Av8r3400

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  1. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

    This was my solution for a "gated" flap control lever.  Very simple and used the original mechanism.
    http://avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/709-classic-iv-restoration/&do=findComment&comment=10911
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  2. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Rotax912ULused should I?   

    Keep looking.  Not worth the distance for 1000 hours.
    Do yourself a favor and reach out to Hal Stockman.
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  3. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Help identifying ribs   

    Isn't that an Avid Speedwing airfoil?
     
    At last I heard, Kitfox will not sell you spar stiffener inserts without a Kitfox serial number.  
    Just will.
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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 912 gearbox   

    By the book, 5000 RPM should be the minimum continuous operating RPM.  
    I have run across several experienced "legacy engine" pilots that think lower rpm is better on these engines.  This couldn't be farther from the truth.  Hal told me to run the hell out of my engine.  (His design Zipper big bore)  He said don't be afraid of 6000 continuous.  I don't run that hard, but I do maintain a minimum of 5000 for local puddle jumping and 5500 for x-country.
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  5. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 912 gearbox   

    I have rebuilt several gearboxes and find that most should be torn down and at least inspected and re-shimmed every 300 hours.  
    Most guys don't run their 912 engines at high enough RPM and this it a killer for the gearboxes.
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  6. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Sinking carb floats   

    I'm still happily running the original floats that came with my engine in 1996.
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  7. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Have the forums all died?   

    I check in on both almost every day, but I don't have much to say anymore...
    The Kitfox community has seemed to transition to nothing but $200k+ glass panel and autopilot poser machines, built in factories with pant jobs worth far more than my whole plane...
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  8. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Looking at a rotax again   

    https://www.flyrotax.com/p/service/engine-configuration-search
    enter your serial number and get the original configuration data.
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  9. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 912 exhaust heat muff.. yes or no?   

    1000+ hours in round cowl Kitfox 4 in northern Wisconsin.
    I've never run a heat muff on the exhaust.  A water to air heater core has been plenty for me.
    I've never needed carb heat.  I took off the OEM heat muff carb heat box off my last Kitfox 4-1050 and gained 200 static RPM.
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  10. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Yamaha Phazer Engine   

    Looking forward to an extensive write up on the installation and setup of the Phazer.
    I have a friend building a Ridge Runner 2 that is engine shopping and these are on the short list.
    I was hoping to seeing a few Phazer installations at OSH this year but was disappointed with the lack of turn out.
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  11. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic SuberAvid gets re-powered (again)   

    For the guy who never wanted a Rotax you have come full circle.  Congratulations.  LOL.
    I look forward to a comprehensive review of the Edge engine.  (It will probably be my replacement, less the turbo, when the Mangy's Zipper has had enough)
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  12. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Is Leading Edge Airfoils out of business?   

    Aircraft Spruce bought Wag-Aero, the parent company of LEAF.  
    LEAF was not part of the deal and has now become Advanced Powerplant Solutions.  
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  13. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Flying again   

    Good for you, Jim!  Glad to hear you're doing well.
     
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  14. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Sinking carb floats   

    Another point is don't trust the gas station not to have alcohol contamination in their supposed clean fuel.
    An easy way to test is with plain food coloring.  Put a sample of fuel in a clear container and add a couple drops of food coloring and mix it.  If it turns the fuel colored that means thee ethanol dissolved the water based die.  If the food coloring just makes a droplet in the bottom and doesn't mix, you have clean fuel.
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  15. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Kitfox down   

    Brandon and his sister are both recovering at their homes now.
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  16. Av8r3400 added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts   

    Kitfox down
    Brandon Peterson from Kitfox Aircraft was involved in an accident this past Saturday.
    He and a passenger, not his wife Heather, hit a power line going over the Snake river and they went in.  N295P was lost but they both got out and were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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  17. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic WTB spinner   

    I'll trade you my Skull Cap spinner for a 2-blade NR spinner...
     
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  18. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Kitfox flaperon position question   

    There is also a matched pair of pieces inside the wing on the web of the rib and under the cap strip to reinforce these brackets.
    I converted to the new style hangers when I rebuilt the Mangy.
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  19. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic NR prop bolts concern   

    8.8 is similar to SAE grade 5, which is comparable what AN hardware is.
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Duc propeller   

    My NR has treated me well, no complaints.  The performance is not as good at my 78x48 Prince down low, but better top end.
    I've spoken with a couple guys at OSH who love their DUC propellers.  One guy had a constant speed version and had nothing but praise for it's performance.
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  21. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic First flight on skis this winter   

    Has anyone seen my plane lately?  I haven't...
     
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  22. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic KitFox 5 Down   

    One of the early reports said the engine departed the airframe.  This has proven out to be inaccurate.  Needless to say, loosing a blade will defiantly be a catastrophic situation...
    I remember when my friend Dave (built Sputzee the Avid-Kitfox hybrid) was later building a J5 Cub with an O320 on the nose, his research told him that adjustable props and direct drive engines are not a good mix.  He went with a solid Catto on that build.
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  23. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic new rudder springs   

    I have not had them on the Mangy since the rebuild...
     
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  24. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Helicoil repair   

    Ford uses them all the time...
     
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  25. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Whoa... $50k for a FWB KF7 STi ?!!   

    Looking forward to seeing you, Doug!
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