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marshawk added a post in a topic Project 64.5 Mustang
Looks very nice , I got a 67 camaro that I would like to put a new engine in ,but to busy building planes at the moment
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Project 64.5 Mustang
Car is up and running and wow it rips with this new motor and is an absolute blast to drive. Here's a couple of before and after pics I wanted to share. The pics kind of speak for themselves but there is a ALOT of hours in this project over the past 5 months. Glad its done at least for this phase of it's life. Now onto my latest gear project!!
How it looked the day I bought it.
Ford Racing X306D Dressed 306 CI 340HP 350ft/lb crate motor
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Bandit added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
No we are coming with the camper.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
You gonna fly over to OSH??
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dynomike added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
the 503 is an amazing engine .congrats
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Bandit added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
503
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Guest added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
Congratulations! What engine are you running?
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wypaul added a post in a topic 1000 hrs
1000 hrs of fun and lots more to come, way to go!
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Bandit added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
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Guest added a post in a topic Clear
I built a harness that pulled in a triangle from both sides of the front spar carry through and back to the tail. the tricky part was guestimating the center of gravity with the wings folded so it would lift level. Fortunately I guessed right. The dead tree hanging from the tail was a suggestion of the heli pilot to act as a drogue to produce some drag so the plane would track straight during the flight. Everything worked quite well. It was a lot more challenging, noisy and windy than I imagined to grab the tag lines and position the plane to be set down on the trailer in the right spot.
I was landing at Minam.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Control stick spacing
Luke,
When you are doing your test, make sure that you have your feet on the pedals and everything is set up like normal flight -
any time you change one thing, you find out that there are more things that have to be changed. I'm sure that Dean Wilson had good reasons for locating each part when he made the prototype plane.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't or couldn't make changes to suit yourself - Just writing from experience, as I have probably made more changes to my Foxy than most builders would ever consider.
EdMO
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jackak added a post in a topic Almost There...
Thanks Ron.
Jack
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RDavidson added a post in a topic Almost There...
Congrats!!! Looks great!
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Bandit added a post in a topic Control stick spacing
I think if you centered the stick to the rudder it would be to far to the left.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Clear
Hi Chris,
What points did you hook to for the lift with the wings folded?
My Dad took me (and my brother) on our first deer hunts at Minam lodge when we each reached our 12th BD (legal big game hunting age in OR). Flew in from Baker and hunted out on horseback. A great time for a kid and great memories. There used to be Minam lodge and Red's Horse Ranch, sort of across the river from each other. Are you landing at one of those places or on another strip?
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Luked added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
Thanks for doing that Larry. I'd be happy to pitch in.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
For everyone traveling in, I'm basically a local. I'll handle the supplies. Maybe I'll put out a tip jar or something. Don't worry about bringing anything.
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Luked added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
Well, in a last minute decision, it looks like I'm going to make it to Oshkosh this year (first time). Just two days though. I'm flying commercial. I'll get there Thursday night, and leave Sunday morning. If you guys have settled on Friday, I can be there, and I'd like to meet everyone. What food should I bring?
Luke D.
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Guest added a post in a topic Clear
That's my Magnum. It got away from me landing at Minam in Oregon. I'd been there many many times before. It is one of my favorite "close" places to go to the middle of nowhere. I can be there tent set up, relaxing with a cold one, or kayaking in the minam river in less than 2 hours.
For some reason shit hit the fan on that particular landing and I balled it up.
There are no roads for miles in any direction. The only way in is a very long hike or on horseback. It cost me $2000.00 to get it lifted out. Would have been a lot more if I hadn't been able to rig the plane for airlift myself. As it turns out the heli drivers responsibility ends at the tow hook, so I was able to prep the plane for airlift myself .
The heli driver never landed. He took off from Baker City, flew to Minam where a friend clipped the tow hook to my plane, flew it to LaGrande where I was waiting with a trailer, dropped it on the trailer with us guiding it with the tag lines you see in the photo, unclipped electronically from his cockpit and headed back to Baker City. I never met him in person. It was all set up over the phone. He is one helluva pilot! It took him exactly an hour to do the round trip from Baker back to Baker and that hour cost $2000.00. I drove my plane home from LaGrande on the trailer. The Magnum is now a work in progress.
I learned a lot going through that experience and everything I learned is very valuable. But it was and still is expensive schooling!
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MikeRSawyer added a post in a topic Do F7A bellcranks come with longer F-37 pushrods?
Thanks so much Leonard, I found a picture of them taken with the pieces sitting on graph paper, so I'm good to go to make them up. I've got tubing with a close fit ID, I was just going to cut the existing ones in half which gives me 2 studs with about 5/8" of the solid rod buried in the tube, and I think I'll do the rosette weld as well just for the heck of it.
I noticed on your info that you've got an Ivo prop. I'm putting a rebuilt Hirth 2706 65HP engine in my Model C Stol, and haven't decided on a prop yet. The engine mechanic recommended a 5 blade Kiev prop which he said would pull like hell, which it ought to at about $1,800 bucks! But I'm still in the beginnings of research on props so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks again.
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Luked added a post in a topic Clear
Sounds like I should suggest to my friend that he convert his plane back to having the folding capability. I think he might still be able to fold the wings, but I think it may require some dis-assembly now.
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SuberAvid added a post in a topic Clear
I think the wing fold feature is excellent and I sure would not build without it. Ther is no negative to having it. I had to weld in the tabs on my Avid+ since it didn't have them in the fuselage. I put them just behind the front tube of the VS in horizontal line with the HS. The tieback tubes I just built out of 1/2" EMT, flattened and bent the ends to fit.
It is sure nice to be able to trailer as well as for emergencies; and just for trips like this one, you can haul plenty of gas and a comfortable place to sleep when you want to. I trailered my Avid to the North Slope; had the engine out on the 670 up there and was able to trailer it home. Another time a buddy and I were using his cub to hunt out of Clear and weather shut down on the south side of the AK Range while we were there. We spent several days trying to wait it out but finally left the plane there and drove home to process the meat. I about had him convinced he needed a folding wing cub. It was another week before weather let up so he could go back and retrieve his plane.
The TW took a good hit alright, enough to crack the wheel half. Strange thing is I didn't see the rock at all; I thought I had cleared them easily. Just goes to show you have to have tough gear out there. The bolt on fork arms are just not tough enough in the long run IMHO, but welding them solid to the pivot block should do the trick and I wont have to worry about it again. I think the casting of the single arm is a lot stronger than the bolt on fork arms but I prefer the fork to keep from the torque on the tail spring. I just need to make it more robust.
That in-flight folding wing option is interesting; maybe I could cruise over 100 with that feature. Great picture Chris.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Clear
How about the rest of the story, ChrisB? There has to be something of interest in that photo........
EDMO
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2014
…maybe.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Clear
Like an F-14 or F-111?
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