Bandit

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    I will second the Gopro! I have one and love it, however... It does have its draw backs. As with any CMOS camera, it does not like shooting through the prop arc. You get nice squigly lines in the shot. I have mounted mine on the wing strut and the float spreader bar to get away from the prop disc. I got some great video snowmachining and boating with it as well. I have not put the boating vids up on you tube yet, but I should get some time to edit and post them up here pretty quick so you can see the quality of the vids.

    The one major draw back to the gopro, is not having a screen on board to be able to view your pics or vids. You have to plug into a computer to watch them. Not that big of a deal as long as you get a big enough video card and just let it run the whole trip. Spring for the good 32 gig card, and make sure it is high speed or it wont capture right and you will have dropped frames.

    :BC:

    I heard they eat batteries real fast. What program do you edit with?

    Bandit

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    We will be leaving early in the morning. We will be camping across from the red barn in the usual spot. Will be there all week.

    Bandit

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    These Avids and Kitfoxes are just a blast to fly. Put my 7" tailwheel on today. Went out to try it, landed on a few hills and valleys,man what a beautiful evening. Check my U-Tube video of taking off circling and landing in about 45 seconds.I just tried it once tonight, with pushing it a little more I think I could shave a few seconds off that time.

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    Before I flew tonight I was looking at my Matco tailwheel. To me it looks like they would release easier if the rudder control arm was lowered 2" To 3". The way it is set up now most of our pressure is pulling the tailwheel arms upward. If the rudder control arms were lowered so the pull would be at less of an angle I would think it would release easier. Take a look at Joey's tailwheel picture and see what you guys think.

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    When is the tail ski going to be done? I could use one right now. You will learn with wheelskis the the brakes will freeze up. If you are taxing from snow to pavement you will have to get out and brake your wheels loose. If you are landing on pavement after taxing with wheel skis in the snow, be prepaired for a little wheel screech. Wheel skis do build up lots of snow and ice, but I guess there are always trade offs. It is still nice to taxi from your hanger to the snow.

  15. Posted · Edited by Bandit

    Got my 7" Matco tailwheel today. Hope to get it on this weekend. Sure would like to try those 25 X 8 slicks. I wonder how much weight difference there is from the King Fox?

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    What an awsome day to fly today! You just can't beat winter flying; severe clear and light winds. Plenty of snow and a good set of skis means you don't have to wait to find a relief spot. drool3.gifI flew north up the Talkeetna Mts, west across the Big Su River and up the Tokasitna River, South along the Peters Hills to the mouth of the Kahiltna glacier, south to Mt Yenlo and on to Fish Lakes Creek. I looked for you Leni but didn't see any Avids. I am not sure which of the lakes the lodge is on so I will have to get some directions from you or be sure you are there next time you head out that way. What frequency do you monitor/talk on out there? 122.9 or something different like 123.45?

    Hoping for more days like this; I will be trying to stuff a cople of fives on the wings to extend my rangewink.gif. Attached a few pics of the flight. That Mt. McKinley is one big rock!

    Randy

    Gteat pictures, gotta love those ski planes. I was in Alaska two years ago in March. Did some ski flying with Don Lee in his Pacer. Flew in the Talkeetna range. Landed on Rainbow Lake where Don has a trappers cabin. It was awesome flying those 2 days. The same weather you had, clear and no wind. I got a small taste of what you guys get every day up there. Flying up that drainage makes a flatlanders ass pucker real tight. Sure would like to go back up and hang with you guys for a couple of days. Mark

    post-56-12649887198085_thumb.jpgRainbow Lakepost-56-12649887826975_thumb.jpgDon's trappers cabin

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    I will tell you, last weekend was the best ski flying I have ever done around here. 6 hrs. of pure enjoyment. Rebuilt my heater fitting, with clear skies and mild temps, 25 degree's, it was a joy to fly in my Avid. There is enough snow around now that you can land just about any place you want. Because of the heavy wet snow that we got during Christmas it has not had a chance to blow. Did mostly local cruising. Looking for deer, turkeys, coyotes ect. Did fly the Mn. river valley for a while. Check out the video on Utube. "Avid Flyer Ski Plane on a river run".

    Landed in a field to take on more fuel.

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    I heard on the news a couple of days ago that two skiplane pilots got fined around $1000 bucks each for landing on Lake Calhoun in the Twin Cities area. What the hell is going on in this world ?

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    I started out with the Maule to. When rolling out after a landing with the ground speed where you need the tail wheel, I would ground loop. I thought maybe I lost my taildragger touch. Finally figured out that my tailwheel would release on rollout, which caused me to ground loop. Tried adjusting it,but had similar results. Called Matco and bought their 6" tail wheel. It made it a whole differant airplane. Haven't lost control since. I did switch to their pneumatic tire. No more fuselage noise when taxing over pavement cracks. The pneumatic tire did weather check fairly fast though, but the tube is still holding air. I do keep the tailwheel assemble wet with penetrating oil. During cold weather it does break loose a little harder if you don't do this. I would have liked to use the 8" wheel, but I think your angle of is a little better with the smaller wheel. I also installed the double leaf tail spring and cut it off as short as I could. Again to keep my tail as low to the ground as posible. The Matco will fit on the 1 1/4" tail spring.

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    Hey, Bandit.

    You gonna fly over to Oshkosh with us this year?

    No, I don't think so. My wife and I stay out there 9 days. We have camp set up pretty nice for that length of time. We could all meet at our camp though. Not as crowded out there on the west side of the farm.