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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Only advice I can give is to remove yours and fix or make a duplicate, unless someone has one for sale. 
      ChrisB bought a RANS Tundra fork and made his.
    I've got a fork and pivot shaft for a Cessna 172, and a complete Piper TriPacer setup, and no idea of how close it would be to yours.
    Thanks for the info on the cover.
    EDMO
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  2. Boat added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    The cover is a "stock" "lightweight" (5 lbs) cover from Bruce's Covers for the Avid.
     
    I need the nose gear because the one on the Avid was bent while towing it through some grass that had a deep rut from a mower.
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  3. dholly added a post in a topic Come fly with me…   

    I would enjoy walking through that old car show for sure.
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  4. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Come fly with me…   

    Welcome to 68C, Ed.

    http://netnet.net/~wjknjan/
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  5. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    It looks just like my Bruce's Custom Cover I have for my Kitfox.

    https://www.aircraftcovers.com/general-aviation/high-wing-single-engine

    They have them listed under Avid and SkyStar (for Kitfox).
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  6. EDMO added a post in a topic Come fly with me…   

    Those multiple grass strips look like an international airport just waiting for concrete.
    EDMO
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  7. EDMO added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Guess I should have asked the owner about the cover on the yellow Avid - wanted to know if it was commercial or homemade.
    EDMO
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  8. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Ed,  I don't understand what you are asking me... Jim Chuk
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  9. dholly added a post in a topic Come fly with me…   

    A guy could get lost on all those taxi ways.
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  10. BryceKat added a post in a topic rotax 2 stroke educational video   

    Great Video!
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  11. Av8r3400 added a topic in Jokes   

    Funny Pics
    Add to it...
     
     

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  12. EDMO added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Jim,
          Is that a custom cover on the yellow Avid, or does someone sell them?
    EDMO
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  13. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    I didn't realize you were showing a picture of your plane.  Thought it was just a picture of an Avid to illustrate what you were talking about.  Jim Chuk
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  14. BryceKat added a post in a topic how all flight briefings should be!   

    If I'm not the pilot, I'm flying Soutwest!
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  15. EDMO added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    I see the photo of a normal-looking Yellow nose-dragger - Why do you need to replace the nose gear if it works fine?  These nose gears are fairly scarce.  Just trying to help.
    EdMo
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  16. Boat added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Perhaps the picture didn't come through on the post.  I may need to replace the nose gear on the Avid - the gear worked fine and I would like to replace it with the same gear if either one is available someplace or someone has the original plans to build one from
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  17. Luked added a post in a topic Come fly with me…   

    Looks like fun. Exactly the type of flying I'm looking forward to. Thanks for the motivation!
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  18. EDMO added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    Boat,
          There has to be more to the story?  Did your plane have one?  What happened?
    ChrisB is the one with most experience.  I sent sketches of the spring-loaded attachment to Steve N166???, I think -
    Chris had one on his old plane, and now has a custom-built on his new plane.  I have one.  They are no longer made.
    For the stock Avid, I donno.  I have parts and plans for two different custom ones for my Foxy, but wont fit yours.
    EDMO 
    Do you have the mains set for nose gear?
    Amienoel put one on her plane.
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  19. 1avidflyer added a post in a topic Need nose gear or plans   

    If you don't have the nose gear tube welded in, you might consider this nose gear.  It is the later Kitfox style nose gear.   It was mounted on an Avid MK IV.  I never flew with it, it came with my last MK IV that was set up as a taildragger when I got it.  Jim Chuk

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  20. Boat added a topic in Avid Model IV   

    Need nose gear or plans
    I need either a new nose gear or plans to build one for my Avid Flyer Mark IV
     

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  21. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Empty weights   

     
    Rotax 912UL - 80 hp.
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  22. akflyer added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    how all flight briefings should be!

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  23. EDMO added a post in a topic Tricycle gear information   

    Luke,
         200% agreement - Do your own thing - Don't let others distract you - It's your plane and your call.
    Keep it FUN!
    EdMO
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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic My Avid (model C+)   

    go fly it off the snow, if there is packed snow or ice on the runway you wont even notice if the gear is out of alignment  
     
      A lot of the guys don't seem to mind the narrow gear.  I run big tires so I hated it.  The wide gear makes it a piece of cake on the ground.
     

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  25. marksires added a post in a topic My Avid (model C+)   

    No wide gear - standard out of the kit gear on this one.   I plan to check the wheel alignment if it ever warms up around here.  We got an inch of snow yesterday, which may not be  much for you Alaska folks, but it is too late for that stuff in the middle of Illinois!
    Mark
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