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Logtrucker added a post in a topic Waned Avid Mark IV or Kitfox Bump Cowl
All screwed up! Logtruckclarkston10@gmail.com
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Logtrucker added a post in a topic Waned Avid Mark IV or Kitfox Bump Cowl
Track welder, If you want to retain the same blood lines I still have most of the plug I modified from a mk iv cowl to make it fit a revmaster . 3 gallon of bondo and 3 weeks later (maybe 4) it came out OK. It's cut as shown and the bottom intake damaged but could be used again.-
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Trackwelder added a post in a topic Requirements for plane in uncontrolled airspace
I fly in Iowa my field is EGQ or Emmetsburg, IA, I will still be looking for a DAR especially with this government shutdown.
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C150L added a topic in Local Fly in's
Fall Color Fly inMark it on your calendars - there will be a Fall Color Chili Fly and Drive-in on Oct 12 at 68C. It will run from 11am till 4pm. It is being held by Aviation By Design Aviation Explorer Post 9868. Come see the airplane that kids from 8 high schools are building and also enjoy the fall colors. The chili is a special recipe that is bound to please!! The kids would really appreciate your attendance!! Come show your support for the aviators of tomorrow!!
http://netnet.net/~wjknjan/
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EDMO added a post in a topic Waned Avid Mark IV or Kitfox Bump Cowl
I may have enough of the early Kitfox bump cowl to help you - If you don't find a complete cowl set, I can sell you the parts I have and you can get the rest from Kitfox or someone else, or combine my parts with yours to make a set. I know that I am missing the upper part that goes around windshield, but bump part is complete, I think?Let me know if interested, and I will take some photos and we can talk about price.
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic Requirements for plane in uncontrolled airspace
Around Iowa, Missouri, and the lower 48, you do not need any lights or xponder for flight in uncontrolled airspace - even a radio is not mandatory.
In Alaska, you need lights any time to be legal - most pilots use their landing lights in the daytime or have them in wig-wag mode - its the "Alaska regulations" that are different than ours.
Don't know a thing about Hawaii, but you probably wont fly to that island.
Canada is another story.
EDMO
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Bandit added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids
Fall flightLast night was the nicest evening to fly so far this fall. Clear and calm.Just a few pictures of my local area. Some of the crops are coming out now.
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Trackwelder added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
Requirements for plane in uncontrolled airspaceI am close to being done with my Plane, and was wondering what is required as far as lights on a daytime only VFR that will only fly in uncontrolled airspace. I don't plan on more than my handheld radio, and I would just as soon not spend the money on strobes and transponder, would it be legal for uncontrolled airspace or do I need to add the lights (already own a set) strobe don't have transponder expensive. I am just trying to get this legal to fly while I finish building my Wittman Buttercup, so I want to use it to practice tailwheel landings and build more hours.
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Trackwelder added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it
Waned Avid Mark IV or Kitfox Bump CowlI am rebuilding an Avid Model unknown I just know it is not an A, I have made enough changes to it already but I have an ugly hacked up cowl from a side mounted radiator and would like to replace it with either an Avid Mark IV Cowl or the Kitfox radial cowl, if anyone has one even in need of repair I would like to buy it.
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Trackwelder added a post in a topic Go Kart to Matco Brakes
C5 Engineer, I don't know if you are still here or not, but I remember you once posting a new set of rudder pedals for your avid, I am hoping You could send another picture of the way they are set up, I somehow have had my pedals disappear and need to make a new set, I can probably do this on my own, but I would like to have a shot to see how yours were done again. Hydraulic Brakes are going to have to wait, but I have 3 grass fields to land on so I don't need them for anything but taxiing. Hydraulics will come later. I almost sold my Avid, but am Happy I kept it, I just need to do the final 90% new firewall, Rudderpedals and check out the engine internals,
I just took a taildragger lesson in a Kitfox IV and flying from the right hand seat with no brakes I had no problems doing anything but taxiing and run up and taxiing wasn't that big a deal. These land so much easier than a cub even with the speedwing.
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Trackwelder added a post in a topic WING STRUTS
Old thread I know, but since I am looking for older information I will add my 2 cents. Look for Carlson Aircraft they sell streamlined aluminum extrusions for struts, I know one being put together with a set he is waiting for the DAR now, I Got side tracked building a Wittman Buttercup and now have hangar space so both airplanes are sitting side by side being bult. I am spending time on both aircraft at once, the Avid will be finished first, I need to make rudder pedals bend a new firewall and freshen up my motor, I took a taildragger lesson in a Kitfox and got bit by the bug again.
My problem is I need a second set of hands to build with, building alone is just a little difficult. I have a whole airport to myself most days and I need a hand once in a while.
