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  1. flywise added a post in a topic Another Wing Spar Question   

    I also would make sure the drilled holes are deburred...
    Cheeeeeers
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  2. flywise added a post in a topic Step 2, Build Magnum!!   

    Looks great, simple and effectif. 
     
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  3. flywise added a post in a topic How to keep the Catalina alive   

    Mark Mendick's e mail.........    mmendick@avidkitplanes.com
     
    And still no website......
    I really would love to see someone resurecting the avid production
     
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  4. flywise added a post in a topic How to keep the Catalina alive   

    The "new" Avid owner Mark Mendick also left my last email with a few important questions about the Catalina unanswered......
     
    Laurent
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  5. flywise added a post in a topic Step 2, Build Magnum!!   

    Just out of curiosity, are you going to balance the rudder and elevators on your Magnum? My Avid has no provision for that....yours can easily accommodate counterweights
    Cheers, Laurent
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  6. flywise added a post in a topic Step 2, Build Magnum!!   

    Looks great...
     
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  7. flywise added a post in a topic repairs and mods to the Avid   

    Hey Leni,
    I feel you're right about not wanting to bend it back (I had the same issue) but it being a primary flight control I definitely would change the bent thread at the end of the control tube. I am pretty sure it's cracked already somewhere in the threads if you look at it with a microscope..... 
    There were a few crashes and fatalities  because of this bent threaded rod and when I had my Avid inspected, transport canada made me instal stops for the flight controls. The UK air investigation branch has a write up about this too
    http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=73fe5aec-72d4-4801-a9a6-f3beaac71395
     
    Be safe & have fun
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  8. flywise added a post in a topic repairs and mods to the Avid   

    Hey Leni,
    this might be an optic illusion but on the 6th photo your elevator eyebolt end connected to the torque tube on the cockpit floor seems to be bent...
     
    Be safe and keep them flying, cheers, Laurent
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  9. flywise added a post in a topic New Avid Amphibian/Catalina Project   

    Hey Mark, how is your catalina now?? Do you still need advice? I am the owner of the red catalina (in BC) and may have a few answers to some of your questions....
     
    Cheeeers, Laurent 604 989 4805

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  10. flywise added a post in a topic Step 2, Build Magnum!!   

    Hey Barry, looks great.
    Make sure you install oversize washer where the rod end eye is installed with a bolt or nut on your mixer unit. There has been cases where a failure of the rod end eye would disconnect your flight control rod...
     
    You can see the oversize washers on my flap actuating eye rod ends below
    Cheers, Laurent
     

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  11. flywise added a post in a topic My mk4   

    Hey Chopndrag........I beat you to it......5ft3 and 127 Lbs. Great power to weight ratio being underfed  
    Keep them flying, cheers, Laurent
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  12. flywise added a post in a topic First Annual Pacific Northwest Catalina Flyin - Last July   

    Looks fantastic.....next year we hope to see at least 10 Cats lined up:)
    Is your bird flying again with the new/new rotax 618???
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  13. flywise added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Avid Catalina Canopy
    I am looking to buy a canopy for an avid catalina....even a bare frame would make me happy. I am in the process of having a summer one with sides open (also good for photography and a enclosed winter one when it gets cold.......
     
    Let me know what you have:)
     
     
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  14. flywise added a topic in Avid Catalina   

    rough water landing
    I landed on a big lake the other day (Butle lake/strathcona park) and it seemed the water was calm until I was about to touch down.....waves were quite big (about 1.5 feet/wind 15Mph). I should have come in much slower, dug my tailwheel in first to prevent multiple bouncing.....
     
    https://1drv.ms/v/s!AvMw5i-09AkLnlaOfdprhWR1Mi5R
     
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  15. flywise added a post in a topic Huston! We have a problem!   

    Hey Vance,
    please do remove your "washer" elevator stop. There has been loss of elevator control before when installing an inadequate elevator stop. In your case the washer puts the wrong pressure on the Heim joint threads, that thread is supposed to work only in tension/compression and NOT in a bending force (up/down).
    My 2 cents...cheers
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  16. flywise added a post in a topic HANGER FULL- KITFOX FUSELAGES & PARTS   

    Sorry to hear that. Positive attitude and a strong will to fight has saved a good amount of people with cancer. Believe in your capacity to act for your own healing.
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  17. flywise added a post in a topic Annual Condition Inspection (Engine and Airframe Separate?)   

    To all great experimental aircraft owners in the US, it is my firm belief that having an aircraft and engine log / Propeller log (not required in the us but required every else in the world) is an added value for resale. At least the buyer can assess all maintenance/work done and confirm Hrs on engine/prop/airframe. If you sell outside the US it is very hard, sometimes impossible to sell because of the lack of logs.
     
    My two cents & keep them flying...
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  18. flywise added a post in a topic Melted piston from overheat due to coolant loss- repair plan?   

    Damn, I was really looking forward you flying the 670....I hope rick will do his best to take care of it QUICK.....
     
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  19. flywise added a post in a topic Carb ice on a Stratus Soob with Bing carbs   

    On my bing carbs I installed electric heat, easy to install and works great. There is no power loss (the carb body is heated not the air) and you can leave it on anytime. It draws about 7Amp if I remember well
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  20. flywise added a post in a topic Hunting with your Avid/KF series   

    Love the flying part but definitely not the rest......
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  21. flywise added a post in a topic Avid Flyer is flying (videos to prove it) :-)   

    Ideally your static port has to be in a "zero" pressure area, no negative/positive air during flight (the two static port interconnected is to prevent asi change when you're crabbing or flying out of yaw) . If your static port is in a "low" pressure air your airspeed will read high, "high" press air will read too low...
    If your static port is inside the cockpit the airspeed will read high as the cockpit is a low press area compared to the outside. The difficult trick is to find the right position on the fuselage....
    Laurent
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  22. flywise added a post in a topic WHAT ARE THESE KITFOX PARTS?   

    Hey EDMO, what size is your header tank in the picture? Are you selling it?
    Cheers
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  23. flywise added a post in a topic Avid Flyer is flying (videos to prove it) :-)   

    Hey Jim, could your static port location give you the false indicated airspeed?? Is your static port in the cabin?
    I had the same high airspeed reading and found the cause to be my static port...
    My 1 cent, cheers, Laurent
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  24. flywise added a post in a topic Suitability for operations from a 40' Container   

    Another option is a Kolb MK3....has folding wings and tail fold also. Is very narrow. Works on floats too.
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  25. flywise added a post in a topic Gun Case on Strut   

    Guns by definition are not safe.......:(
     
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