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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Radiators   

    Most of the ones I have seen with the 2 cycle have had the round cowl. Some mounted the rad below the firewall, hanging it out in the wind, and others mounted it flush with the bottom of the firewall, at an angle and slightly forward. The bottom of the cowl was cut out to match the rad.
    Both seemed to work fine.
    Ed in MO
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Radiators   

    I forgot what engine you are using. I have a spare for a 2 cycle rotax.
    Stratus was supplying the AC ones, but I understand you can get them cheap at junkyards and have the fittings put on at a rad shop.
    My 81 came with a VW Rabbit rad, hung from the firewall at back end of cowl. Owner said it worked fine.
    You can get better ones from a few racing radiator shops, but are not cheap.
    Ed in MO
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  3. EDMO added a post in a topic Gota lovit   

    AMEN TO THIS! Made me want to stand up and salute with tears in my eyes.
    Old Flyer - Ed in MO
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  4. EDMO added a post in a topic Taildraggers   

    Just keep it in your safety list. We have all had our day in the spotlight, whether others knew it or not. I never really took my instructor seriously about entering downwind at mid-point until I came prop to prop with a plane departing the pattern after takeoff. I was too shaken to tell anyone and sure didn't report the near-near-near miss, but I remember it 50 years later! I won't bore you with lots of "others".
    Just tell yourself, "Now I'm a safer pilot", and keep flying.
    Ed in MO
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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic Brake pedal modifications   


    One suggestion that I have would be to put an extention on the vertical post, and you could angle it forward a bit, and move your lower MC attatch point up or mount it on side of post.
    One thing that you will have to compensate for is the alignment with the rudder cables with the first guide. I am not familiar with the Avid setup there, but a Kitfox owner frayed his cable when it wore thru the plastic tube on the front guide. Kitfoxes have pedals shaped like horseshoes turned sideways, but the lower part is sometimes too low also.
    Ed in MO
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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Congrats Russ   


    Russ, Just wanted to add my Congrats. I just posted a note about learning the Stewart sysltem. I think it is the best thing since Ray Stits got dacron approved to replace cotton.
    GOOD FLYING
    Ed in MO
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic Great Site Here, Many Thanks   


    YES - Knowledge is what we all want. People with money don't have to ask for it - they just buy it or rent it!
    I feel like I have done well to design mine using Dean's basic airframe and wings, but am at the point where I could sure use some engineering help on the nosegear design. I have nightmares of it collapsing and the nose digging a hole in the runway which I will have to fix!
    I know that it is much easier to build from a kit, but I am just stubborn enough to build what I want, and not someone else's plane, even tho I can only lay claim to about half of my design. But then, everyone, even the Giants in aircraft manufacturing, has "borrowed" from an earlier designer in some way.
    This has been a 16 year struggle, but so many other things have interfered. Finally, I am trying to get it finished before I get unable (you never get "too old") to fly.
    Ed in MO
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  8. EDMO added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Lexan Turtledeck Measurements
    For anyone interested, I measured my Homemade Lexan TD for Doug. I will have to compare his measurements to mine.
    At the front: 32 3/4 inches wide inside the turn-down.
    At the Rear: 26 1/2 inches " " " "
    Length: 30 3/4
    Turned down sides: 4 3/4 going back 17 1/4 and tapering from there to 3/4 at the rear.
    .090 thickness
    Ed in MO
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  9. EDMO added a post in a topic Gold from Lead / Gas from Gasahol   


    Paul, That Pure-Gas site looked like a Goldmine to me! Many Thanks for the info. Those towns are on my flight list.
    I thot pure gas had gone the way of the dinosauers.
    Great info - now I can relax until our Govmt acts again. I started designing and building this "Foxy Flapper" airplane years ago in Alaska, and was not worried about alcohol in my gas there.
    Ed in MO
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  10. EDMO added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Gold from Lead / Gas from Gasahol
    Someone probably has gone here before - yes, I have read about the plastic tanks. Want to hear about my bank account & bills? (Didn't think so!)
    The stories I have heard about fiberglas tanks and ethenol have me worried.
    Years ago, a friend in Alaska landed his Kitfox in a tree. He said that the good thing about glas tanks was that they disintergrate on contact with a tree, and the gas dispersed quickly in a cloud of vapor, and no fire!
    I have FOUR - 12 gal fiberglas tanks that are installed and were built by Ron's Fiberglas when he was the supplier for Kitfox. That was before our Govment in its wisdom starting putting 10% moonshine alcohol in our Mogas.
    If they can put it in, then IMO, some chemical engineer can figure out how to get it out: anyone know one?
    Thought about pissing in a can of it, but Budweiser has 5% alcohol in it, so would only cut it in half.
    Is there a way to get TCP now, so I could run 100LL? They banned shipments of it once.
    Many-Many years ago, Shell was starting to advertise TCP in their gas. Also, to "Put a Tiger in your Tank". I was at a gas station in Arkansas, and asked the boy working there if he knew what TCP stood for. He shook his head, spit some tobacco juice on the ground, and said, "Best I can guess, it must be TOM-CAT PISS!
    Ed in MO
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  11. EDMO added a post in a topic TURTLEDECK FANTASIES   


    Doug,
    Go back to my alzheimers statement: Mine is clear, not smoked!
    Sorry for the misunderstanding. I will look at your measurements anyway, and they may be helpful and comparable.
    I will post the comparisons.
    Thanks, Ed in MO
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  12. EDMO added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Great Site Here, Many Thanks
    I just want to express my Thanks to AKFlyer, or whomever started this site.
    It is easy to use, even for an old enept puter pilot like me.
    Many Thanks to all those contributing.
    No question is ever "dumb", and no answer should be.
    Sincerely, Ed in MO
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic Bears, Tires and Pepper spray   


