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  1. EDMO added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    Being a long-time gunsmith, and the son of one, I agree:  Any excuse to buy another gun or plane is good enough.
    Since the WWG 45/70, or 457, or .500 Alaskan, takedown is priced between 1500 and 2K, the other choices may be more economical - We made one that cost $5K.  But since I worked there, I just had to build a custom one for myself.  Mine has only been test-fired at the factory, and there is not much need for it down here.  My step-son deer hunts with one. 
    I had the 24V in .223 and 20 ga, with scope - liked it too.  Also had the Savage 45/70 break-action, which an Alaska State Trooper is probably still carrying now.
    I used to give survival lectures to my flying group - my briefcase usually contained a .38 or .357 revolver, and hopefully it would have made enough noise to deter the wild dog or farmers dog, so I would not have to kill it needlessly.  Farmers get mad when you kill the family pet that is going to bite you badly!  It would not slow down a bear with the same thoughts!
    I could talk guns all day, but guess this site is more for building and flying.
    I loved what VP Cheney said when asked how many guns he had:  He said,  "I have more than I need, but not as many as I want!"
    ED in MO
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  2. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Taking my daughter up for her first flight tomorrow   

    Very cool!  Can't wait to take my grandson up.  Be sure to post pictures Joey
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  3. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Papa Whiskey got a new set of shoes   

    Nice Leni; maybe one of these days....when I get my MKIV back together so I have 2 planes.  Funny post Bryce  .  Yup, we just set a new record for longest time with new snow on the ground.  pretty soon it will be hard to tell when one winter stops and the next begins.  I need to go put my skis back on. 
     
    On second thought Leni, you sure you are going to need those things in the new ice age?
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  4. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    There are a lot of good options, all  the more reason to buy another gun  .  I like the Savage 24V, I had a .222/20 guage when I was in highschool but really only used the .222 for shooting diggers so ended up buying a bolt .222 when I got the chance and sold the 24V.  Kind of wish I still had it now.  As a survival gun combo the would be very good in a lot of the configurations.  My brother has one he had cut down to just over 18" barrels and threaded the shotgun barrel for choke tubes; a very neat setup.
     
    Ed, I agree, there is a difference between the survival gun and the protection gun.  I also carry my .460 SW with me in the summer months and sometimes an 18" 12 ga. with a folding stock depending on where I am headed.  Would love to have a Marlin 45-70 takedown.  Maybe I am just paranoid?     Now let me go figure out how to do that 1000 lb weight increase to my Avid+. 
    I think Leni's solution is probably the easiest.  I better add a snagging hook to my survival gear.
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  5. dholly added a post in a topic Denso 182800-1950   

    Or not. It was the battery after all. The old battery was an AGM type (absorbed glass mat), not gel as I thought. AGM is supposed to be superior to gel but can't say I would recommend a ETX Magna Power (Deka) AGM based on this experience.

    Thanks again for the input.
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  6. BryceKat added a post in a topic Papa Whiskey got a new set of shoes   

    NICE! I hope I look that good after 70 + yrs! As someone from Tennessee, and there are many of us that feel this way, I apologize for letting out our state idiot Al Gore! As you well know, there's only so much one can take of Al. Somebody in a moment of weakness must have let him out! At least he provided enough material for the ManBearPig episode on Southpark. Bryce
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  7. akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Papa Whiskey got a new set of shoes
    Just got back from picking up a new (ok, built in 1940 but rebuilt a few years ago) shoes for the plane. I'm hoping to get them mounted up with out having to entirely redo the rigging. Will go pull some measurements tomorrow and see how it looks. By the darn snow storm we had to drive through today, I must take a moment to tell mr. Gore just how far he can shove global warming up his @$$!




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  8. akflyer added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    I figure a .22 is a great survival gun. If you find yourself stranded in the absolute middle of no where, just shoot a duck with the .22 and the frickin game ranger will step out from behind a tree.... As he is writing you a ticket see if you can bum a ride home with him!

