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  1. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Fuel system advice   

    If it isn't there, it can't quit.  If you run mechanical, and electric pump plus the fuel pressure regulator, you have that many more things that can fail.  Champs, Chiefs, Cubs and who knows what other planes flew just fine on good old gravity.  Obviously different planes require different equiptment, but if you can do without it you are probably better off.  Everybody has to do what they are comfortable with.  And some of us will get into trouble for doing just that.  ;-)  JImChuk 
    PS  tx_swordguy,  what kind of airplane were you flying that had the problems you describe?  If an Avid or Kitfox, you really should have the ram air tubes on the wing tank covers, and they NEED TO POINT FORWARD. 
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  2. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Fuel system advice   

    Problem with the mechanical pump on the Jabiru, is sometimes it can overpower the float needle valve and flood the engine.  I had an engine out that way once.  I'm looking at my old pictures TJay, and I think my fuel line came out where yours did.  I just turned it down and hooked it to the carb when I got rid of my fuel pump.  My fuel valve was right next to the throttle, and went pretty much straight forward and through the firewall.  JImChuk
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  3. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Trailering a Avid   

    It worked for me for lots of miles.  YMMV   JImChuk
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  4. 1avidflyer added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Kitfox 5 unfinished project on Barnstormers
    Just saw this on Barnstormers.  Seems like a reasonable price to me.  JImChuk
    KITFOX 5 SPEEDSTER KIT FW AFT • $8,000 • FOR SALE • New cond As received from factory 1995. Tail drgr, all spdstr mods, many extras, inc1550lb parts. • Contact Brent Maxon, Owner - located Mt Pleasant, MI US • Telephone: 989-621-9073 . • Posted February 18, 2017 • Show all Ads posted by this Advertiser • Recommend This Ad to a Friend • Email Advertiser • Save to Watchlist • Report This Ad
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  5. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic HAND-HELD TUBE BENDER???   

    Won't an electrician's conduit bender do the trick?  I have several different sizes.  JImChuk
     

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  6. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic She's Alive boy's   

    I like it.  I like it a lot!  Did you see it start to lift the tail off the ground?  Sure sounds nice.  Bet it made you feel good when the car and truck went by real slow. :-)  JIm Chuk
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  7. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Flaperon mixer   

    Do you have an Avid Magnum manual?  I thought the mixer controls on the Magnum were way different then the earlier Avids.   I'm trying to figure out what I'm looking at in your pictures, and it doesn't look like my Avids or early Kitfoxes.  Maybe if you are using directions from a different design???  That could cause problems I would think.  Then again, maybe I'm all wet.  (I did just get back from the beach)  JImChuk
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  8. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic designing your own plane?   

    If you mean FAA wise, I don't think they would stop you.  Lots of one off planes built or at least started.  I guess I would try to use a fuselage that would bring those parts you like together.  (sounds like a Kitfox fuselage to me)   Either a prebuilt one or a copy of it with the changes you need or want.  My thinking and thoughts are like this.  I'm not that much of a designer, or structural engineer, so if it  worked fine in the past, why not use it again cause it's already been tested..   Just my random thoughts,  Worth what they cost you.  :-)   JImChuk
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  9. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid or early Kitfox   

    The VSI is showing 1000 FPM climb.  Not that bad if it's accurate.  Better than I've been lead to believe.  JImChuk
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  10. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid or early Kitfox   

    Kanfuso,   Are you wanting a nose wheel Avid, or does it matter?  JImChuk
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  11. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic ELT   

    Yes, and no.  Here is what the FAA says.  These are when an ELT is not required.  Other wise it is.   JImChuk    
    f) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—
    (1) Before January 1, 2004, turbojet-powered aircraft;
    (2) Aircraft while engaged in scheduled flights by scheduled air carriers;
    (3) Aircraft while engaged in training operations conducted entirely within a 50-nautical mile radius of the airport from which such local flight operations began;
    (4) Aircraft while engaged in flight operations incident to design and testing;
    (5) New aircraft while engaged in flight operations incident to their manufacture, preparation, and delivery;
    (6) Aircraft while engaged in flight operations incident to the aerial application of chemicals and other substances for agricultural purposes;
    (7) Aircraft certificated by the Administrator for research and development purposes;
    (8) Aircraft while used for showing compliance with regulations, crew training, exhibition, air racing, or market surveys;
    (9) Aircraft equipped to carry not more than one person.
    This is the page I got the above info from.  http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=5f9fc29af036d05dd9bb7e4879886c81&mc=true&node=se14.2.91_1207&rgn=div8
    (10) An aircraft during any period for which the transmitter has been temporarily removed for inspection, repair, modification, or replacement, subject to the following:
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  12. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid C HH wing build 101   

