decided to try to join in. Thanks again, Cliff

  11. EDMO

    Posted

    Mine is scratch-built too (not from a purchased Kit)- I have copied the form you fill out from the FAA site. I forget what the number is, but could find it for you.

    Much better yet - You should join the EAA if you are not a member yet - They have a complete homebuilders' package ready to send for a small fee - It includes all of the forms you will need and the decal stickers for your "Experimental"

    If you need more info, you can PM me.

    Glad to have you here - ASK most anything here and you may get more answers than you dreamed of!

    ED in Missouri (EDMO)

  12. akflyer

    Posted

    I will try to get over to Bob's house and take a look at his mod I and III and see if it will fit in there.  I dont think it will due to the way the mixer is constructed on the KF, but it just may work.  I will try and check it out in the next few days.

     

    :BC:

  13. akflyer

    Posted

    If you have pictures and make up a build log of some sort, and it has never been registered or issued an airworthiness before, you can also register as the builder and get a repairmans certificate for it, so you can perform your own yearly "condition" inspections.  Same thing as an annual, but in the experimental world, its called a condition inspection.

     

    Looks like your figuring out the forum as you got your first post in the right place!  Welcome aboard here, I hope you find it useful and easy to navigate.  As always, if your having trouble with something, drop me a line in a private message and myself or c5engineer will try and help you out.

     

    :BC:

  16. cliff

    Posted

    First attempt on this forum, I frequent a skydiving forum but rarely post. I have 2 Avid projects,one is previously flown and has all the paperwork in place, almost ready to fly again. The second is a collection of parts with no paperwork. I have done alot of work to it and plan to build it as a MK4 with extended speed wings, kitfox 4 droop wing tips and a zero time 582,and Cbox. I have a build log and a million pictures of the work I have done so far. I bought alot of parts off Barnstormers and locally. My question is, can I get this thing legal?  I am a private pilot with a couple of thousand hrs, currently own and fly a Kolb (which I didn't build) and a Cessna 206. I have been messing with airplanes my entie life but I am new to the Experimental category. Are there any old threads that might cover my question? Thank you , Cliff

  18. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Jim,
    I've got the short fuselage, and don't have the big baggage compartment like the Fat Avids, so it is taking a lot more mods to get mine in trim with the Soob and nosegear.
    EDMO
    I looked at my Kitfox 4 manual tonight, and their CG range is 10.2 - 16, for the same 51" chord. I don't know what would make the difference unless it is the Riblett ribs.
    Can anyone explain this?
    ED

    edit:  so, if I use Kitfox 20% Forward and 30% Aft, I get 12" Forward and 18" Aft CG with 60" Chord.

  20. akflyer

    Posted

    Ole asks Lena to walk across the lake to the store to get him a pack of cigs.
    Lena agrees, and asks Ole for some cash for the purchase, but Ole tells her to "Put them on account."
    Lena respond "Ole, you tell me never put anything on account. You get mad if I put any thing on account!"
    Ole responds with "Get on yer coat n go, time is a wastin!"
    So Lena trudges clear across the lake, gets the cigs, and returns and gives Ole his smokes.
    That evening, by the fire in their cabin, Lena, who had been pondering Ole's change of heart about running an account at their little local store, ask "Ole, why wouldn't you give me some cash for the cigarettes? I know you have plenty enough cash for just a pack of smokes".
    Ole replied "Well, it is getting a little late in the spring, and there can be thin spots, and I didn't want to make a bad situation any worse..."

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  21. EDMO

    Posted

    Ed, wish I could fill in more on this but i can't. Just remember looking at a KF IV at the local airport once and his bushings were much smoother and nicer looking than the one's I have on my Avid maybe someone else here could educate the rest of us on this

     

    -Robert-

    When they changed the wings on the KF4, they changed the aileron hinge mounts from the end of the ribs to two brackets above and below the trailing edge - the hinges were either a single piece, or two pieces spaced closer together, and the slot in the aileron was made smaller.

    For the bushing - I have no info that it was made different, but it may have been changed too.

    I have the KF4 manual that shows the brackets.

    EDMO

  22. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    This site has a lot of good features - I like the RANS planes, but prefer the side by side seating Like the S6, or the new larger model - All kits are getting a little too high for my pension pay.

    Randy is a good designer - don't think I would change his rudder - and don't think he will.

    EDMO

  23. High Country

    Posted

    Robert,

    I would like to hear more about the "new bushing" as compared to the early ones.

    EDMO

    Ed, wish I could fill in more on this but i can't. Just remember looking at a KF IV at the local airport once and his bushings were much smoother and nicer looking than the one's I have on my Avid maybe someone else here could educate the rest of us on this

     

    -Robert-