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Go to your local machine shop that can sell you a spring a little wider that what is on there now. Match the length and angle. Drill the hole to match the original so your original lays over the new one. Grind the edge of the slightly wider spring to fit the tailwheel mount. You will need a press to get the bend right. Cost me about 30 bucks and it is superior to the original setup. You do need the extra bolt in back to keep it all aligned. I'll take a pic tonight on my way home. Cheers. B
Thanks B - kinda what I had in mind. Pics would be great so to convey the idea to a machinist. The thing is, how do you know if you have the right spring tension? I must say though, I live in NASCAR country here in NC --- rife w/machine shops. I should be able to get this done and done well.
Oh.....nother thing. As was pointed out above, this does have to be constructed so that the mated leafs are able to slide/move independent of each other right. You mention "extra bolt in back to keep it aligned" -- wouldn't that keep the leafs from sliding independent of each other?
Paul
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I will second what Joey said
with one little tid bit to add in there. I don't take advertisers money. Feel free to post up and show off your cool merchandise and products, however, as this is an open forum, if you put an ill-constructed POS out on the market and some of the members on here tell the truth about what they think of it, don't come running to me to try and get me to take the post down.With that being said, those grips looks bad ass! I may have to get one for my copilots stick.
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Go to your local machine shop that can sell you a spring a little wider that what is on there now. Match the length and angle. Drill the hole to match the original so your original lays over the new one. Grind the edge of the slightly wider spring to fit the tailwheel mount. You will need a press to get the bend right. Cost me about 30 bucks and it is superior to the original setup. You do need the extra bolt in back to keep it all aligned. I'll take a pic tonight on my way home. Cheers. B
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Great thread. Heres my problem on my C HH:
I have the original single leaf and it's toast.
Calls and email to Airdale are going unanswered.
I need to upgrade my leaf spring. Can anyone direct me to a source? I'm not interested in a spendy solution but a simple upgrade to the leaf spring assy (hopefully making it safer and less loop prone) and retain my solid wheel Maule.
Thanks,
Paul
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Seemed high to me for a used 5 - and the M5 sounded a little cheap - maybe engine needs help?
My plane fund keeps me in the poverty birds!
EDMO
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Andy no worries on the post. Thanks for taking the time to join. It's nice to have the vendors themselves here to avoid second hand information and confusion.
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Hey fellas -- I have a new grip for the stick -- the Ruger ended up being a little "fatter" around the head, so I've decided to switch to this grip for the stick but will still use the AR15 over on the throttle quadrant. Feels even better than the AR15 -- enough room to accomodate 2 push buttons and a hat switch. Added a base to the grip for a hand hold as recommended by a friend. I appreciate the feedback and any references.
And thanks very much to C5Engineer for the original post -- If this reply sounds too much like an ad (which I guess it is), please let me know and I will remove and repost where advised -- have not seen any vendor forum here.
Thank you!
Andy
www.fatboyflightworks.com
andy@fatboyflightworks.com
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its got the actuator (jack screw)
when I made that I was thinking like with my model 2 depending on the load ,..I had to trim with the flaperons..
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Two Hill Billies walk into a restaurant and while having lunch,they talked about their moonshine operation,
Suddenly a woman sitting at a nearby table who was eating a sandwich begins to cough,
after a minute or so it becomes real obvious that she is in distress,
one of the hill billies looks at her and ask's " can ya swallar?" the woman shakes her head no, then he ask's "kin ya breathe?"
the woman shakes her head no as she is beginning to turn blue
the Hill billie walks over to the woman , lift's her dress, yanks down her drawer's and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue
the woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth as she begins to breathe again the
hill billie walks slowly back to his table and sits down,,his partner says " ya know I heerd of that thar hind lick maneuver,..but I aint niver seen nobody do it!
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there is a guy in Burlington VT that put a 3 in a row makes em go snowmobile engine on his trike..he claimed 120 hp used an E box with a clutch..I will try to find the link on this,..I actually called him about it years back when I was living in New Hampshire, I wanted to get an up close look at it ..but it never worked out that we could be in the same place at the same time
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Great design. I'm sure it will work well for that. Quite a few notches (7) for the flaps, though?
IMO in order to use a "gated" flap control you need a separate trim system. I'm adding an electric trim tab to mine. Does your model V have the jack screw h-stab or do you have a trim tab?
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very nice ,I also own an avid and a t bird .t bird is one tough little plane .id post a picture but I don't know how
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Larry ,..it took me about 30 minutes to make this out of 5052 and some hard wood,I was going to use it for a flap control ,..it has a spring inside of the neck you squeeze the T bars together to adjust
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Tell you what Pirate, I'll trade you the FWF from the Mangy Fox for your Smooth Cowl FWF...
(For the record, you're nuts.
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love the bump cowl..the 5 I'm buying has the smooth cowl..eventually I want to get the bump
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Thanks akflyer. They sure soak up the bumps on the farm a lot better than the old tires and, damn do they look cool!
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Cant believe the KF5 is worth $55K
It's worth what ever the market will bear.
A IV with a 912 is worth $35-40k.
A V or VI is an easy $40-60 depending.
A VII or SS is $60-75.
Fair or not. That's what the market is right now. Sorry.
There are a million easy reasons why these are worth more than a bigger, fatter, $ertified plane.
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you wont be the only one sporting those tires! I pic up a set of them next tuesday when I get home! A local guy had a set I couldnt pass up
I wont put them on till the water gets stiff, but it will probly be in the next few weeks that I try them out.
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The rubber fuel lines could be the fuel flow problem. Mill spec was what all kitfox kits came with back then. Its good for Avgas only. Car gas eventually causes it to swell inside.
Some builders put a valve in the vent line. Their theory is that it needs to be open only to vent the bubble out of the header tank when first filling it. When the header is full they shut the vent line valve.
The wing tank is vented from the tube top of the tank cap so any gravity or fuel pump suction in the system will draw through the main fuel line from the bottom of the fuel tank. If the header vent is open the theory is the flow in the main line will be less. Their procedure if they run a tank dry or the tank un ports and the header runs dry, they shut the header vent line valve so the fuel pump can create suction in the main fuel line from header tank to wing tank and start the fuel flowing again.
As you probably have found in the service bulletins, the factory position on fuel systems is no valves or filters in the fuel lines from wing tank to header tank unless its a nose tank you can see the fuel level in. http://www.kitfoxaircraft.com/support/service_bulletins/sb29.htm
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There is a fuel line (rubber) that leaves the fuel tank on a 90 degree fitting, it enters the cabin where there is a clear glass filter, it then mates to another short piece of rubber fuel line before going through the fuel flow meter. From here it mates to an aluminum line w/ blue anodized AN fittings. Then the line splits into the manifold between the 2 header tanks behind the seat.
From the right side header tank a rubber VENT line runs along the fuel supply line, halfway up it meets a ball valve. From there is continues in a rubber line back into the upper portion of the wing tank. (atleast it looks that way)
I'm not sure why there is a ball valve installed in the vent line but there is for some reason.
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The IV fox fuselage must be a foot longer than the Avid MK IV.
Does the Fox call for a vent for the header tanks?
Tbucket,..appreciate your comment,..
Wakeboarding behind a plane video
in Avid fox flyers pics and vids
C5Engineer
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Here's something you don't see everyday! This was in Italy and the plane is a kitplane called a Zlin Savage. Speeds were approx 55kts.
Link to article http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/video-wakeboarding-behind-airplane?cmpid=enews092413&spPodID=030&spMailingID=17927470&spUserID=NDc4NjE3ODEyMwS2&spJobID=231200914&spReportId=MjMxMjAwOTE0S0