    I believe the original glue used in making the ribs is T-88 epoxy.  It's a real good glue for wood.  I wouldn't hesitate to use the Hysol though, it holds the wood ribs to the aluminum spars, so it should hold  the wood to the wood.  I've used it that way myself.  The reason for the microballoons mixed into the hysol for glueing on the strut brackets is to keep the dissimilar metals from touching each other.  That will stop them from corroding like they would if they were able to touch. Microballoons are small fiberglass spheres that will keep the metals away from each other while still allowing a glue joint.    As far as wash out, I'm not sure how much is best, but the tanks have a certain amount of twist built into them, so I think they will begin to stick out above the spars if you don't have enough wash out in the wings.   Edit:  yes,  cotton flox is a thickener so the hysol doesn't sag or run out of a glue joint.  It takes hours for the hysol to harden, and its slightly runny when mixed without the flox.  JImChuk
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  13. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Avid C HH wing build 101   

    Great picture Doug,  I tried to find some pics in my stuff but didn't have anything as good as this.  JImChuk
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  14. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Blown Up Sheet Rock   

    What kind of prop is it?  Some are of course more durable then others.  JImChuk
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  15. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Quite site   

    Looks like the antelope is gone in the second picture.  Did you move him into your freezer?  JImChuk
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  16. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Trailering a Avid   

    The trailer hitch that you could get for an Avid or Kitfox mounted onto the cross tubes in the rear of the fuselage.  With that hitch, all of the weight of the tail end of the plane was supported by the cross tube that I used to support the tail of the plane in my pictures above.  That is how the plane was designed, so I'm not surprised to have no damage when I hauled these planes like I did.  No doubt, having a softer suspension in the trailer helps to smooth out the bumps as well.   Probably the factory hitch had some flex in it also.  I have never used the hitch myself so I can't say for sure.  JImChuk
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  17. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Trailering a Avid   

    I've hauled several Avids long distances with the tail supported like I did on this Kitfox 4.  I hauled it up from Texas to northern Mn.  No damage on any of them.  Probably over 3000 miles on all of the trips.  JImChuk


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  18. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Plans for skis   

    A friend of mine had a set of waterskis that he used on his Avid A model.  One ski broke right in front of the attachment bracket when he hit an ice ridge as he was taxing along.   And not going very fast either.   IVO prop hit the ice, and committed suicide.   Meanwhile, I had landed in another part of the lake, and taxied into some slush.  Busted a piece of the trailing edge off my prop when a bunch of slush hit it.  Kind of an expensive day for both of us.   Had to get a trailer and snowmobile  to get them off the ice.  I think I got home about 11 PM.  Personally I wouldn't use waterskis.  (and don't taxi into slush either)  JImChuk
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  19. 1avidflyer added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Maule tailwheel on barnstormers (8"?)
    Saw this just now on barnstormers.  Good price if it's any good???  JImChuk
    MAULE TAILWHEEL (PNEUMATIC) • $100 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • Maule tailwheel w/2 sets of tires/tubes included, new bearings installed. Email me for pics. • Contact Paul G. Anderson, Owner - located Columbus, OH USA • Telephone: 614-263-2823 • Posted February 9, 2017
     
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  20. 1avidflyer added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Avid Magnum on barnstorers
    Saw this on barnstromers today.  I know nothing about this plane besides what I read in the add.  He shows another add for a lower price also, maybe that one doesn't include the floats.  JImChuk
    1995AVID MAGNUM • $28,300 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • 1995 Avid Magnum 150 hsp lyc with less than 100 hrs on airframe &eng has n# and in great shape scott tailwheel 850 tires new prop etc.Have been updating this plane and ran out of time and money. 78yrs old and must sell. I will sell this plane with a set of 1900 Aqua floats in great shape for $28300 or best offer call 1 715 582 3478 Thanks • Contact Duane F. Meetz - DNA, Owner - located Peshtigo, WI USA • Telephone: 17155823478 . • Posted February 7, 2017
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  21. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Sky Raider 1 project   

    I like the look of the fuel tank.  Why couldn't Avid and Kitfox gone this way?  I'm guessing the tanks could have been at least 11 gallons if they took up 2 bays.  How are these held in place?  Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.   Nice looking kit by the way.  To bad I have way to many projects already.  JImChuk
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  22. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic HELP can anyone tell me what this means   

    I couldn't get Leni's links to open, but did get Aviator Sed's to work.  His is the second to the last post.  This is the manual I have and referred to in my previous posts. 

    If you look at page 116 of the manual he links to, you will find the info on shimming the gearbox.  JImChuk
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  23. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic HELP can anyone tell me what this means   

    I know that info is in my large Rotax repair manual.  Problem is, that manual is 1500 miles from me.  Maybe someone else has a copy and can scan a page or two and post it.   There was also a section on the C gearbox in CPS's proper care and feeding of the Rotax engine, although I'm not finding that particular section online either. Don't remember if that article discusses the shimming though.  JImChuk
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  24. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic HELP can anyone tell me what this means   

    I guess I will ask why you had the gearbox apart?  If you only took it off the engine to do engine work, and now are just reinstalling it, you maybe don't need to measure it.  If it was good before you took it off, it should be still good now, I think.  JImChuk
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  25. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Denali Flight   

    You sure come up with some nice pictures.  Thanks!  Keep them coming.  JImChuk
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