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  1. wolves200 added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    November flight
    Hello Group;
     
    hope you don´t mind I will be placing flying videos from time to time in this section; specially in the summer....
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Eg35PZaCs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUS8AeDBeUpNvUNedKVT7xjw
     
    by now, I just flew up yesterday in a smooth silky weather, it was 0 degrees but nice...
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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  2. wolves200 added a post in a topic F7A revisited   

    Man! looking good, looking forwards to see how my plane fly with those!!!!
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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  3. wolves200 added a post in a topic FNG - Newbie -   

    Hey Ed; 
     
    The story about the SE-YTA registration missing on the fuselage, is I should have pay more money for the stickers ) ) ).... it fell off that particular day when I was washing the plane, it supposed to resist all type of weather..... anyway, I order a new ones, but this time I pay little more, and they stay on ever since....
     
    I don´t like the rounded ruder either, nor the fat avid rudder, I was thinking to start building the Rans S-7 Courier and keep my Avid, and one of the things I would like to order from factory, is an Avid Ruder Shape instead of the original
     
    I will browse on the member list, I guess I have to get use to all the features this forum has...
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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  4. wolves200 added a post in a topic Gap Seals   

    Hello Group;
     
    I´ll start to make some of your upgrades to my plane, in this case Gap Seals; I decided to use Isolation for pipes and cut it with a sharp knife to give the necessary form. Any input from your side is appreciated.
     
    I haven´t flown yet, but I will tomorrow and see if it´s any good. 
     
    Next project.... VG, I will put them under the wing at the wing tip; and do some test from there...
     
    Regards
    Dimi3








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  5. wolves200 added a post in a topic FNG - Newbie -   

    Thanks Bryce;
     
    Ed, what´s with my rudder???  could you get me the mail address of the guy Ulf you sold the LND.gear? I sent a mail, inviting all Avid and Kitfox owners in Sweden to meet and join this forum here, but more than half of the mail address came back as unvalid, I got them from EAA sweden or a kitfox.eu.
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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  6. wolves200 added a post in a topic FNG - Newbie -   

    thank you all for the kinds words; I`m trying to get everyone in Sweden involve in some sort of activity, I only know one person here.... I will search for ULF in the EAA website.
     
    hahahaahaha!!!  HOW can you see I`m using the pain in the @$$ mechanical cart brakes.....  those brakes are driving me crazy....but like I say before I haven´t done any of the upgrades you guys made, youtube is choosing random, that video is not my favorite video either.
     
    I´ve spend the past 2 years working in the cowling and fixing the electrical problems, I broke 3 radiators within 30 min of operation, so I decided to work the whole thing from scratch, the original cowling was close to 10 kg in weight, many careless polyurethane reparation on it  from previous owner, now it weight around  3 Kg.
     
    ignition, drove me almost mad, until John Miller point me on the right direction a drop of oil in a felt tip on the rider will keep the old 532 ignition point breakers working....worked like a charm... no more engine problems.
     
    I`m with my cowling like you are with your landing gear, any time I see a picture of you, you have either different tires or different gear legs.
     
    I was using a GSC 3 blade propeller, and turn out the engine doesn´t like it, despite is the same many other 532 engine, the lighter 2 blade prop works well; I even gain 8kt in cruise.
     
    you have a little cushion pad for your left knee ......
     
    Regards
    Dimi3






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  7. wolves200 added a topic in Introduce yourself   

    FNG - Newbie -
    Hello Forum;
     
    I´ve been member of this forum for quite some time, but haven´t really do anything other than reading some topics here and there, I`m more active in the yahoo groups, but after they incorporated a large amount of adds, I though, ok, perhaps is time to move to other places.
     
    and BOY I`m glad I did; this forum is more dynamic and easy to navigate.
     
    little bit of me;
     
    I come from Venezuela originally; but move to Denmark early 2000, I always been aviation freak, I started a Volksplane VP-1 project; but soon realize that wasn´t enough for me, so after I  moved to Sweden; I took my PPL and bought myself an Avid Flyer Model B;
     
    I thought it was ready to fly, I was wrong, I found so many mistakes done by previous builder, that basically I re-build the whole plane again, took me around 3 years to correct and trouble shoot it all,  now that I`m happy with what I´ve done, is time for some flying...
     
    I clock little less than 50 hours on my Avid, I`m a large pilot, but still once inside of the cockpit no problem at all, my longest flight was 2H:45min with out any major problem, my longest day on the air, was this summer when I flew more than 5 hours, from one airport to another, from one grass strip to another together with another Avid around South Sweden.
     
    I haven´t incorporate all the upgrades you guys are so proud of, but I Will be doing it very soon.
     
    I posted few videos of my flights in youtube, www.youtube.com/wolves200  so Friends and Family from motherland can follow my progress.
     
    I love browsing people´s Avid photo albums and mostly interested/focus in bush flying, mountains, landscapes so on.
     
    Be patient with my ENGRISH, since I speak/read/write already 3 languages, and I`m starting my 4th... it´s getting messy.
     
     
    Thanks alot...blue skies for all...
     
    Regards/Saludos/Hilsen/Hälsningar
    Dimi3
     
     
     
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  8. wolves200 added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Cmon!!! FOLKS!!!
     
    bring your favorite pics here, this is getting better and a better......
     
    all this encouraging pics will help me make it through the winter!!
     

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  9. wolves200 added a post in a topic Vortex Generators on bottom of wing   

    I believe John, has a very large data base that we could all benefit if published in the right way,
    He has also experimented with drag reduction, in few places on the AVID.
    he was skeptic about the VG´s under the wing when I first published this report on the yahoo group long time ago, but I can see he really pay attention to the fact that this little tiny THINGS, help keeping the airflow attached to a surface and or oriented in our benefit!
     
    I´m trying to get the old messages with his reports and findings, but that freaking new format is driving me mad, it always comes the AD screen and won´t let me go further!!!
     
    ANY chance we can get the exact locations of the VG on the wing tip, and what does this means for the performance!!
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
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  10. wolves200 added a post in a topic Favorite pics of your plane thread   

    Great pictures Joey and Chris, you guys sure know how to use this planes!
    Question to Joey; any feed back on the long spring landing gear (bush Gear)?? performance, ground handling, weight? drag?
    I would love to have a bush gear but I think they are too long, more easy to bend?? perhaps??
     
    Regards
    Dimi3
     
     









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  11. wolves200 added a post in a topic first flight after 16 years of sitting   

    WOW!
     
    that's a nice paint job man, do you mind posting pictures of the whole plane?
     
    Regards
    dimi3
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  12. wolves200 added a post in a topic F7A revisited   

    Hey Paul:
     
    I´m interested in a set of bellcranks F7-A.... also in a motor mount,  I have Avid Flyer model B with a Rotax 532 let me know how to proceed,
     
    I live in Sweden but I have a Fedex Account so won´t be any problem with shipping; 
     
    you can contact me at dimi4@hotmail.com 
     
    Regards
    Dimitri
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