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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Seat Back Ferry Tank   

    If you are solo - why not strap a big tank in the right seat? - 170 lbs for a passenger equals almost 30 gallons of gas, and not worry about controls / CG.
    When you get my age, you need a piss-tube installed for more than a 5 gallon trip!
    EDMO
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic WW II B-17 STORY   

    Great story - and I sure don't want to take anything away from it - BUT, why don't my old eyes see the same exact number painted on the tail in the two photos? - everything else, including the damage, looks the same.
    Could the bottom photo possibly have come from a movie?
    EDMo
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  3. lv2plyguitar added a post in a topic Flaperon Mixer Control Assembly   

    Thanks Luke
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  4. EDMO added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    TJay,You can either blend your leading edge before it gets to the wingtip joint, or cut it square at that joint, and have the option to put the blended part on your tips. Either way will work.
    My tips will attach to an aluminum angle riveted to the tip rib and using rivnuts and screws to make it removable.
    EDMO
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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Doug,
    I cant say what model these are for - they could have come from Kitfox - I have tried them on my undercambered and they fit OK - they can be bent easily to fit the Riblett, but look, as molded, for the undercambered. Someone cut them to chord-length already. I think there was a Service Letter from Kitfox to put Hysol inside at the outer seam to strengthen them? I had the light standoffs for them, but think I sold them to an Avid builder - Donno if I have another pair - Kitfox still sells them, I think.
    I think I already have an offer to buy them, but if he don't take them soon, you can buy them.
    EDMO
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  6. Luked added a post in a topic Flaperon Mixer Control Assembly   

    Hey Jeff,
     
    I just realized that I forgot to send you the extra pushrods we talked about. I found them sitting here in the shop. I packaged them up, and have them ready for the mail man to pickup tomorrow. Keep an eye out for them in  the next week or so. Sorry about that.
     
    Luke D.
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  7. TJay added a post in a topic Seat Back Ferry Tank   

    I was looking at my flaperon control rods and thinking if I put rod ends on them like the kit fox 4s and later do and just unhook them when folding the wings I could get a much larger baggage area back there with a nice solid floor, that's a thought too. I guess I cold also just unhook the ones I got too. If you were to put a fuel cell back there you might have to do the same.
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  8. TJay added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Thanks guys
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  9. dholly added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Ed - If they are the KF Hoerner tips for models 4-7, I might be interested in buying them to replace the droop tips on my KF4. They were originally supplied split at the trailing edge specifically for the new Riblett airfoil, flexible yes but not easily fit to the under cambered KF 1-3 or Avid HH/STOL ribs without a bunch of added work. I tried on my Avid Mk-IV and said fuggitaboutit.
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  10. EDMO added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Doug,
    I have a set of Hoerner style tips - Donno if Kitfox or someone else sold them, but think they were from Kitfox - they don't look as heavy as your tips, and will bend to fit either the straight, Riblett, or Eppler Undercambered wings. I'm not going to use them, as Cessna 182 tips are longer and fit my extended wing chord. Mine will be removable.
    I also have a set of used Kitfox droop tips for sale.
    EDMO
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  11. dholly added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    This shows how the fixed tips are finished on my Aerotrek. Fabric glued and taped directly to tip than painted.


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  12. Dusty added a post in a topic 582 needle bearing tool   

    Don't reuse the clips,these can fail and make a real mess of your bore!
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  13. dholly added a post in a topic Seat Back Ferry Tank   

    That looks like a 5-gal fuel jug. Steve Winder told me they fit damn near perfect in an Avid, and it sure looks like that's true from those photos. They can be found in different sizes and vent configurations and are made to dump fuel quick, I bought some from Summit Racing years ago after I got frustrated with the new spill-proof caps on poly gas containers. Another idea might be those Roto-Pac (sp?) poly fuel cells that attach to a mounting cradle that attaches to your ATV rack (or fuse tubing?).

    PS - found a pic in my files on how one guy fabricated a large aluminum tank to sit in the baggage area, would personally be suspect of CG without a Sube upfront or a non-stretched Avid.

    Edit to 'fix' spell check by iPad and add pic

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  14. dholly added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    After some thought, I decided to fit a set of KF Hoerner style tips to my Avid+ for easy removal (these tips will not work with Avid or KF under cambered rib profiles). No extensive fairing or fancy transition needed for the extruded leading edge with this setup, it simply butts up against the tip which is shaped to match with a bit of superfil.

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  15. dholly added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    This shows the way Avid non-removable tips are installed. While you can see the extruded pvc leading edge in the pic, Avid never included that in their build materials or instructions.




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  16. dholly added a post in a topic Trim servos 40 bucks   

    This is what I have.


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  17. KFfan added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    Uhhh, those look more like floats  
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  18. KFfan added a post in a topic Seat Back Ferry Tank   

    I had thought of something similar when/if I do a longer cross country. My thought was to put it up front on the right side of my KF to lessen the aft CG effect.
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  19. KFfan added a post in a topic WW II B-17 STORY   

    Thanks for the visual aids for the story!
     
    I've been thinking about the crew and how they worked together to create the best enviroment they could, using what they had, to make the best possible outcome.
     
    We had one really close call on the submarine I rode. Again, it was a group effort and quick rational thinking of the crew members isolated in the effected compartment that averted disaster. Of course the skipper getting us on the surface quickly and safely helped too   
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic WW II B-17 STORY   



  21. William Davis added a post in a topic Avid speedwing.... Impressions from those that have flown one?   

       Thanks TJay that video was perfect! Looks like touchdown near 50mph which is right where I was hoping.


    Hi Dan that is the information I needed! Thanks for the reply. Curious what you've done to your plane for speed improvements to you plane?

    Thanks
    Bill
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  22. William Davis added a post in a topic Avid speedwing.... Impressions from those that have flown one?   

    Thanks Doug that was very helpful.
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  23. William Davis added a post in a topic Avid speedwing.... Impressions from those that have flown one?   

    Thanks Ed!
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  24. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic plastic leading edge   

    On the kitfoxes, the wing is covered, and the tip is screwed on afterwards. It can even be removed later if one wants. ON the Avids, the wing tip is part of the covered wing. Hope that was clear ) I tried to find a picture that shows the Avid wing tip better, but this is as close as I could find just now. Jim Chuk

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  25. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Seat Back Ferry Tank   

    A friend of mine put in a 5 gallon plastic tank behind the seat on his Avid A model. He uses an electric pump to transfer the fuel to the front tank. He bought the tank, but I don't remember where right now. One big concern is the tank getting in the way of the flaperon control rods when you fold the wings. Less of a concern if you never fold the wings. Just went looking for the pics I took of that tank, and it looks like he does unhook his flaperon control rod to fold his wings. Jim Chuk


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