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  1. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Buying?   

    Pictures, pictures.... JImChuk
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  2. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Bing 54 ?   

    I get my parts from ACS, but to each his own.....:-)  JImChuk
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  3. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Rotax tach question!   

    I never saw a rotax tach with a switch on the back.  Points ignition only fires one spark per revolution, Rotax/Ducati 2 stroke ignition fires two sparks per revolution.  Is this a new install, or did it just start to happen?  JImChuk
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  4. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Annual Condition Inspection (Engine and Airframe Separate?)   

    Here it is.  JImChuk                                                                             
    https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=881ef6ab1ed627d411bb5fa792e1614d&mc=true&node=ap14.1.43_117.d&rgn=div9
     
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  5. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Kitfox 1 questions   

    Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, as the saying goes.  I have the Kitfox 1 with the round cowl, and the Avid Flyer, and it's way easier to see over the nose on the Avid, whether in flight or on the ground.  That vision thing is probably my biggest issue with the round cowl.  I believe Kitfox had thoughts of using a radial engine that didn't pan out around the time the round cowl started as well.  JImChuk
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  6. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Kitfox 1 questions   

    Another early Kitfox cowl.  That is, before they went to the round cowl.  I really don't know why they stuck with the round cowl all these years, it's way harder to see over then it needs to be, and in my opinion, the early cowl looked better. To bad you are so far away, if you want to part anything out, it's a long way for shipping.  I know of someone who  needs a flaperon.   JImChuk
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  7. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Bush gear topic reopened   

    Made a bit of a mock up today, to see what kind of travel one would get.  I was surprised how much the wheel would move up and down with way less travel on the shock absorber leg.  You can see the lines I made on the conduit that comes out of the copper tube, moving the axel up 6" only move the shock leg 2 1/2".  10" on the wheel moved the shock leg 4".  In the pictures, the top of the copper tube is screwed on where the gear leg would attach on the longeron, the axel shaft fastens about 1" off center of the fuselage.  I probably wont build such a thing, but maybe some one more gifted than me in the welding department might get an idea and go for it.  What to use for the spring/shock absorber?  Bungees would be nice, for weight, but harder to make than springs I'm guessing.  You're still left with what do you do about the shock absorbshun.  Any ideas?  Remember, you have to be able to hook down low on the shock leg for the rear brace leg, and the spring and shock movement happen below that brace.  Does than make sense?  Look at how the Berlinger gear works in the video in my last post.    Anyway,  any thoughts?  JImChuk
    PS  I think the nice thing about this design is it puts the force where it's always been, right up into the gear leg attachment points, and I don't think it stresses anything else really.  The axle leg does pull down on the seat truss where it attaches to it, but only about 1/4 or less of the force on the wheel going up on the other side of the shock leg which becomes  a fulcrum as the axel leg becomes a teter toter in a sense.  
     






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  8. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Standard door latches   

    That type of latch was used on pre MK IV Avids.  Surprised it's on the MK IV.  Looks good thought.  JImChuk
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  9. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic data plate   

    Like I said on the other site, the DAR is the guy who will issue the airworthness certificate.  He knows what he will sign off on and how to get it. If you intend to fly this aircraft legally once it's completed, you WILL need the services of a DAR.  When do you intend to bring him into the mix? After you made a big mistake or before, when he can warn you to not go that route?   No matter what though, the aircraft can get registered as having been built from parts if the paper trail is not complete back through the previous owners.   I just went and looked for the posts TJay had of his Kitfox 1 registration, there was not a complete paper trail on that plane either.  No paper in fact.  Maybe he will chime in here.  On the other topic in this thread, a data plate is just a piece of metal affixed to the rear of the fuselage.  On my MK IV the builder actually used a blank piece of aluminum and added the wording.  And that plane has been inspected by the FAA (actual FAA official) at least twice.  You can buy a ready made one from any of the aircraft parts catalogs though like this.  http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/nameplate.php?clickkey=5284   JImChuk
    PS  Just thinking more about this, and wondered if any of the previous owners started the registration process?  Was an N # ever issued for the plane?  
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  10. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Hunting with your Avid/KF series   

