NorthIdahoAvidflyer

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  1. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Jabiru 2200 for sale on barnstormers   

    Great deal. I’d love to mount one on my Avid 
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  2. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Where is the MK4 section?   

    I just checked AND It's there. Avid Model IV. 
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  3. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Merry Christmas   

    Merry Christmas!!! 
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  4. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Alternator noise!   

    Fredstork, I had the same issue when I installed the larger filter. It ended up being the ground. to my antenna.
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  5. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Alternator noise!   

    My plane has two ground points. The engine and main ground buss share a point on the frame at the firewall/engine mount and the Battery has its own point to the frame behind the seat. With the shielded plug caps, noise suppressor, good antenna and double shielded coax I was still getting noise. It was coming from the Belite LED gauge and was so loud it would drowned out the squelch on my radio. After grounding the turtle deck all is quite. 
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  6. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Alternator noise!   

    Boy have I been thru this recently. My radios were very noisy and now they are completely quite. After trying several things it came down to four things that made the most difference. Ground: you have to have good grounds to your accessories and antenna. Coax: spent the little extra money and buy the RG400 double shielded coax from your radio to your antenna. You can buy it already put together in various lengths. Antenna: buy a quality antenna and make sure its grounded to a decent ground plane. I mounted mine to my turtle deck and ran separate grounds to the airframe because the fasteners did not provide a good enough ground. RF Noise Suppressor: I installed two different noise suppressors. I tried a smaller one on the power wire running the intercom but ended up buying and installing one to filter the whole system. I put it between the regulator and my main power buss. I bought the 30 amp one off of Ebay. Here is a picture of the kind I bought. This one pictures is the 50 amp but you get the idea. 
    I'll say it again because it is the one thing that gave me the most issues...... You have to have good grounds to everything.
    Hope this helps. 

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  7. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Another RFI, this time about coms   

    Mine has an aux plug for music input.
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  8. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Another RFI, this time about coms   

    Yes, When I got mine, I took two headsets and connected them to the intercom. The wife and I were able to talk with just the headsets and no radio plugged into the intercom. When you buy a radio you will have to buy the patch cord from the radio to the outputs on the intercom and you will want a single plug PPT cord to run to the stick. Love mine once I got the engine noise suppressed. 
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  9. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Another RFI, this time about coms   

    I went with this Flightcom intercom. I mounted it to the floor. It has PPT and Aux inputs. If you look around you can find them cheap. Check Ebay. Mine works great.

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  10. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Model 2 Prop   

    When I bought my Avid Mark IV it came with a GSC three blade 64 inch prop. Great prop but as far as I’m concerned a little on the short side for the 582. This prop would really be perfect on a 503. The only thing about it on the 582 is that it unloads a bit to much in cruise. Other than that it pulls hard and is smooth. 
    I’ve asked the same question you have and talked to a few other local guys and the 68” seems to be a good length for the standard early Avid/Fox configuration. 
    I will be selling this GSC in the next month because I bought a Warp hub and blades. Once I get it installed I’ll get rid of the GSC. Right now the GSC is pulling the Mountain Avid through the air every chance it gets.
     

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  11. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Avid MK IV Parts for Sale   

    PM sent for the hub. 
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  12. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Soggy Plugs   

    They hung them upside down because of too little offset on the Rotax gearbox and so they could be cowled like a conventional airplane. If the engine was upright the oil would accumulate in the bottom of the engine because the fuel/oil charge enters through the side of the crankcase and not the head. 
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  13. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Another Forced Landing - Mine   

    The Rotax 582 is 64 horse 110 pounds dry. 
     

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  14. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Cabin Heat   

    The shipping weight of the 7KW is 18.74 pounds. That better be one heavy box.

