Bandit

The mice I poison die on my concrete floor.  No harm to any ground water. No owls in my hanger to eat the dead mice. I'm a tree hugger to. Save a tree and wipe your ass with a spotted owl.

Remember Dean designed these airplanes to fly out of grass pastures and keep simple. They are not 747s. Like Leni said learn to fly the airplane and you will enjoy it. No need to try to make it something it will never be. 

I dought that you will ever wear out a engine by the time you hit the recommended 300 hr overhaul time.

Chris, I used the C-2210 to remove a eagle decal  on my Champ. It took the adhesive off with a little rubbing. It also took off the adhesive from some of my vgs after they fell off. Good for removing wax and oil residue and will not harm the polytone.

Polyfiber c-2210 cleaner. It will remove tape adhesive.

He built a Airdale. He had a 0200 in it. That also is a nice airplane. His son has it now.

Congratulations  Joey!

Jim,

Ron was a good friend of mine also. He was my Avid go to guy. He helped quite a few guys build and fix their Avids.  I also flew his airplane. It was a nice flying plane. Over the years he started with the speed wing and 503. That combo didn't work at all. Next came the 532 which was a bad choice.  Finally he installed the 582, then came the extended speed wing. This combination made a real good airplane. He loved the 582. He always told me it was "bullet proof ".

He did know how to fly behind a 2 stroke. Sure miss him.

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We will be out Friday before the show. We can rope a area off for you if you want. I would bring shorts and light shirts along with pants long sleeve shirts and coats. Weather can be 100 degrees down to 50 degrees at night. Just depends on the weather pattern. Sunscreen for sure!

I am running the 21" Aero Classics also.

We are camped in the same area as Larry and his wife. Larry, Thursday sounds like a much better night for the party.

My wife and I will be there 10 days. We will be camping on the private farm across the road from the red barn by the Fun Fly Zone runway.

The Bandits serial number ends with a E. The Bandit is a MK4, but without the fiberglass leading edge, fiberglass seat, no finished interior. In other words a stripped down version of the MK4. My Bandit still has the .083 wing spar and the 7/8" lift struts.

Now there is enough snow to keep my Bandit at home. More snow coming tomorrow. Got to wash the dust off and installed my tailwheel ski. All I have to do is taxi down the road and fly out of my neighbors field across the road.

Is there a remote outlet control I could put in my hanger outlet and turn it on with my phone to preheat my Champ while driving to the airport? 

Jim, send me more information on the skis.

No Jim I haven't bought skis for my Champ yet. Some day I would like to find a used set of Tric Air skis for it. Lots of 1500s out there, but it would be a pain using them at our airport.

A little cold today, 12 degrees, but still got my skis on and flew for an hour.

The Artic Sparrow mixture control works great. One turn of the control knob is equal to moving the clip one notch. 

This is what I have.  Pretty simple. This is for nose up. Flaps for nose down.

Yes

All kinds of engines running without oil pumps. I removed mine years ago. Unbolt the pump from the recoil and take the nylon gear off and you are good to go. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to premix fuel.  It was designed to work either way. Why then would one take a 582 and make it into a 670 ? Far more risks than premixing fuel I think, but then I am not a engineer.