    The last picture is the best in showing the positives of the Avid Flyer.  Like the other ones as well.  JImChuk
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  11. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Magnums with Airdale Bush Gear   

    Where could a guy get this hydrazorb material?  Thanks,  JImChuk
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  12. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Whoozit? Orange Kitfox on trailer - 9/8/17 driving I90W   

    Lynn used to be real active on the Kitfox and Jabiru sites.  Thought something had happened to him, cause he sort of disappeared from the sites.  Then he came back briefly when he was working on the anphib floats.  He made lots of changes to his Jabiru engine.  Clear to the point of making different intake manifolds, and electronic ignition.  Put lots of hours on that engine.  Quite the guy!  JImChuk
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  13. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Ready for inspection   

    Did he have the balance weights on the flaperons?  If yes, any idea what caused the flutter?  JImChuk
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  14. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Seat truss   

    I think they were to keep the fiberglass seat off the controls if the seat sagged down.  JImChuk
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic N-number?   

    More or less, when ever you want it.  
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  16. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Buying?   

    If it's not obviously junk, it should be worth that.  What's the guy's #...... Just kidding on the number thing. :-)  JImChuk
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  17. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Heavy hauler?   

    .083" wall thickness wingspars instead of .065".  12" spacing on the ribs instead of 18"  Heavier lift struts.  Both are 29' 10 1/2" wingspan.  JImChuk
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  18. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Seat truss   

    That or when you get stretched out to where the limiter cable gives it that shock load and breaks the camel's back.  Here is a good preventative measure or a fix after the fact.  JImChuk

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  19. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic WANTED - AVID FIBERGLASS WING COVER   

    Really don't know how many layers you would need,  I'm sure it would depend on what fiberglass cloth you were using as well.  All kinds of different types and weights of cloth.  If it was me, I would maybe just use fabric myself.  How many WW2 bombers had fabric on the control surfaces?  Course the lifetime of some of them was measured in minutes..... but not because of the fabric though.  JImChuk
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  20. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic WANTED - AVID FIBERGLASS WING COVER   

    Making flat pieces would actually be real easy.   You could even use peal ply and vacuum bagging to get as much resin out as possible so they would be as lite as possible.  Hardest part about fiberglass is making the molds.  JImChuk
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  21. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Cowling Camlocks and Static Ports   

    I  got a bunch of camlocs from ACS a few months ago.  Phillips head.  Here is the page, look at the bottom ones.  JImChuk
    http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/camloc2600.php?clickkey=32214
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  22. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic WANTED - AVID FIBERGLASS WING COVER   

    I think Paul's idea of making your own sheets of fiberglass makes a lot of sense if you want fiberglass sheets.  Get a flat table, tape some plastic down on it, and make the stuff as thick as you want.  You could even cover it with another piece of plastic, and lay a piece of plywood on top of that, even weight it down if you wanted to.  The guy with the molds is located in Two Harbors Mn.  If you search that, you will probably find his name and number.  JImChuk 
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  23. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic WANTED - AVID FIBERGLASS WING COVER   

    With the 1' spacing on the ribs on the Avid heavy hauler wing, 4' long pieces worked out just fine.  JImChuk
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  24. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic More Avid/jabiru videos   

    Not sure.  The Chief has an 85 HP with the O-200 crank and cylinders and clipped wings.  It will do 105 without any problem.  Before the Avid got wrecked, it would do 100 flat out.  Right now, it seems the engine makes more power since I had it rebuilt after the crash.  A wood prop that would only turn up to 2700 static then now turns up to 2900.....  Haven't run the Avid flat and level full throttle yet, but maybe it would beat the Chief.  I know the Avid will legally carry more weight, and fuel, and burn less of it while flying as well.  JImChuk
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  25. 1avidflyer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    More Avid/jabiru videos
    Well I got my flying partner to fly along side me this evening and his brother shot a bit of video of the newly rebuilt Avid with a Jabiru up front.  Not much, but it means something to me, knowing how much work I put into it.  Was the first flight away from the home patch, only about 25 miles or so.   He had flown the Chief up the north shore of lake Superior for a family get to geather, and got weathered in on Monday when he was going to fly home.  I met him part way, and flew back with him.  Anyway, not much, but it was to me.  :-)  JImChuk
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