Yamma-Fox
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Stratux ADS-B dual band now with AHRS $149
Sweet!
Hey, back to basics question for the smart guys out there: Would one be required (FAR's) to carry paper vfr charts for x country, or will something like this suffice?
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Turbo Prop Avid
Is this the motor (or plane) that Alex Vro was working on?
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Pucker Bushes
Good job on the go around! Not an easy call once you are down and on the "brakes".
Your go around track reminds me of stopping skid marks I see at the biggest airports (BOS RY27 pops in my head). You turn off and look downfield and can almost see the a bit of brown in the giant skid marks leading down towards the threshold!
Bet you'll have other aviators sctatching thier head while looking at that gouge!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Putting a used Experimental back in the air
I call it "your" RX1. If it were "mine" it wouldn't look or be done half as nice! LOL
I plan to do a build thread when I get going (mostly to gather expert eyes and help from everyone here, and hopefully to help a little with anyone considering doing Yamaha power).
Looking forward to getting started, but other "irons in the fire" seem to always get in my way
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Putting a used Experimental back in the air
All kidding aside, I sure think you are doing a great job checking over your new bird and going through it so thoroughly.
Maybe this has been covered (forgive me), but did they "pickle" that engine up with fogging oil for storage over those 6 years and keep it oiled up?
Of course sitting is tough on any motor, but IMO even tougher on a 2 stroke. Just little stuff like pitting on the rings can slow heat transfer from the piston to the cyl and cause big problems.
I had one that sat a few years in my KF2 and it ended up dropping a cyl after about 50 hours. Not sure what exactly went wrong since insurance took the bird after the light damage occured in the off field emergency landing, but in hindsight I remember wishing I woulda sent it to a reputable Rotax aero rebuilder for a tear down and look over before flying it after long term storage.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Putting a used Experimental back in the air
And Vance, I bet that plane would really rip some holes in the sky with an RX1 motor!
Just came across a mint one all ready to mount. Sell for maybe $7K (plus "custom" shipping) LOL!!
(You just knew I was gonna pipe in here right )
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic When you can't fly
You need to add in on that ak gold reality show. Bet they'd like to have a fly in prospecter segment.
Ya just gotta start coming up with some good fabricated drama you could pitch to them so they'd bite LOL!!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic TP stall
My maule would "mush" down like this as well. I remember thinking it wouldn't be the worst technique to use in a forced landing where you have bad forward visibility (iced up windshield, imc, dark night with no reference, ect.)
Gonna bend up some stuff for sure, but I think a guy could have a decent chance of walking away at 500 fpm and <39 mph.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic AVID On Floats
Sorta like plug and play.
That's my kind of install!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Yamaha RX1 Engines
Steve henry has a couple hundred hours with a 2 blade prince with good results. I like the idea of that to save MMOI more than straight weight.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic snowmobile spring chart
I know we're off topic a little here, but Leni how did your setup on full lotus hold up to the rough stuff (snow and ice). Did the inflatable have enough cushion or could a guy bend stuff up easily?
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Nice 912 powered Avid for sale
It really does mess with you to see and deal with that stuff firsthand. Gives you a great deal of respect for ptsd and the stuff police, first responders, firefighters, military, and others have to deal with mentally.
My experiences have been pretty easy in comparison, as a 18yr old: a highway speed head on auto wreck a few cars in front of me.... messy, and it too changed forever how I drive and what I now teach my kids about driving.
And about that same time: a fella at our airport who i knew casually. Spun his glasair in short of the field. My CFI wathced it happen, then grabbed me and we drove over to the site but were luckily stopped by the sheriff deputy who was there first and needed a confirmation on who took the plane up because there "was not enough left to identify".
Glad he stopped us.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Nice 912 powered Avid for sale
Old post. Looks like the listing was proir to the crash?
Interesting story, anyone know the "Paul Harvey"? (Rest of the story)
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Anyone ever use a sea doo engine?
