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  1. Guest added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

    I have obtained a Fat Avid top cowl section, a Fat Avid dash cap and a MKIV cowl bottom and am attempting to fit it all together as a two piece setup like the original MKIV, not as a boot cowl setup. Has anyone set their fat avid up like this? If so would you take a few pics and share? I seem to be having some fit issues with the dash cap, windscreen and cowl top.
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  2. akflyer added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!   

    Ed, I can't and wont take that title away from ya.... your retired and have more time to write novels
     

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  3. EDMO added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!   

    Thanks to all who welcomed me back after my short shutdown. I missed all of you too.
    Someone gave me the title, "Most Prolific Writer", but I cant accept the trophy - Leni holds that title, seniority, and has the power of Zeus on this site!
    EDMO
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  4. SuberAvid added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!   

    Glad your back Ed!
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  5. EDMO added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    Jolly Good Show Larry!
    EDMO
    Doors aren't hard to make - just fit them to the fuselage.
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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Angle of incidence KitFox IV horizontal tail   

    I am sure I need to relocate my single-point horizontal stabilizer fitting - when spring comes I will make all new measurements.
    EDMO
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic KING OBUMMER TO GIVE UP INTERNET CONTROL?   

    O'Bummer chose the right career - They fire newspeople for lying!
    EDMO
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  8. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    Got some measurements back from the buyer today and it sounds like these are about 2-3" shorter top and bottom than a Kitfox 2. And yes Larry were talking about plexiglass doors those thingies that keep you from falling out when you do a wickedly awesome forward slip!
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  9. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    Okay.  Doors.  I thought we were talking Wings.  Or is that a British dialect or something?  
     
    Like the engine hiding under the bonnet or when you have too much luggage for in the boot you have to get a lorry...
     

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  10. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    One big difference is the bottom of the door.  On the 1, the bottom is about a foot or so long before it angles up in the back.  The later ones are flat on the bottom at least double of the Kitfox 1.   Nice picture of a Kitfox 1 that shows the door on ebay.  If you search ebay moters soon using Kitfox, the top add is the Kitfox 1, and the tenth add is a Kitfox 3.  Easy to see the difference in the doors in these two pictures.  The Kitfox 1 has an early cowl, what Kitfox used before the round cowl.  I think it looked way better than the later round cowl.  Jim Chuk
     
    PS  Just reread my post, and what you actually asked, and in my earlier post, I meant to say kitfox doors...  I read your question as Kitfox 1 doors also.   Well my dad ended up with alzhimers, but it didn't show up till he was 85,  I'm only 63, but maybe it's showing up early...........
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  11. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?   

    I fired up the Microsoft POS and it opened for that one, too.  Used Adobe Reader to open in Windows.
     
    Man I hate this thing.  Going back to the Apple...
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  12. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?   

    Sorry to poop in your cornflakes, but they open fine for me on my Apple machine...
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  13. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?   

    Joey,
          I tried the link, and also tried Files and Forms manual post, and still cant get it to read - Bill may have same problem?
    My college computer student tried several times and all we come up with is a blank screen.
    Looks like I am SOOL until something changes.
    EDMO
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  14. tcj added a post in a topic Angle of incidence KitFox IV horizontal tail   

    I was working on my plane today and noticed the wing spar to fuselage attach bolts stick down past the bottom profile of the wing.  These make an easy place to put my smart level to measure the incidence of the spars at the root end.  I put the level on them and it measured 0.2 degrees down.  I think it is no coincidence this is the same angle of incidence I measured on the bottom of the wing.
     
    These measurements probably have some margin of error.  Probably a couple tenths of a degree.  It has me thinking the incidence of the wing may be zero.
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  15. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?   

    The full Avid manual is posted here. Welcome to the site!

    http://www.avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/1927-avid-builders-manual-and-ads/#entry17417
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  16. EDMO added a post in a topic Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?   

    Bill,
         I'm not an Avid expert - Know more about Kitfoxes - On all of the Avids / Foxes except the Avid Magnum, the fuselage butt ribs are just a modified wing rib - The Magnum uses a fiberglass undercambered butt rib.   The rib has to be cut away so that the rear spar can swing and fold.   On most I have seen, the space between this rib and the rear spar crosstube is closed in with the same fabric as on the plane.
        Although some instructions say to rivet the windshield / skylight, some have decided that 8-32 bolts with a rubber or nylon washer under the head may cause less cracking - the bolt holes should be drilled oversize by 1/8" to allow for expansion / contraction of the Lexan.   IMO, it is better to make the WS and Skylight in two separate pieces - I also like a dark tinted skylight for the sun and heat here in Missouri summers.
        I am sure that dHolly (Doug) (A+ shows in Red on his posts) has a copy of the instruction for most planes - and you might find it in some of the Avid or Kitfox manuals on here or in Files and Forms section.
        I might be able to post  a page of the Kitfox manual on here if you cant find what you need.
        Hope this helps.
    EDMO 
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  17. Luked added a post in a topic Does a Kitfox wing fit on an Avid mk4 ???   

    Hi Martin,
     
    I am in the process of making changes to my MK IV to accept KF4 wings. From the information I have found, the wings are different as Jim mentioned, and the fuselage is also different. The spar carry throughs are 1" x .035" wall (larger on KF5/6). I don't remember the increase the strut carry through, but I could look that up.
     
    Struts are also different, and attached at a different point.
     
    Luke D.
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  18. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Does a Kitfox wing fit on an Avid mk4 ???   

    Kitfoxes use a .065" wall thickness on their spars.  Avid Heavy Hauler used an .083" wall thickness.  Of course  the spar stiffeners used help to give the wing strength as well.  I would wonder if the extra gross weight for the Kitfox is due to differences in the fuselages.  Jim Chuk
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  19. Flugtaxi added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Does a Kitfox wing fit on an Avid mk4 ???
    Hello,

    the idea is a possible weight increase of the weight with proven wings.
    The newer Kitfox have in germany 472,5kg MTOW the avid mk4 only 450kg MTOW.

    Has anyone ever tried something like this?


    Martin
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  20. cliff added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    I have a pair of Kitfox 1 doors, also all the cowl pieces, dash, plastic header tank, engine mount for a 532, flapperon mixing system, rudder, and much more. I will be cleaning out my shed in the next month or so and will get an inventory of all the junk I have collected. If anybody needs anything let me know.
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  21. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    How are Kitfox 1 wings different from the 2/3?
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  22. Flugtaxi added a post in a topic SURVIVED THE CRASHES, and CRASHES, and CRASHES!   

    Welcome back Ed
     

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  23. William Davis added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Avid flyer speedwing butt rib questions?
    Hi everyone I just purchased a avid flyer speedwing model d. The plane is fully covered but the windshield still needs installed. Unfortunately there were no butt ribs when I purchased. Can anyone direct me on what material is used to make these butt ribs that mount permanently on the fuselage and the window gets riveted to? Or does it get screwed to it?

    Thanks all,
    Bill
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  24. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Early Avid and Kitfox doors interchangeable?   

    I emailed this guy yesterday to tell him that the Kitfox 1 wings were different from the 2 and 3, and he replyed back that it didn't matter as he was remodeling them anyway. Maybe the Avid doors would work for him anyway. Give him a call I would say. Jim Chuk
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  25. EDMO added a post in a topic Fuel tank question   

    For what it is worth - a couple of us have added another capstrip to take care of this - it works.
    I cut some strips out of old wood paneling and used 9460 to glue and blend.
    (Should give you about .001% more lift in the prop blast area!) 
    EDMO
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