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  1. dav8or added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    I had considered ordering one of the Mikuni double cables but they are all too short and I didn't know the cables could be changed. I may have to revisit this option.
     
    Thanks,
    Dan
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    Little good that will do unless she is a weightlifter with an ATP rating! At least most Flight Engineers have knowledge on flying the plane.EDMO
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  3. KFfan added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    Policy is different....but probably soon to change!
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  4. dav8or added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    I am thinking about making my own using bicycle brake/shifter cable parts and fabricating a lever type control under the panel somewhere.
     
    Dan
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  5. tcj added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    Here's one that looks like it on Ebay.  May have to put longer cables on.
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polaris-7080290-Dual-Carb-Mikuni-Choke-Cable-/400789462330?vxp=mtr&hash=item5d50e9dd3a
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  6. marksires added a post in a topic AIRLINE CRASHES   

    On every commercial flight I've been on in the US, if one of the pilots in the cockpit needs to leave, one of the flight attendants enters the cockpit until he/she returns.  Either the policies are different in Europe, or the weren't followed on this flight.
    Mark
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  7. tcj added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    This is what came with my Kitfox Classic 4 kit.  It came with two shorter cables attached.  Two longer cables were included with instructions to file the Carb end swedges down to the look and size of the shorter ones and use them to replace the short ones.  It looks like a snowmobile choke (enricher) lever to me.
     
    Kitfox part number is 49013 Choke Cable Assembly.  The longer cables are part numbers 47004 and 47018.

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  8. allonsye added a post in a topic First flight with my daughter   

    Just be careful Randy when you're ground handling your piece w/the young ones around.  When my son was 3, he stood right at elevator height - 'bout at his forehead.  One day while cleaning my Tcart w/him I decided to repostion it. Silly me not making sure he was clear pulled forward on a wing strut, I soon found out where he was as I heard a thud and he was soon laying in the grass wailing.  Left a lasting impression on the both of us.  One of many other experiences shared together we both reflect upon fondly and w/wide grins
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  9. allonsye added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    Ditto that!
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  10. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    Paul, if you're talking cruising speed, you're about correct.  
     
    Your SuperSport will fly circles around a SuperSTOL, while giving up very little in STOL performance.  You can operate out of a couple hundred feet.  A Just will do 100-150.  In the grand scheme of things is there really any difference?  I've yet to see a video of one of these planes doing their "vertical drop" short landing method out in the bush.  That just [sic] sounds like a formula for disaster on a gravel bar or soft field.
     
    Having flown a Highlander (not the SuperSTOL), I wasn't impressed with the handling.  They are very lazy and Cub-like in their handling.  Nothing like the sporty feel of an Avid/Kitfox.
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  11. Paul Z added a post in a topic Just Aircraft Offers SuperSTOL Spoilers Kit   

    I've been looking at this plane ever since the STOL exhibition at Oshkosh. I was really impressed. I wonder if it's really meats the advertised performance? They tout 100, but I've seen reports of 85 to 90.
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  12. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Classic IV Restoration   

    Did some more work to the Panel today.  
     
    I cut the opening for the ELT control panel and for the USB power plug.  Waiting on my ignition switches, key-switch and toggles to locate and drill for those next.
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic 912 PROP MOUNTING   

    Thanks Larry,
    I didn't mean to say that they ONLY made 3-blade props for the 912 - Just that it is the ONLY ENGINE they make the 3-blade composite props for - I know they make a 2-blade also.
    Yes, I know that someone makes a 3-blade plastic prop for the Cessna 208, but that's a different ballgame.
    I worked in a prop shop on Constant Speed 2 and 3-blade props when going to Aviation school in Alaska.
    EDMO
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  14. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 912 PROP MOUNTING   

    Dave had a 2-blade Sensenich for his 912.  It didn't work very well.  Your information on 3-blade only hubs for a 912 must be incorrect.
     
    I did a quick measurement on the hub, the center spindle locating diameter is approximately 1-23/32" with the outer 6-bolt hub is approximately a 4" bolt circle.
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  15. aschlem added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    WTB Rotax 618 Exhaust
    Anyone know where there's a 618 rear style exhaust laying around a hanger or garage? I need one to complete my 670 build. Please let me know what you have.
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  16. EDMO added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts   

    AIRLINE CRASHES
    Cameras in the cockpit wont do any good!
    If the geniuses who design planes would put a toilet, or a space for a port-a-potty in the cockpit, there would be no need for a pilot to leave the cockpit.
    The FAA / TSA should make that a requirement.
    They could use the money and space they saved when they eliminated the Flight Engineer from the cockpit.
    Dollars are worth more than passengers until a crash!
    EDMO
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  17. EDMO added a post in a topic 912 PROP MOUNTING   

    I got smoked on that bid - and it sold for about 1/3 of new price, with 3 new blades - but did some research and learned that you could get Sensenich composite blades for your Warp Drive hub since 2009 - that was some cheap education.
    Also learned from Warp Drive that there was a change in their blades in 2003, and the hub before and after is machined different, so Sensenich probably only fits the newer hubs. I only wanted the blades, and Sensenich only makes 3-blade hubs for the 912/914.
    Somebody with a 912 got a real bargain!
    EDMO
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  18. LORENZ added a post in a topic MKIV Project San Jose, CA 10K   

    We need to start copy and pasting the details from CL and Ebay ads. I would love to call the guy (2 years later) and inquire about it. The ad is expired and his contact info is gone as well.
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  19. KFfan added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    Those cables could reach half way to the elevators!
    Hmmm. New possibility for trim control? 
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  20. TJay added a post in a topic 912 PROP MOUNTING   

    there was a smoken deal on ebay last night on a sensenich prop for the 912, my guess is he  had his eye on that
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  21. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   

    I haven't been able to find a nosewheel big enough.

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  22. Maddin added a post in a topic Tailwheel Spring   


    There is almost a faith-war between nosewheel and tailwheel. BUT the Avid sees as tailwheel simply look better.

    And I will learn to flight a tailwheel. So the Avid is the right choice.

    Nosewheel really is easier but who wants easy. I any case Fun.

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  23. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582   

    McFarlane makes the best cable on the market these days, IMO.  They aren't cheap, but unlike the rest they are very well made and dependable.
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  24. thebriman added a topic in Two Strokes   

    Cable operated enrichers (choke) 582
    Those of you with cable operated enrichers, what cable systems are you using to control them?  I have the enrichers that will accept a swege but I dont want spaghetti in terms of operating them. 
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  25. High Country added a post in a topic Rotax 582 getting air in the cooling system   

    any updates?
     
    I recently had and issue where a slow water leak at a fitting going into the radiator allowed air into the system and an air bubble got stuck, upon taxing up to the runway the temp gauge came up real quick stem started to blow and well lets just say it was an exciting mess and I'm glad it happened before takeoff. long story short I had to pull the small plug that goes into the water pump housing removed the fill cap and after filling as much would go in I picked the tail up in the air as high as I could get it shook it a couple times and set it back down. after doing this process a couple times and starting the engine with the plug and cap still off eventually the air burped out and water started coming out of the water pump port. I plugged it back up filled it once again and all has been good ever since. this plug can be replaced with a small hose barb and plumbed back to the fill neck. If anyone has a part number for that little fitting I would sure love to know what it is. I've seen them installed on a friends Avid but have not been able to find the right barb anywhere. 
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