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  1. akflyer added a post in a topic Sling seat rear tube cable   

    I never used anything to hold the tube back.  It just floats in there.  your butt holds the seat back.
     

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  2. jjbaker added a post in a topic Think this'll work?   

    I very upset you no like my design!
     
    Fly like charm! Up not much but chick dig it! Left right work good!
     
    Gotta give the guy credit for trying. Beats my last Cessna 150 I rebuilt with my bare hands.
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  3. birddog486 added a post in a topic Sling seat rear tube cable   

    Thanks for the reply but Im looking more for something that shows the aluminum tube thats behing your butt in the back of the seat and how thats held back
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  4. akflyer added a post in a topic Sling seat rear tube cable   

    www.avidfoxflyers.com/index.php?/topic/14-my-mod-c/?p=1612
     
    I think its the second picture in this thread that shows a little bit of the back seat lacing.  Its the best I can do from my computer at work.
     

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  5. jjbaker added a post in a topic Howdy from Maine   

    Hi dholly, thanks for the welcome!
     
    Registration hoops are not what anyone (including me) likes a lot, but a new age of spam robots make things tough to manage these days. Its a fine line between making something too smart for a robot to figure out, while easy enough for normal people to figure out.
    As a forum owner, you want to keep your membership safe and sound while preventing the software from being destroyed.
     
    I am seeing straight out 25x more fraudulent activity with hijack attempts, DDOS attacks than I did 4 years ago and some groups seem to focus in on small sites, instead of going after the big ones. Staying one step ahead is almost impossible. I am sure Lenny can sing a song about the pains associated with all this stuff, it is downright mindnumbing.
     
    Running software like this is the equivalent of being married. You do some totally harmless looking thing today and suffer for it days, weeks, months or years later. Its literally one thing that brings the whole show crashing down. One stinky little thing you didn't consider...or couldn't budget a fix/ patch for.
     
     
     
     
     
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  6. akflyer added a post in a topic Howdy from Maine   

    FWIW, the "registration hoops" over there are the same as they are here... While they may take a few seconds of thought, it helps keep the bots from flooding the website and crashing the server or worse yet, hacking the forum and getting everyone's info.  I am leaning towards getting SSL protection and trying to secure this forum even more, it just takes time and $$
     

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  7. marksires added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    I'd call back and ask for someone higher up.  On another google group (Cozy Builders) I'm on, Jim Irwin (or someone claiming to be Jim Irwin) has stepped in and taken care of things like this.  He recognizes the have had customer service problems in the past, and some are still ongoing, but seems to be trying to get it corrected.  If it isn't him, it must be a designated person, because the member complaining always indicates the problem got fixed.
     
    Mark
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  8. marksires added a post in a topic Airventure 2014   

    The electric/water sites aren't gone yet - they don't open them for reservations until 30 days before Airventure.  I haven't tried before - with the old camper, and just my son and I, the generator and the water tank were plenty.  If the wife goes, then the generator would probably be ok, but the water tank would be a little small.  But hey, at least I don't bring golf carts.  Although, last year i got 2 large skateboard type things with a 2 cycle gas motor.  Actually works well for Oshkosh, they are big enough I could strap a milk crate on the back to carry stuff, but small enough I can park them with the bicycles.  My daughter got me license plates for them - ER 1 and ER 2......  She has such confidence in me!  )
     
    Mark
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  9. Luked added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    1/8" out of straight over 12" is pretty bad. I've bought square tubing from them, and never had anything but straight pieces. I think what I bought was 5/8" square (don't remember wall thickness), and probably 4' long.
     
    I wonder if there was something lost in translation communicating with the person in the metal department through the customer service rep. If the customer service person told them someone had a piece that was 1/8" out of straight, but didn't specify that it was only over a 1 foot length, they would probably just shrug and say that's pretty normal (thinking they were talking about a longer piece).
     
    The big surprise is that they didn't just take care of such a relatively inexpensive problem.
     
    Luke D.
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  10. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Airventure 2014   

    I guess we "rough it" by comparison.  No electricity or water hookups.
     

