marshawk

Thanks for the update  and pictures ,just ordering up some 4130 for engine mounts so hopefully  will find some time to start my project

I got this info off a friend on how to do the wing extensions on the avid so figure I would post it

Crazy start to the fire season,there saying the only thing that can put out the Fort Mac fire is alot of rain ,last I hear a few days ago was 1600 buildings destroyed,probably alot more by now, all the fires seem to be north of 100 Mile so far

List price was 73.00 canadian so about half that for you guys ,lol Part number is 57-1042  from napa

Thanks Ed ,I did eventually find one but it took quite a bit of searching

Teal did mention the cruise rpms for the yamaha but I forgot ,it might be in Rx1 yamaha post he made. The engine seems to have a good reputation in bikes and snowmobiles but havent heard of many of them in planes yet. Hoping to hear more on Steves highlander.  That was kinda another reason for updating,finding parts for the soob was getting tricky,took alot of searching for a water pump.

Ya I got the adapter plate and RX1 engine, my brother is a mechanic and seems gung ho to try and install it in the avid. Just not sure how long its going to take and I may have to get another cowl ,not sure yet.I do most of my flying in the winter so got all summer to mess with it.The soobie  is running fine, I just figured if I can loose 50lbs or more off the nose with a more horse power ,it should be a good combo. I would like a little slower stall and better glide ratio so thats why im going to extend the H.H. wings. Thanks for the pics and update on the leading edge,once we start ,ill try and remember to post some pictures.

Awesome pictures , Randy,did you do the leading edge extension on your avid? Got to recover my wings so going to do the leading edge and try extending the wings one bay

Hey glad you came over to the dark side you better show them a picture of bush caddy beast that your almost ready to launch,its very cool!

I bought a adapter plate off of Teal, great guy to deal with, haven't started any of the  work for installing the yamaha RX1 yet  so mine will be awhile down the road

Thats good to hear ,congrats

Thats awesome ,I'm pretty anxious to here how it works since I'm pretty much full steam ahead with trying one ,just got the c drive and shipping it to Teal. Got to figure out the motor mount which will be the next hurdle.The engine some pretty sweet.

Hi cropduster the 4 cylinder is in the RX1 snowmobile 2003 -2005 ,I do have a extra one if you have troubles finding one closer to you,im up here in  B.C.Canada so shipping might be quite a bit. I am looking for a c drive if anyone has one lying around

I wonder  how much it would help the stall speed,I think I'll have to add this to the new wing project too

Just wondering Teal, are you using the rk400 clutch setup on the Kitfox project?

Thanks for the explanation and appreciate the advice

Thanks for the explanation and appreciate the advice

Very cool, I was thinking of looking for a yamaha 3 cylinder genesis engine  and doing the conversion so would be interested in your adapter plate for the C drive.I don't know much about these engines so what is the reason for  you using the RX1 , I guess I thought the 3 cylinder would be lighter

Thats a cool idea, I don't usually fly off the ice ,just the last couple years we have been getting spring in January, like the idea but not the price especially with our stinking dollar . Probably just throw the tires back on but will keep that in mind for some ski brakes and see if I can possibly rig something. Thanks for the idea!

Our ski flying down here is sucking too, there's very little snow and the lakes are a skating rink, went last weekend and taxiing on the lake with skis was pretty much out of control situation

Congratulations looks awesome

Looks Good and sounds good ,must be getting pretty excited for the first launch

Ed ,I bet there not walleye fillets your buying at costco that im thinking Bandit is hunting ,although maybe you can get them down there out of a store, the one thing I miss about the praires, kinda looks like the fishing shack cities that would pop up back there

Good luck on a fast recovery ,im amazed after falling from that height you didn't have more injuries, tough avid's