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   sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    31 Mar 2019

   Can't believe it has been so long since I checked in.
   I haven't done a lot of work...Have moved an hour from the hangar and had lots of other " life "  distractions.
   Have added lots of work "to do"...New firewall...Stainless.  I am over 6' tall...so am extending the pedals "mod" as well.  New fuel system...  To name a few
   Oh yeah...a whole new panel as well. Almost forgot since I have waited 3 months for instruments from MGL...
   The stainless firewall work was harder than expected...No shears and no brake...makes for hard work. I have completed
   the basket for the hole...It was my first shot at solid rivets...A learning experience      pics to follow on that.
   
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic Little Progress    13 Dec 2018

   Slow and steady...wins the race. Looking REAL Good. Keep at it..
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    13 Dec 2018

   Thanks Y-Fox... I am anxious to weigh mine, when all is said and done. Don't know if my figures will be anything anybody can use.
   I make a better tank builder, than plane builder. This is all just practice anyway...
   I already want that Apex... and a bigger plane, to put it in....  John O
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic Scimitar Propellers    10 Dec 2018

   Nice Fred...Short and SWEEET !!!  
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic Becoming a rejuvinated bird    6 Dec 2018

   Ahh....the McKiernan clan.    First of all...Hats off to your Dad. That is quite the Bio... I already feel out-gunned. 
   Welcome… John O'Hearn
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic First flight on skis    29 Nov 2018

   Flying on skis is the BEST... can't wait. Looking good, Jim..
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic Cabin Heat    25 Nov 2018

   I really like all of your ideas Brett, and you have the tech knowledge to pull them off. I work on a little simpler mind set, and have had an exhaust based
   heater, in my head for awhile. Many people are turned off by such, so I haven't mentioned it  (another reason I have been so fussy with my exhaust) I only
   mentioned these products because they are specific and quality made. Thought others could benefit from them. The 2.5" blower looks perfect for what I
   have in mind, so am getting one to try. 
   When I get something in my head...I have to build it first. It may be junk, and I throw it out...which I am not afraid to do...But, I will build it anyway. Just who I am...
   So, after I build it...I will report on it, and go from there. 
   The greatest thing about this forum...Ideas and experience  everywhere...  !!!
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic Cabin Heat    25 Nov 2018

   I too was very intrigued by Fred's heater solution and the products that company, T7 Design, put out. I got hold of the
   USA distributors...no luck. So I wrote the director at the company, Adam Mudge...I believe, and he said he would be 
   glad to mail me anything they have.. So I ordered the blower fan they put out... Will follow- up on that motor when received... John O
   

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   sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    20 Nov 2018

   Good to hear from you, Randy. Hope you are getting lots of work time in (plane work that is). Been meaning to reach out as well...and Thanks again..
   for getting that spline gear to me. Thanks to you...there is now a purdy little clutch unit.. sitting in that gearbox. One of my biggest problems now....is
   I want to replace everything...Just ordered a piece of stainless...Yup...new firewall. Tore out half my panel...going to put in new windshield...AND...pretty sure I am
   going to extend the pedals (mod)….I don't even have fuel to my non running engine..yet. Oh yeah...new fuel system too. See, it never ends.
   Glad I'm not building a whole plane...   John O
   

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    sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    19 Nov 2018

    Thanks Fred...Mostly a combination of "By Eye" construction....and don't forget...." I do it right..because I do it Thrice."   
                            You make some great films...by the way!
    

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    sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    17 Nov 2018

    Turns out...that wasn't how the piping turned out. After building the last pipe twice already...I realized that the
    profile was too wide, with the pipes stacked 3 wide as in pic 1...So I cut it off and...It is a little uglier, but the
    length is good, and the profile...much slimmer.
    Got the hole drilled and the bung for the O2 sensor...welded on, as well
    
    
    
    

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    sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    14 Nov 2018

    Here is the collector...adaptor piece marked for O2 sensor
    
    

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    sky4play added a post in a topic MY AVID Mk4 RX-1...build    14 Nov 2018

    This is how the piping turned out. I had to re-do the last pipe. When it was done, the first time...I measured it, and found it to be an inch short. Cut it, and added "more swoop" on the bend...and worked out perfect.
    
    
    

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    sky4play added a post in a topic YAMAHA RX-1 (140 HP) install in Kitfox 5    12 Nov 2018

    Way to go...... The sweet sound of  success. Nice job. I am sooo  jealous right now...
    

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    sky4play added a post in a topic YAMAHA RX-1 (140 HP) install in Kitfox 5    11 Nov 2018

    Lookin good....Y-Fox.
    Now I feel way behind. Really like all of your electrical ideas. Will probably hit you up on that...since I am an electrical idiot.
    

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