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  3. Posted

    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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    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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    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

  8. Posted

    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. Posted

    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. Posted

    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. Posted

    Hey Chopndrag........I beat you to it......5ft3 and 127 Lbs. Great power to weight ratio being underfed :) 

    Keep them flying, cheers, Laurent

  13. Posted

    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:)

     

     

  14. Posted

    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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    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

  17. Posted

    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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  21. Posted

    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