     
     
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  11. dholly added a post in a topic Howdy from Maine   

    Welcome Jason, I've lurked your site on occasion. When I get finally my Kitfox floating I'll jump thru your registration hoops.
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  12. dholly added a post in a topic Airventure 2014   

    Yep, I would imagine any elec/h2o sites are looong gone. I get a laugh out of what constitutes "camping" for some at AirVenture, many rigs look like they cost several times what my house is worth. My dear wife echoes your camping sentiment and always says her best camping experience was at the Acapulco Plaza during our honeymoon. Guess its been all downhill since. We had a pop up camper when the kids were young but a couple trips convinced Momma she preferred hotel style amenities. No prob, I used the camper for the Grand Prix race weekend at Watkins Glen for many years before trading it for a bass boat! Any coincidence she never much cared for fishing either? I ain't saying... ;-)
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  13. dholly added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    Well, IMHO, you can't shoot the (customer service rep) messenger for spewing the Co. line, but I'm not terribly surprised. I've noticed far more disclaimers than guarantees on everything from products to services and all inbetween over the past several years. The old fashioned, genuine willingness to please a customer or develop a long term relationship has been replaced with an impersonal 'take it or leave it' transactional mentality. And, more often than not, when a guaranty is offered it is either overblown or not even worth the paper it is written on. And then, there is the whole miserable US legal system... business folks with questionable ethics and crooks do what they do because they know it is cost prohibitive for most consumers to pursue a legal remedy. I just bitch-slapped some dumb little punk in court for misrepresenting his company and services and refusing to return my $. But not before being hit with a nuisance counterclaim for 4x the amount which, of course, one must either defend against or acquiesce to some negotiated settlement. Cost me a pretty penny and a very expensive lesson for him, but I abhor legal extortion and refuse to settle on matters of personal integrity. Seems society has forgotten their moral compass or is banking on the hope that others have. Sorry, too much coffee, off my soapbox now...
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  14. BryceKat added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    One word, Wicks!
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  15. akflyer added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    I wouldn't think that you would have to specify straight pieces when ordering for an aircraft!  I would have told the lady on the phone that I needed to talk to the highest level of supervision available cause she sure as hell don't get paid enough to hear what I am fixing to say....
     
    An 1/8" in one foot is a pretty good bend.
     
    Interested to hear about the gear design your working on.
     

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  16. ChrisBolkan added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    The two one foot pieces came nicely packaged in a completely undamaged cardboard box full of peanuts. No way it was bent in shipping or the box would have been damaged. It's not the fact that I got bent metal that bothers me. It is the attitude that what I got is to be expected. I know I did not misunderstand what she was telling me they said.

    it's also easy for me to see how 20 foot pieces of 1/2 and 5/8 square tubing could be bent during handling by simply letting too much hang over the edge of a table. But the poor QC and more importantly the attitude about it is what I found disturbing. I'n not normally the guy to complain about anything either.

    BTW, until now, Aircraft Spruce has done very well with my orders. This is the first bad material I have received. My problem is with the interaction and response from the metal shop, and the fact that they actually said if I needed it straight I should specify that.
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  17. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    I've found that buying 4130 tubing from a local steel supplier is cheaper and is usually easier to get better quality than mail order, regardless of the source.
     
    This isn't a super exotic material.
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  18. lostman added a post in a topic tail wheel springs   

    I was wondering about that this morning actually. I may have to find a spring shop in the area....oh yeah, and a shop press since I don't have one or know a single person here.
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  19. lostman added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    Just curious but is there any way this metal could have been bent in shipping? How was it packaged? I'm not trying to defend A/C Spruce, just want to know how they actually shipped it. I've had more than my fair share of things bent, dinged, smashed and broken by OOPS (UPS), FedEx and USPS during the process. I even had an alternator come that was in pieces by the time I got it. It had huge Fragile stickers all over it and the box looked like it was run over by a semi, kicked by an elephant and then dropped from a plane onto concrete. No wonder the delivery person dropped it on the front porch and ran!
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  20. Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Snowmobiles   

    I first rode my business partner's '05 Renegade SDi a couple of years ago and absolutely hated the riding position.  It totally kicked my ass (actually my knees and back)!  In 2008, Doo updated the chassis from the Rev to the XP chassis which gives you a more forward-foot body placement.  This was the trick for me.  Last season I rode another friends two sleds, the yellow TNT pictured above and his new '12 MXZ 600 Ace.  This put me over the top on this newer chassis.
     
