Cloud Dancer

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  1. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Dean Wilson ‘40 Special’   

    What's the story on the air worthiness certificate? Did it have one at some point? The only thing I can think of keeping this from selling is it must be a dead end to get it legal maybe? Such a pretty airplane, a shame it's hanger flying only.
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  2. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid Model C Landing Gear   

    This thread is getting old in the tooth, I would have thought he would be getting tired of moving them from place to place in the shop by now. I'm still looking for a set like those but don't want to pay the postage from California.
     
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  3. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid Flyer MK IV for sale   

    Old pilots probably realize your hands in the air waving around meant it was trimmed out to almost fly itself but they did it different in 1932:    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpJEbSNSMuU
     
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  4. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic AVID ENGINE COWL   

    whizzers; what that your listing for the cowl for sale on ebay? I've been trying to contact the seller through ebay but I have not got a response to my message yet.
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  5. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid Catalina Project N157AB for sale   

    Wow, that's a bargain. If I had one less "Kitfox" I'd be making a very long drive across country at the worst time of year to be dragging an airplane home. I plan on waiting until spring to sell the Kitfox when the market is better. The Catalina has always been my "must have some day" airplane.
     
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  6. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid with a turbo prop?   


    What's the reason people are doing this? I would think any weight savings on the engine would be lost by all the weight in extra fuel you would have to carry. Is it a cost thing with some parts of the country having access to cheap fuel? Or is it more like a Harley rider feeling he needs louder mufflers mentality; realizing there's no benefit other than the change in noise?
    I'm still waiting for someone to build a wood gas converter to fit inside an Avid. (And I've lost countless hours designing such a system in my head.) Totally not practical but it would sure  be cool to be able to land somewhere and top off your tank with twigs and sticks and then continue on your way for free and not be tied by a long leash to a gas pump. The last thing most pilots want on a rag covered airplane is a wood burning stove. I'm in the "I don't care, I want it anyway" category.
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  7. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Amphib project for sale. (Mostly just the AW cert.)   


    I see you got it listed on eBay now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234068560608?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818142401%26meid%3Dd3e113f24f49404cba71d7cd5124f69a%26pid%3D101124%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D353644402456%26itm%3D234068560608%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWeb&_trksid=p2563228.c101124.m2109
    I think more people would have found it under the "airplane" section of eBay Motors than where you chose to list it.
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  8. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid Flyer on floats spotted in an old movie.   

    I may have been a little off when I said it was a B movie. Probably goes back to my childhood when 45rpm records only had an A side and a B side.
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  9. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic JAEGER, by Dean Wilson 1986   


    It's fast, portable and even stressed for aerobatics if your so inclined. About the only fault I can identify is the solo seat. Kind of like those single seat Sonex aircraft; I don't see the point of building one when it's so hard to recover any of your money if you ever decide to sell. The labor and kit expenses are about the same for a single seater and a two seater. Even if you spend 99 percent of your time flying alone it's still nice to have a little extra space for a travel bag. Even today there's not an airplane kit on the market with the specs listed and still be portable enough to haul home and store in a single stall garage.
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  10. Cloud Dancer added a topic in Hangar Talk   

    Avid Flyer on floats spotted in an old movie.
    I'm not recommending this cheesy movie but I did see a custom gyro copter and an Avid Flyer on floats in it. The movie is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hunted
    Typical B movie from 1992 with poor acting, poor plot, 80's style synth backing tracks and unknown actors. I found it in my recommendations from You Tube for some reason.
    Link to movie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueb6Ya9TWuo&t=4505s
    I'm not sure what the gyro copter was made out of, maybe a Sparrow Hawk? The Avid Flyer is the squared off tail variety so that may help identify the model. The fact that they wrote Avid Flyer in big letters on the side of the airplane tells me it was probably a deal done for advertisement more so than money.
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  11. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic JAEGER, by Dean Wilson 1986   


    So what happened? Why didn't these catch on?
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  12. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Whoze Goin' Oshkosh 2021   


    I was there all week and didn't see any Avid Flyers. Plenty of things that look like Avid Flyers but all missing the rounded tail feathers. They still had a few old central console Kitfox fuel tanks for sale at the Ultralight barn. I seen a Avid Catalina amphibious listed for $13,000.00 on the for sale boards that looked like a bargain. Later in the week someone had put an X through the listing so it may have been sold.
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  13. Cloud Dancer added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Kit for sale. Ad says no work done. Avid Mark 4
    I spotted this on Craigslist today. Sounds like a good deal for those that like to start from a fresh kit.
    https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/avo/d/brighton-avid-mark-iv-airplane-kit-same/7291357924.html
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  14. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Trailer mangled avid on ebay   

    I'm surprised he listed it in the category he did. I think he should have listed it in a few more sections and not listing it under ebay motors aircraft section was a huge mistake. I'll be amazed if it sells listed for this price where it's listed.
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  15. Cloud Dancer added a post in a topic Avid Catalina on barnstormers   


    I'm late to the party on that one! A long way from Iowa but I still would have made the drive for that one. By the time I checked in today the ad was already gone.
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