Bandit

All kinds of snow this year.It has been It is starting to stress the wildlife. Dropping some ear corn off for the pheasants.My link

Had 4 days off last weekend to fly but the -26 below every morning put a damper on that. The forecast for this weekend is a whole lot warmer. Can't wait to fly. Daylight hours are getting longer now, should have time to fly after work now. Hope to mount my camera in my plane to get some videos.

The best ski flying conditions in years.

... to everyone out there and a very blessed, safe and flying filled new year.

Merry Christmas to everyone. Lots of snow now should be a great ski flying season.

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Yup, I made Mr. January. Glad to see you getting close to flying. Got mine flying again. Now I am fighting less daylight hours after work and bad weather. Hope for nice weekends now.

The weather finally broke. Flew tonight. Everything looked good, no leaks yet.

Do you have to do the hour breakin for the engine ?

Will be nice for you to get it back in the air and not have to worry about that leaky tank anymore! Did you destroy the old tank or hang on to it? May be easy to fix with it out of the wing. If you still have the old tank and have no plans for it, I know a few who may be interested in it for a science project.

My airplane is ready to fly, only the weather didn't work out. The next nice day I will give it a try.

Finished spraying siver tonight. Finish color tomorrow. Should have it back together by sunday if everything goes good.

Not sure of the exact measurment, but the tanks do fit between front and rear spar inside of the old tanks.

I think the RR covers with fabric.

Stace said silicone them in, then use houshold spray foam. I am going to just spray foam the 4 corners.

Look at the bottom of the tank. You glue three supports from rib to rib then set the tank on these. I am going to set mine on the bottom of the old tank.

No stringer at the top of tank. None on the fiberglass one either.

Tanks won't fit 12" oc ribs.

Tank sump and fuel outlet are on the bottom outside of the wing with a fiberglass tank.

All tanks have filler necks.

Brass threaded bulkhead fittings from tank to tank.

The front and back of the cove just touch the spars while the bottom of the tank sits on the old f/g tank.

Just going to foam the corners. I plan on sheeting both rib bays with al. from leading edge to trailing edge, if the nutserts work like I hope they do.

I think RR uses only the support tubes, no ply box.

I was told that if you are starting with a new wing with no tanks you need the ply box if you do not use diagonals in the Avid.

I might not add the quick drains either. Have one in the header tank too. I would like to use my fuel outlet fitting though, it has a finger strainer on it. I might also use a bulkhead fitting coming out the inboard side of the inboard tank then down to the header tank like RR does it.

To install the bulkhead fitting you drill a 3/8 hole in the center of a penny, and on the side of your tank. Put fuel lube on the penny and the fitting, fish a length of wire through the bulkhead fitting hole up to the filler neck. Slide the penny on the wire then the fitting,pull the penny and fitting through the tank and work it into the hole, a little more fuel lube, then another penny and the nut, then tighten.

Not sure of the exact measurment, but the tanks do fit between front and rear spar inside of the old tanks.

I think the RR covers with fabric.

Stace said silicone them in, then use houshold spray foam. I am going to just spray foam the 4 corners.

Look at the bottom of the tank. You glue three supports from rib to rib then set the tank on these. I am going to set mine on the bottom of the old tank.

No stringer at the top of tank. None on the fiberglass one either.

Tanks won't fit 12" oc ribs.

Tank sump and fuel outlet are on the bottom outside of the wing with a fiberglass tank.

All tanks have filler necks.

Brass threaded bulkhead fittings from tank to tank.

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Weighed my tanks, 6.2lbs each. Put gas in them, they hold 5.2 gallons each.

Stace's tanks are plastic. Not sure of the exact width but, my ribs are 17 3/4" center to center. It looks like the tanks will fit between them ok. They have two cone shaped nipples on bottom back of the tank. Here I will drill and tap each one. Then install a quick drain on one and the fuel outlet on the other. Between the tanks will be a bulk head fitting so each tank can drain into the other. Also each tank has its own filler neck. I will try to get pictures this weekend.

$150 per tank. A whole bunch cheaper than anybody else. They are Stace's own molded tanks. I'll try to get pictures of them.

I just ordered the plastic tanks for mine.

Glass panels for monitoring the engine would be great, other than that I think the Avids were designed to be light and simple.

what ya going to do with your 582 ?

Brought the airplane home now. I think I am going to put the plastic tanks in. I will have to replace the windsheid to.

Congratulations,  I have two girls and a grandaughter. Enjoy them.

Leaves are turning. Chance of 2"-4" of snow Monday.

I have taken off circled and landed in 45 sec. in my Bandit.

Nice!

I have tried to call Brett with no answer. No way to run a business. I don't like the excuse of having two jobs and raising a family. I have raised a family, worked 2 jobs 6-7 days a week, 8-14 hours a day for over 30 years. If my customers call me for work for my second job I will get back to them as soon as possible. If I did not do that they would not be my customers any more. Doesn't take much time to check the calls a couple of times a week.

Could I remove the fiberglass tank and install the plastic tanks, or do we need the drag tube installed back in the rib bay ? Any body look into the seat/fuel tank or the external 5 gallon wing tanks that are attached on the jury strut?

I have 720 hours on my 503 and have had no trouble with it. If the 582 is run according to Rotax specs, is it just as reliable ? I might be looking into installing a 582. Anybody know where there are radiators or a motor mount for a Mark IV, or other parts I would need, I might be interested.