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  1. n757jh added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Avid Flyer Short Wing - For Sale - Upstate NY
    Fresh annual, brand new blue head 582 installed, 115 TTAF.  For more details and photos:
     
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Avid-Flyer-For-Sale/270446786333995
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  2. EDMO added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    One of the UK's mandatory modifications is to sandwich the trailing ribs between .025 aluminum angles glued and riveted - Some in the US have made this modification to their ribs to strengthen or fix them. You could use this method to change the rib ends and reinforce them like Leni said.
    The other possibility is to add material to lengthen the steel flaperon hangers by making a longer hanger and riveting it to the old one with structural rivets to make the flaperon hang straight in a lower position, or simply cut the vertical arm and rivet in an extension strap after clamping them for a test fit.
    If one wing is slightly out of being true, you may have to make some adjustments on your controls to keep from having a "heavy wing" after test flights.
    EDMO
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  3. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    I would wonder if you were to put a digital level on the rib next to the fuselage on each wing, are they the same?  (same angle of attack)   Leni mentions  if the lift struts are the same, and I agree, but check the wings at the fuse. first then further out.  I'm just guessing, but you have to start somewhere, eliminating things as you go....  Jim Chuk
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  4. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    So, with EW 480, that gives you 470 lbs of load for 950 GW - a perfect load/weight ratio for that engine.If mine comes in at 850 EW, then with the same 470 lb load, I am at 1320 GW, with a larger engine, stronger fuselage and landing gear, and more fuel burn.
    I think what I am trying to say, is that with a light plane, you don't need more GW to haul the same load.
    EDMO
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  5. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Broken Kitfox Drag Brace   

    Any ideas on how it came to be this way?  Jim Chuk
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  6. IFMT added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    Bandit, I am curious about your performance. Cruise, climb, STOL? Thanks.
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  7. IFMT added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    My serial number ends in E. I guess this makes it a Bandit. It has 083 spars. HH spacing and double false ribs as well as 7/8 struts. Does not have the plastic smooth wing cover on the front spar or the chrome sticks. Plane was on floats when I bought it. GW is set at 1200. EW 726. Since my bad landing(crash) I got a super deal on a complete fuselage (basically a complete aircraft) minus the wings and engine . Going to take a little time but she will fly again!
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  8. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Almost made it to Maho...   

    I hate you, Doug.
     
    Just thought you should know.
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  9. Bandit added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    EW 480lbs.
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  10. TJay added a post in a topic Avid model C turtle deck pictures needed...   

    walmart has them in the cooking section. there the white cutting boards i think they are either the 1/8th inch thick ones or the 1/4 inch thick ones.
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  11. William Davis added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    Thanks all for the responses. The Flaperon has not been drilled in place yet and is clamped in place. Making a scarf joint may work but not sure I feel comfortable making it strong enough. I may do more damage. Is it possible to heat the trailing edge ribs up with a heat gun and reposition then reglue in proper position. I could cut holes on the covering to get the heat gun in and then re patch the wing when finished? I would have to of course reposition the ribs and I wonder what this would do to the covering on the bottom of the wing. Think it would develop a large wrinkle? Think the top covering would stretch enough?

    Thanks
    Bill
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  12. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    So, what is your empty weight / usefull load?EDMO
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  13. Bandit added a post in a topic Avid Heavy Hauler 1200 lb GW?   

    The factory told me my Bandit's GW would be 950lbs with the stol wings.
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  14. William Davis added a post in a topic Avid model C turtle deck pictures needed...   


    Perfect! That helped me really visualize where they go. My kit is also missing the pieces that mount inside the turtle deck and fuse that captures the Flaperon tube. Do you know what material and diameter they are made from?

    Thanks,
    Bill
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  15. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Broken Kitfox Drag Brace
    Logtruck driver sent me these pics. He recently acquired a Kitfox and noticed that one wingtip seemed to twist rather easily. The previous owners had been flying it this way. Variable washout...cool! Kinda scary.
     

     

     

     

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  16. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Avid model C turtle deck pictures needed...   

    Here's a few pics hope they help.
     

     

     

     

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  17. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Almost made it to Maho...   

    Sweet!
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic New float plane needs a 670   

    Warp might do it - Believe the IVO has pins in the blades, and they might not work reversed in the hub?
    EDMO
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  19. wypaul added a post in a topic Bush Gear Update   

    They are the yellow springs supplied by HighWing LLC with this gear.  I am waiting to hear your report with the springs that you are trying.
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  20. EDMO added a post in a topic Almost made it to Maho...   

    Lifestyles of the rich and famous - enjoy!
    MO-SNO-ED
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  21. akflyer added a post in a topic Bush Gear Update   

    good report.  What springs are you using on it?  I am hoping to beat up my gear a bit when I get home, but 40 and raining with 35 MPH winds are in the foreseeable forecast.. hope it clears up next week and I can test out the gear and the wind generator more!
     

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  22. akflyer added a post in a topic Almost made it to Maho...   

    Dont let the eye candy stop you from taking pics.. dont let it stop you from posting them either  
     
    Looks like a sweet vacation mr!  enjoy it!
     

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  23. akflyer added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    one other though, I am sure you did it though.. are your struts rigged correctly? 
     

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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    1st thing.  With the flaperons in place, do they move smoothly or do they "cam" over center.  My ribs were a little out of align and my flaperons would cam over center and flop one direction or the other.  I expoxied dowels in the holes and redrilled the flaperon mounts.
     
    you could makes a scarf joint on the rib tail and glue another piece of ply on it and glue / bolt aluminum on each side of it to extend the hangar.  If you do the last rib only your probly going to have to do the dowel trick and redrill the remainder of the hangars to keep the flaperon from "caming" over and getting a bow in it.
     

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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic Trailing edge ribs glued in the wrong position....Thoughts?   

    Not having but a few minutes to think about this, I have two thoughts:
    1. Modify your flaperon hangers.
    2. Modify your ribs.
    Got to think some about HOW?
    Maybe someone else has a cure for your problem so you don't have to tear up your wing?
    EDMO
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