Lots of good candidates, snow and water sleds.
It's all about the adapter plate and gearbox / clutch.
Wish the answer to that was simpler!
Thanks to Teal we have a great option for the Yamaha Genesis!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Anyone ever use a sea doo engine?
I have ski doo sleds with the 2cyl 600 ace (60hp), 3 cyl 900 ace (90hp), and 3 cyl 1200 (135 hp)4 strokes.
Great motors in sleds, all highly reliable, fuel effecient, quiet, and "computerized".
IMO the best candidate for aircraft would be a turbo version (aftermarket) of the 2cyl 600 ACE (120HP). It comes in as the most compact and lightweight with best power to weight ratio.
https://www.rotax.com/en/products/rotax-powertrains/details/rotax-600-ace.html
http://mcxpressturbos.com/turbo-kits/snowmobile/ski-doo/ace-600/
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic NE Minnesota new guy
Cool. You guys also look up the Park Rapids Zorbaz ski plane fly in as well. It is 3 mi from my house on little sand lake. Early feb each year. They typically plow a runway for wheel planes as well. Hope to have mine running for that next year.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Yamaha RX1 Engines
Very nice!
And thanks for the pics. It'll help to give me some ideas on putting mine together!
Going with a Kool prop?
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic NE Minnesota new guy
Welcome Mark!
I am over in park rapids slowly working on a repower and floats for my kitfox 5.
Hope to have it in the air before too long and would enjoy meeting up with you and jim sometime.
Brett
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Kitfox 3 Bushplane Project.
Some elbow room and more slow speed rudder authority... top two on my list when I had my KF2.
Nice job!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Quiet flying...too quiet...
Wish I lived near you... this is just the thing I like to practice!
Please consider posting a new topic explaining how you set up the deadstick practice, what you brief newbies (do's and dont's), and tips for getting good doing this. Or maybe a link to one of your articles.
Thanks!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic NSI Subaru E-81 (118 HP) for sale
I dont know. Not worth much, but it is a good backup motor for my plane so I dont want to give it away...
$1800 plus shipping?
It'd make most sense to a NSI guy.
Or for an airboat project since I'm pretty sure the FOD had been in the system for awhile, was likely one foreign piece that found its way in there somehow, and engine was (is) running great.
In a non flying application I'd just run it and dip a magnetic probe in the oil tank once in awhile to see if any more metal is present.
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Yamaha RX1 Engines
Yeah man!
Hope mine turns out half as nice as that!
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Yamma-Fox added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Your opinion: Ballistic parachute?After reading the recent post of a flaperon failure ( http://www.avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/5042-left-flaperion-hinge-failure/ ) the question of parachutes came to my mind.
So whatcha guys think?
Pros and cons?
Your guess on the % of severe injury / fatal accidents where they would have saved the day?
% where the chute would be useless?
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Left flaperion hinge failure.
Man, thanks for joining up here and telling your story! And I'm totally with you when it comes to the media! When my dad dunked our KF2 on floats after the 532 dropped a cyl (he swam away safely) it was crazy to see the news stories and inaccuracies and "overcoverage" merely because it had wings. One article even dramatized the "severe" nature of the damage with a photo of the "wings ripped off" as it sat on the trailer with the wings folded neatly at it's side!
As to your accident, thank God for the outcome where no one suffered permanent injury or worse. I agree, your "distress call" (prayer) was clearly answered! It (God's hand of protection) becomes clear and undeniable when you witness it for yourself firsthand doesn't it! I like the part of the cell phone laying in your lap when you woke up to an airplane that was NOT on fire!
And I am with the rest of the group here - rooting for you to get back in the air and put that day behind you. That was truly a freak accident, but essentially no different than a countless many auto accidents. Of course you (and your passenger) would get back in a car again right?
Take care, look forward, and get back up there again soon!
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Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Not the way to make the news
Or worse yet.... an airline guy!!
That's what you wanted to say! It's OK, I can take it!
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