    Yeh, Shame on him not liking Hank Jr. I grew up listening to Hank Sr. More trouble than bears, were the dang Moose: They would walk under a wing and raise their antlers, and there would be holes in a fabric or dents in aluminum, or try to walk across tail and fuselage in deep snos.
    Life is fun around Animals. And repair bills are high!
    I had a coon get into my cockpit once - tore hell out of new upholstery - guess it was going for the crumbs I had dropped and not cleaned out.
    ED in MO (Alaska before retiring)
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  14. EDMO added a topic in Technical tasks   

    Stewart System Glue and Paint Video
    I don't want to sound like a "know-it-all", but just want to spread the word about what I think is a great improvement in the glue, dope,
    process for fabric, metal and fiberglas.
    Since I have done other processes, and recently completed reviewing the video and helping recover a J3 with the Stewart System,
    IMO, this is the neatest, easiest, safest, and best looking refab and paint job that I have ever seen.
    I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that anyone interested should call Stewart and tell them that you are considering using their system,
    and ask for the six-part video of the process.
    I think it will impress you, and when you get old you can thank them for possibly extending your life because it is not toxic like the other systems. You won't have wet glue all over your hands either.
    Kitplanes just did an article on the system, but it is not nearly as impressive as the video,
    and you can watch the video when you get old like me and forget what you saw last week!
    Ed in MO (A&P-AMT)
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic Flaperon Cables   


    Sorry for your loss. Thanks for the info. Will be checking on it when I can.
    Now, it seems as tho I remember the cables on the Airdale. But, getting old, so have to compensate at times!
    Ed in MO
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  16. EDMO added a post in a topic Poly Brush   

    NONE! IMO, the Stewart water-based poly system is a whole lot safer to use. Just finished a J3 refabrick and the paint looks great! If you have concerns about spraying Stewart over your brushed, then call Stewart and talk to them. I was told it was OK, although we used the complete S-system.
    Ed in MO
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic Flaperon Cables   


    OK, Thanks. I can see now that they are push - pull enclosed cables. Not like the flimsy Cessna cables that go around corners and across pulleys, etc. Better opinion now that I have seen photos. Guess I just wasn't tuned in to them on the Airdale. Do you have photos that show arrangement from stick column back?
    Ed in MO
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic Flaperon Cables   


    When did Airdale start using cables? I watched #1 being built, and didn't know about them.
    Why would cables be better or safer than tubes?
    I nearly died when a Cessna flap cable broke on final just over the threshold in Alaska - some Great Spirit took hold of the plane and rotated it from a near 90 degree bank (seemed like it) and turned it back flat as I firewalled the rudder and ailerons while grabbing for the flap handle, throttle and carb heat! NEVER want to be in that situation again!!!
    Do what you want - I will stay with push-pull tubes.
    Ed in MO
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  19. EDMO added a post in a topic Electric trim parts, instruments,wheels, brakes   


    Which Trim? The one is for the stabilizer as used on the KF5 and later. This is not the brand which broke and caused a wreck. This one is new, never used.

    The electric Elevator trim is for a trim tab, and it has been used.

    I'm old and puter inept. Got doctors appointments tomorrow - will try to get photos and have wife or daughter put them on here next week.

    Maybe someone with KF manuals can post pictures?

    May have a control stick or two, and have a control tube which sticks attach to, but got to check next week.

    I think dholly has some sticks.
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  20. EDMO added a post in a topic Two Avids are better than one   

    Actualy, I remember reading an article long ago that said John Larsen modified his Avid, and called it the "Pursang", and the Airdale was copied from it.
    I would love to have a copy of the photo which shows the tent by the Airdale, but don't know how to get it to print.
    Ed in MO
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  21. EDMO added a post in a topic Matco brake   


    Gizmo looks great, but "Old Geezer" (ME), must have put this on the wrong string. It went with the Lexan TD photos, and I got an answer.
    I used to say that this old Dinosauer is enept with puters:
    Guess I should change that to invalid. Not senile yet, I remember most mistakes - just mostly lost with newfangled contraptions.
    I can still drive a wagon pulled by mules, and keep it on the runway! ;<))
    Ed in MO
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  22. EDMO added a post in a topic Two Avids are better than one   


    John Larsen, (sp?) who wrote articles on engines, was flying the Avid in Mountain Country. He coordinated with Dale to make the Airdale to his specs so he could have a stronger gear, a place to sleep in the plane, and other things. They stretched the Avid, and used a Stratus EA81.
    I watched David Goode in Nikiski, Alaska, build his. Have lots of photos somewhere. Baggage door on left sid, bigger rudder, etc.
    Sound thinking, IMHO, J3 baggage is only for a toothbrush, and soap!
    Ed in MO
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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic TURTLEDECK FANTASIES   



    Neat setup - a little imagination does wonders. I am thinking about putting my ELT antenna there, since my roof is 6 inches higher than standard, it will fit under my lexan turtledeck.
    The com antenna is farther back, and ELT says "seperate by 3 feet from com antennas".
    Ran out of room on the IP, got to innovate for some things.
    Ed in MO
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  24. EDMO added a post in a topic The rains have finally came   



    What hub/engine do you have? Heli's can't fly - they are just so noisy and vibrate so bad that the earth repels them! Too many parts to break before they crash! Thanks for helping me support my bro-in-laws retirement at Anheiser Bush.
    Ed in MO
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic where to get the lexan turtledeck?   


    Been out of AMT school at UAA too long, and getting too old. I used to know the temps for both plexi and Lexan - seems like lexan would crack at about 60 degrees lower than plexi. We cut vent holes in windows and used dremels on ramp when it was below zero outside in Anchorage. Normally, you won't crack Lexan easily at all.
    Ed in MO
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