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  15. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic MK IV Aerobat speedwing spar gouge/repair   

     A lot of strong opinions based on an improper measurement method. Anyone who has used a set of calipers for a living knows this is an inaccurate way to measure a tube hence a total misrepresentation of the actual damage.
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  16. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Little Progress   

    Oh and BTW. It looks great. I need to come visit you now  Keep up the good work. 
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  17. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Little Progress   

    Skypics is right. I about ground looped my plane once when my foot slipped in behind that center bar while trying to get a landing straightened out. That was a bad design. I am going to put a fence on the peddle to give my foot an edge to set against so it wont slip off. 
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  18. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Cabin Heat   



  19. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Cabin Heat   

    I cant believe my luck!! I found the exact part I was going to buy pieces to make. Just under $20 a piece but I would have just as much or more into them if I had to buy and fabricate them myself. This company also sells other items for small heater systems. The company (UPI) sells Recreational Vehicle (Side by Side) heater and radiator supplies.
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  20. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Cabin Heat   

    After doing a little research on the hoses needed to tap into the existing water hoses for my heater core I found that the heater hoses on the 582 are 22 mm (7/8). Most of you saw the recent post on the GT 500 Quicksilver crash where they determined the cause of the engine stoppage to be the lack of water in the system due to a leaking hose. I believe this was caused by using 1'' hose on a 22 mm inlet/outlet. When I was installing my radiators last summer I could not find 22 mm hose anywhere locally. I had to order it online from Pegasus Racing before finally finding an outlet locally. So now I have these cool 22 mm silicone heater hoses on my plane and now I need to tap into them. 1" x 1" x 5/8 will not work. There use to be a heater sold on Aircraft Spruce called the neat heater. It was a neat little set up but very expensive. Over $400 for the unit and and $250 for the kit to connect it to he plane. The kit amounted to a bunch of hose clamps, hose connectors, tee's, water shut off, switch and wiring harness. When I started this project I saved a few photos of the neat heater. One of the photos had some custom made aluminum tee's. it looks like they bought the aluminum connectors and had them tig welded so they were the correct size. 22 mm x 22 mm x 16 mm (7/8 x 7/8 x 5/8). 
    My plan is to buy the components and fabricate some correct tee's for my system unless I can find someone who already makes these. So far not luck. 


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  21. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Converting to a 912   

    Looks great Fellas!! Cant wait to hear what you think about about the swap.
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  22. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic Scimitar Propellers   

    Tjay, I would love to hear what you think about this propeller. Did you get a two or three blade.  I email them about getting one sent to the USA. Did you order from them direct or through a distributor?
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  23. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic The unquenchable EGT   

    Those old jholes are not right. Mine was the same. You will notice they are both out near the Y of the pipe. That will produce higher EGT readings.  You are on the right track. 
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  24. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic The unquenchable EGT   

    I’m sure plenty people use longer probes but there is instructions on how to shim them out so the probe tip stays in the center of the pipe and plenty of articles related to proper probe placement in the cone of the flame. When I went to the leading aviation supply store to order probes they did not offer suggested lengths for specific applications. It took reading the Rotax install manual along with Rotax tuning articles from various sources to make the simple conclusion that it comes down to probe type, where it needs to be in the system and how far it needs to be from the skirt of the piston. I always buy direct if it saves me a few dollars and when I went to the Westach site it offered shorter (1/2 inch) probes that the other distributors didn’t. An email to them confirmed this probe would have the proper needed reading for my gauge and application. Plugs still reading good color as before and the gauge now shows a reading that matches what the plugs say.  I’m happy with my outcome. To each their own. 

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  25. NorthIdahoAvidflyer added a post in a topic The unquenchable EGT   

    Here are some thoughts and ideas. If you look around (believe it was the Avid building manual) there are directions on installing the longer probes. They call for 7 AN3 washers to be placed on the probe to shim it out. I would not worry about the probe cooling because  the washers are in direct contact with the pipe and should insulate the exposed portion of the probe. 
    I was going to shim mine out but I had cut the excess tail off of the clamp when I first installed them (big weight savings) . Once the washers were installed the clamp was to short. I got on the Westach web site and found that they make the same series of probe with a half inch long probe. I ordered new probes and they work perfect. 
    If I had to do this all again I would replace the Westach with a Micro 1000 from Aircraft Spruce. I have ran them before on other planes. They work great and self adjust for ambient temperature so the probes read correctly all the time. I was on a budget at the time and figured new probes for the Westach were cheaper than a whole new gauge. After it was all said and done I ended up spending money for two sets of probes and didn’t save much money over a new gauge.
     
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