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akflyerbob added a post in a topic WTB - Rotax B gear box
Robert
I have one I'm not using.
Sent you a message
Bob
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High Country added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
thanks leni that would save me from breaking more drill bits
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High Country added a post in a topic Wing strut adjustment bolt
No need to add a new one just keep moving along with what you have going along and get that bird in the air!!! good luck
[edit] there is no real need for a second one and this is the weakest point of the entire lift strut so why add a new weak point.
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High Country added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it
WTB - Rotax B gear boxlooking for a B gear box if anyone has one laying around they want to get rid of. I picked up a 582 to replace my 532 and need a box for it. will also be needing a new regulator rectifier as the one for my points engine is different.
Robert
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Av8r3400 added a topic in Close Call's and dumb stunts
Help your fellow menhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQWlFtSptU
Learn this information and please instruct the young men around you in it's wisdom so that they don't end up in. A bad situation.
(Stolen for BCP)
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BSchoonmaker added a topic in Technical tasks
Wing strut adjustment boltI have nearly finished adding the fairings and preparing my left wing strut for paint. Only the left strut has the ability to change the wing incidence. Is it worthwhile to add that capability to the right strut or is it not worth the effort/cost?
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Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Kitfox E brake pedals
Strange, but i didn't see anything I had to have. First time that's ever happened to me. Pleasure meeting you too!
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Hey Leni
Joey! I was going to play that out quite a ways. Gotta try and make him sweat for a while...
Seriously, I did talk to those guys about the motor and install. They had a lot of issues with the ecm, and found that the aftermarket computers don't work as well as the OEM 'Cat computer to run the injection systems.
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akflyer added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
Yes. Or just run a normal nut on it, you should be able to tighten that up then put a lock nut on it. Or a normal nut with lock tite.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
HUGE THANK YOU TO LARRY AND DOUG!! You guys made the experience even more amazing and your hospitality is greatly appreciated. I will start a picture thread soon and try and get some stuff posted. It's going to take a while to get thru it all.
For those who have never been and keep saying if like to someday stop making excuses and GO! It FAR surpassed my expectations and I still don't think it's all soaked in yet.
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Xengineguy added a post in a topic Highwing Cabane gear for sale
Just measured the attach points on the mod IV, looks like overall front to rear is 13.5"
Front width c to c. Is 32 3/16"
Rear width c to c is 32 3/8". I measured with a tape measure by myself so I could be off a little.
Thanks everyone. Mike
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
I'm home now again. Joey is languishing in Green Bay due to a cancelled flight, Doug is surely on the road looking forward to Chicago traffic and everyone else is looking at Airventure 2014 in the rear view mirror...
I'd like to thank every one that came to my little gathering on Friday evening. It was great to meet everyone. From our AFF family Kenneth, Luke, Herman, Joey and everyone else. Doug was previously engaged…
I'm especially grateful to Joey and Herman for camping with us at our little corner of Airventure. It was lots of fun. You have an open invitation to return any time!
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High Country added a post in a topic Kitfox E brake pedals
great. I thought someone could put them to use. looked like a great price too. I would have gotten them but the ones I made up are working great. I can easily pick the tail up in the air without moving an inch and i'm just running the old matco brakes from KF
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Kitfox E brake pedals
Didn't get enough goodies at Osh??Was great to meet you!
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Av8r_Sed added a post in a topic Kitfox E brake pedals
Thanks High Country! Got 'em.
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High Country added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
Leni i've thought of that but I'm not too sure how much epoxy would be on it by the the time I get it into the hole as I have to use my long flexable fingers to get it in and its quite a chore. I'm now thinking if I can get a bolt in it that is to long I can figure the location and pre drill it for a cotter pin. then I could hold the long threads with my fingers screw up a castle nut then two other nuts and lock them together giving me something solid to put a wrench on from the outside and tighten up the castle nut then just lock it with a cotter pin. then I could just cut off the excess bolt with a dremel and be good to go. sound like a feasible idea?
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High Country added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it
Kitfox E brake pedalsjust found these on e-bay thought someone might find a use for them http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kitfox-Brake-rudder-Pedals/331279740092?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24641%26meid%3D8781029242328690898%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D10413%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D331279743053&rt=nc
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akflyer added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
How about setting the head of the bolt in some structural epoxy and letting it set up before you put the nut on? Drill the hole, put a glob of epoxy under the head and stick it in the hole and let it cure up. All it has to hold in the initial TQ then the epoxy can break out for all you care. Chances are the epoxy is going to bust out in that area over time and beating the tail wheel anyways, but it will get you in the air. As you have said, that bolt is just to help hold the alignment and it wont be the end of the world if it loosens up over time.
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High Country added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
I'm only one bolt and some paperwork away from being in the air I'm not changing at this point. thanks for the input though
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IFMT added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
Put a better spring on it now. The one from Brett will not stand up.
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High Country added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
Leni. on my airframe the two lower tubes coming together where the bolt sits between has been filled with some sort of epoxy or something completely to the top of the tubes so its completely flat giving me nothing to hold against.
Ed- the strap and rivet may be an option I will have to take a look and give it some thought
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EDMO added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
The old-time car springs were kept aligned by a steel rectangle slipped over the springs, and held in place by a rivet thru the hole in the spring - any way you can do something like that?
EDMO
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akflyer added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
I was able to wedge a large flat blade screw driver between the head of the bolt and the tube while I zipped the nut on from the bottom side with an impact gun.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Material for making ribs ?
One of the guys on this site duplicated the Kitfox ribs out of aluminum for an ultralight he was building.
SkyPirate, have you got any photos of your fixture and the ribs you made?
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic tailwheel spring bolts?
I wouldn't even think of trying to tap threads into a hardened spring - You will either break the tap, or cause the spring to break later on.
the head of the rear bolt on mine was set in 9460.
EDMO
Would it work to just drop a bolt thru the two pieces of spring to keep them lined up, and not the fuselage?
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