    I arranged the deal on his yellow MXZ-TNT with the 500SS motor (600 carb) and then found the black one (also a TNT 500SS) at a local dealer when I started this thread.
     
    Like most aspect of my life, I'm not too interested in going super fast.  Although, these sleds are pretty fast compared to what I have ridden before…  The black sled is set up pretty soft and we both like that ride quite a bit.  The yellow is currently set real tight and "go-cart like" in it's handling, but has throttle response (clutching?) more suited to my wife.  I'm going to tone the yellow one's suspension down a bit to match the black one.  The only down side (maybe) to these sleds are they have the short (121") track with stock lugs.  Definitely not "off trail" machines.  Nevertheless, they are pretty nice and fun to ride (in this area at least).
     
    I don't plan any serious modifications, probably just some "accessories".
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  21. saskavid added a post in a topic Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction   

    I've ordered a fair bit of steel from these guys over the years never recieved any of it bent or dented.One time I needed .028 wall thickness and they sent me a piece of .035 instead . Considering at the time the .028 was almost  triple the price of the .035 they heard about it and got  the .028 to my door no charge.
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  22. ChrisBolkan added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Super disappointed with AC Spruce Transaction
    I ordered two 1 foot sections of square telescoping tubing for my landing gear project on my Fat Avid. I received the tubing yesterday and both pieces were bent. About 1/8 inch over the length if I laid them on a flat surface. They certainly would not telescope when one was inserted inside the other.

    So I called to explain and ask what might be going on with their quality control. The woman was very polite and said she would get a hold of the metal yard and ask. She called me back and explained that they had told her that the metal comes in 20 foot pieces and what I received was "normal". (I assume it gets bent from improper handling) I said how can that be? I asked what if I needed straight tubing? I explained that I expected more buying aircraft grade material from an aircraft specialty shop. She offered to send me new metal, but said she could not be sure it would be straight. I said all it would require is the person cutting the metal to eyeball down the lenghth to see if it was bent before cutting or sending it out.

    She ended up telling me that if I wanted something in particular...like straight tubing....I should specify it in the notes section of the order. I was flabbergasted.

    Anyway, I told her I did not think I needed her to send new metal and that I thought I could make it work. But I asked if they have a complaint handling system and that I wanted to lodge a formal complaint. I said that if it is required to ask for straight metal from an aircraft specialty company that they should state it clearly on their website and catalog to avoid confusion from people expecting to receive what they order without asking that it be straight.

    Dumbfounded......
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  23. akflyer added a post in a topic Snowmobiles   

    Good looking rides!  If you want to bet the best out of them, I will talk to my buddy and get the hot shock set up.  He did a TON of testing and tuning to get them to ride pretty damn sweet in the whoops and big bumps.  He aint happy with a set up unless you can ride one handed in 2' stutter bumps at 100 MPH.
     
    How long did it take you to get used to the rider forwards position of the new sleds versus the old sitting position?  I hated it for the first few hours, then I began to love it.  Now I cant go back old style for more than 10 minutes or my back and knees are killing me!
     

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  24. akflyer added a post in a topic tail wheel springs   

    I re-arched mine in a press a few weeks ago... if we were smart, we would do our own re-arch so we get the angle just perfect, then take them to the spring shop to have them cooked and tempered so they will actually hold that arch.
     

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  25. akflyer added a post in a topic Got the first coat of pink on yesterday...   

    Watch it Larry... Any man twho knows more than the primary colors is subject to having his man card pulled by the voting membership! 
     
    Yeah, I was hoping to see some fat avid pics Doug, ya got me on this one!  But ya gotta keep momma happy too cause if she aint happy nobody is happy!
     

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