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  1. akflyerbob added a post in a topic My F'd up new full lotus floats   

    I will admit that when a dependable 4 stroke in the 2 stroke price hits
    the market, I might not be first to get it but close.
    I guess I'm great convert, 15 years ago I bought an Avid kit, I sold it because
    I couldn't beleave any one would get in any an airplane with wings built
    with wood glued to water pipe spars,,,,,well "DA", now now I fly the hell out of
    a Fox mod 1, "I" rebuilt with the same glue and love it,,, "DA"
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  2. akflyerbob added a post in a topic My F'd up new full lotus floats   


    This is going to be an endles argument
    We use our planes for different purposes, we like dirt and creek banks
    All I can say is in all my snowmachine days I have never walked home
    and I have a fox mod 1, stock 582, that will make your 912 go hide when
    you fly like we do.

    Bob
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  3. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Need a New windshield for my Avid A   

    Look back at Jack's post, he outlines the difference pretty well.
    Both of my Fox's had .060 material with them. The mod 1 someone
    made, the mod 111, never built, also had .060 material.
    I just replaced what they had.
    The 60 is really easy to work with and 80--93 (aircraft spruce #) more
    labor intensive to install.
    Bob
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  4. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Need a New windshield for my Avid A   

    I checked the thickness on the two 4X8 sheets I have left
    and sure enouh they are .060.
    My windsheld does bow in but not much, doesn't touch the tubes.
    Maybe I get back in the air when Leni comes home, @ 1 1/2 weeks.
    Had an accident to my left hand, couple surgeries latter, will
    be able to hold the stick soon.?
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  5. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Need a New windshield for my Avid A   


    Leni, what we used was .060", not 90.
    I tried the plexi-polish on my Focus head lights,
    it worked OK.  Haven't tried it on the Fox.
    Bob
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  6. akflyerbob added a post in a topic 'Nother new Member   

    I thought you could say what you want on this site. Well, thanks cause
    the truth does really hurt sometimes
    BUT I still have my FOX
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  7. akflyerbob added a post in a topic 'Nother new Member   

    I had other pilot buddies telling me "O YOUR JUST A SISSY" and other
    things, I'm sure you can thimk of some and maybe have herd some.
    I have flown many years, with a long break, and I will tell you for a
    FACT, if not for a couple hours with Leni, I WOULD NOT have my fox.
    I totally lost it several times, and it is quick to lose.
    I think high speed taxing might the easiest place to lose it too.
    BOB



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  8. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Who has painted an airplane with housepaint?   

    Yes, I thought you were trying to fill the hole where the ring worm
    came out
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  9. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Who has painted an airplane with housepaint?   

    check with a auto body shop
    there are some fillers that are light and flexable,
    ie for plastic bumpers and such, come in a tube, and are designed
    to be painted over with hot or mild paint/thinner
    house paint weighs almost the same on the house as it does in the can
    Bob
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  10. akflyerbob added a post in a topic M.T.O.W. modifications   

    On the rivit under the strut bracket... cut a short piece of steel tubing, just long enough to clear the bracket but short enough for the rivit gun to catch the rivit nail.
    it is also ok to bend the nail a little. You can also use a 1/4" drive socket for the tubing.
    AK.. Don't wory about the rust, I didn't fly for 21 years but a few landings and S turns with Leni and back in the groove. Well, it wasn't fun on the first landing but
    Leni saved it.
    Bob
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  11. akflyerbob added a post in a topic first un-intentional engine out   

    I can't think of anything internal that would caust the simptoms you describe.
    More likely it is external, as in grounding, shorting or shorting ignition switch.
    Up grading will only solve the bank account problem.
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  12. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Gas strut retrofit pics on older Avid   


    Akflyer, your 40's are in my suitcase. Can't believe the shipping down here, in the real world.
    Got the 40's in two days from Chicago, really in one. Ordered @ 11 am received @ 5pm next.
    Fastest UPS truck in the world.
    Bob                 
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  13. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Opinions...   

    I've been told the samething.
    I don't know when the split was tho
    Bob
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  14. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Opinions...   

    LOL
    Surly, no offence taken.
    I think the Fox 1, in my opinion,is more just for play.
    The two big deals with mine are the door opening is smaller and the fush is narrow.
    Once your in side, leg room is plenty. I'm chunkie so me getting in looks a little like the
    monkey/football thing.
    Once I'm home from San Diego I have a Fox 111 to start building that these problems have been solved,
    door bottom flattened, wider fush. I hope to mod the 111 to 1V controls to fix other issues.
    Bob
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  15. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Opinions...   

    I must be old school but my KF model 1 at 519 lbs exibits no bad habits and always goes where I
    piont it, unless I am to close behind leni, talk about turbulance (from that other site)
    If it does have some "BAD", I guess I learned to deal with them with out knowing they were there.
    Bob


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  16. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Some shots of the volcano   

    Well, seems that the boys took wives and all out to a favorite frozen lake, with forest service cabin, and
    are grounded from the volcanic ash fall. Both airplanes and snowmachines are stuck. There is a fresh snow
    so maybe getting out won't be to bad.
    The lake is @ 20 miles from the nearist road.
    I'm in San Diego but talked to Leni's brother this morning, and my son who works on a Cook inlet oil platform.
    More later
    Bob
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  17. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Howdy!   

    Hay y'all, I'm in the big SD, well actually Ramona.
    Where is the short wing thing? Maybe I can look at it, only from a distance, don't want it to fall on me. lol
    On the way down I bought a Plane&Pilot mag, April edition, which has a good article on a restored PA20
    Bob
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  18. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Builders reference.... and it's free.   

    My tail wheel bolt is nither to long or to short, not superglued or welded
    I think its just tightly wound with a clothes hanger
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  19. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Cargo bag   

    I had a 26Wx22Hx13 bag made for under the turtle for $30 at a local upl shop
    "Shop around",, my bag even has a hard blastic bottom
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  20. akflyerbob added a post in a topic Flyin fishing   

    Bandit
    You say your Bandit only has manual trim. As the picture shows, you have a movable trim on the elev. The early Kit Fox's shur could use this trim.
    I fly a KF mod 1 that only has a fixed trim.
    If you have the build books, could you post a picture of how
    its made and operate
    bob
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