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vfrazier added a post in a topic tailwheel spring rear support
I'm new to this forum, and new to Avid HHs too. I recently bought a MK IV HH that needed some love. One of the things that had to go was the original tailwheel. The springs were bent and the tailwheel assembly was junk. I replaced the entire assembly with this:
So far, it's had one trip up and down the runway, steers and behaves very well. Flights will commence after the inspection and upgrades are done, and most importantly, after the brakes are fixed. The brakes were improperly installed and the pedal geometry is all wrong... but that's a different discussion.
Sharp eyed readers might notice that the new tailwheel assembly looks very much like the one that are commonly seen on Van's RVs. It is very similar, but not the same. I figure if the tapered spring worked well on those planes, it should be plenty strong enough for the Avid. (Yes, I understand that something else might bend, but that's why we fly experimentals, eh?)
BTW, it weighs 631# on certified, calibrated scales and has a 582 BH with a Kiev prop.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Cabin Heat
I have to go out to the hangar tomorrow and I will get more pics of the heat muff. I just got the MK IV in cowl radiators set up on the plane and they work GREAT! now to get the air scoop back on so I can have cabin heat again.
I have 2 slots cut in the dash with computer fans mounted under the dash to blow air on the windshield. With my current set up, I will have air coming into the heat muff preheated by the air from the radiators.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic 1992 Sport Pilot Magazine w/Avid on cover scanned in
Dang it looks like that plane was totalled not long after this article aired.
http://www.initialfix.com/reference/accident/1992/20001211X14517/N582MK.html
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C5Engineer added a topic in Files and Forms
1992 Sport Pilot Magazine w/Avid on cover scanned inMany Thanks to forum member Jim Peet for sending me this entire magazine. I've scanned the Avid article from Sept of 92. Good stuff!! I love the Alpine tape deck in the panel! If you are having trouble reading the text click on the Plus sign up at the top of the page to Zoom in.
Avid Cover.pdf
Avid Ad.pdf
Avid pic.pdf
Avid cockpit.pdf
Avid Pg 1_2.pdf
Avid Pg 3_4.pdf
Avid Pg 5_6.pdf
Avid Pg 7_8.pdf
Avid Pg 9.pdf
Avid Pg 10.pdf
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6320012s added a post in a topic Grove landing gear
My grove gear was a great improvement over the original bungee gear, but after stripping the nuts off the clamp bolts (still not sure how that happened), I will be oversizing the bolts and adding two nuts. Great gear, but they don't track very well with only one clamp in place. (
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EDMO added a post in a topic Grove landing gear
The later - Kitfox 5 to 7 - Grove spring weighs 10 lbs more than the 1-4 Grove gear, but it is 8 inches wider wheelbase and more Gross weight.
EDMO
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dynomike added a post in a topic montana member
thanx for the welcome ,im in Kalispell so not to far from you c5.im waiting for the rudder(my painter is very slow and irritating)to do the w/b .ill check on the toe in.
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Grove landing gear
I did the conversion to Grove from bungee and the plane gained 12#.
Look at my mangy fox thread and you will see I put on a taller custom Grove spring. 2-1/2" taller and 3" wider. L
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic New Sport Pilot Regs In the Making
Since all those piper wing components are available individually, whose to say you didn't build them? Or bought a set of wings, totally disassembled them to put in new spars, essentially building them from parts? I could name several planes like this that have been recently built and signed off. There are many, many experimental Cub clones with major Piper parts on them.
Now, saying you built a Bonanza as an experimental, will probably never pass muster. That's a different situation.
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Cabin Heat
I priced a compact car heater core today, early dodge neon $40.00 at oriellys, in the box it weighs less then a 1 lb, about 6"x8"x1.5" thick, has 9/16's or 5/8's inlet/outlet
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dholly added a post in a topic Grove landing gear
Very effective and durable landing gear for vertical force absorbsion (ie., pancake landing). However, horizontal linear or rearward twisting forces to the spring gear are transferred to the fuselage at a single point via a relatively small clamping block (vs. tube gear with two wider attach points). Therein lies a definite potential downside of using the Grove gear IMHO. See the pics of my wrecked KF3 on site showing what happens to the fuselage when you drop a wheel into a ditch or gopher hole at speed. Suffice to say that the spring gear is a whole lot stronger than the fuselage. In my case the spring gear was undamaged and I can't help but wonder if either oem or bush style tube gear would have let go first and saved the frame. I highly recommend you gusset the side truss over the gear attach brackets when using Grove spring gear on older models, there is a good reason the new KF kits have side gussets welded in.
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EDMO added a post in a topic Cabin Heat
I never did see the weight of that (Challenger?) heater that is for sale on here.
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic RANS PLASTIC WING TANKS
Yep - everything except my retirement pay - which is surely stuck in the late 80's!My first house was $11K, and I am almost done paying off $200K for my most recent house which sold in 1964 for $12K.....Everything is relative, so I have to build cheap! Sure hope my kids can sell my Foxy Flapper some day for $100K
EDMO
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EDMO added a post in a topic Cabin Heat
Don't forget to run some defroster ducts to the windshield - I get real nervous when the whole thing frosts over and I cant see what is in front on takeoff.EDMO
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