    Randy, that looks like a sweet little rifle!
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  9. EDMO added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    RANDY,  That plane don't look like it needed protection from SQUIRRELS - That looks like bigger Critter damage??
    ED in MO
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  10. EDMO added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers   

    HAPPY 39TH BIRTHDAY, LONNIE
    OMG - Can't remember how many times I celebrated my 39th!  One more year, and you are supposed to be "over-the-hill"!  Don't worry, your best years may still be ahead.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY and GOOD FLYING,
    ED in MO
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  11. EDMO added a topic in Avid and Kitfox parts Suppliers   

    Kitfox gas caps WITH TUBES
    Talked to Debra at KF today - Gas caps with tubes are $21.xx each.  Out of fairings for about 3 or 4 weeks.
    ED in MO
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  12. EDMO added a post in a topic Taking my daughter up for her first flight tomorrow   

    My first two daughters flew with me before turning 4 - They went to sleep in the back seat of the 172 as soon as the wheels left the ground, and usually woke up when the tires squeaked on touchdown, except for a few rare times when emergency bathroom calls were answered at the nearest airport.
    My 3rd flew when she was 7 at a young eagles event.  The 4th was too young for that flight, so an EAA buddy took her up in his Sonex, and took photos of her smiling all thru the flight.
    I was lucky to go up before age 8 in the Stearmans with some WW2 pilots who were cropdusting after the war -
    I got the best of the best rides, and never got scared!  Had to wait until I was about 25 to get airsick!
    Make it a fun trip - and take photos - post one for us.
    ED in MO
    P.S.  Put her in a booster seat or on pillows, so she sits high and can see the ground easier - she should love it!
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  13. BryceKat added a post in a topic Taking my daughter up for her first flight tomorrow   

    Tell her it's going to be fun and keep the preflight lighthearted. Kids are too curious to be worried! I took My nephew up and my avid when he was about 2 1/2 years old and he loved it! We then went weightless at one point he was just giggling like hell! I took his sister who is 10, A couple weeks ago for the first time and she was all laughter. She started laughing once we came off the ground she'd never seen her world from that point of view before. It's always really cool introduce somebody to flight! Have fun. Bryce
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  14. C5Engineer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Taking my daughter up for her first flight tomorrow
    She is 3.5 and I think plenty ready. I am renting a 172SP for the morning. Hoping she doesn't get scared and enjoys it. Any tips or thoughts? Gonna try and get her to leave the headset on. She'll be in the backseat with my wife.
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  15. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Aluminium radiators   

    Dang I need to look into one to replace my beast under my belly.
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  16. EDMO added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    Being an old "Alaskan Bush Pilot"   Isn't Everyone?
    I have a very large fear of being chewed on by a big bear - The .22 is of absolutely no use for bear defense - but it would get you some proteins,
    which you should have had with you anyway -
    and it can attract bears - they sometimes follow gunshots to a deer kill. 
    The combo with the shotgun and slugs is a good idea - but you better not miss with that single-shot. 
    A riot gun would be better and real short with the pistol-grip or folding stock.  Mossbergs are cheap.
    We loaded our Police shotguns with alternating slug cartridges and shot cartridges - ie: shoot a rabbit, and the next shot is a slug for a bear, or ...............
     
    My "Co-Pilot" is the breakdown 45/70 Lever-action made by Wild West Guns, and some HOT Corbon Ammo.
    And usually, a Ruger .44 mag pistol.  I think Leni carries a hand-cannon that makes the 44 look small -
    To each their own insurance - Nothing is a sure thing.   In Alaska and Canada, I worried more about what is going to eat me, rather than what I was going to eat until help came.
    P.S.  They frown on bazookas, but that's a good bear gun!  And Canada bars pilots' pistols!
     
    Down here in the flatlands, all I worry about is the farmer's mean German Sheppard, and my little .22 auto pistol will take care of that.
     
    P.S.  Nate,  I spotted collared bears once with Alaska F&G - There were 8 bears inside Anchorage City Limits, and 15 total between there and Eagle River.  THAT WAS JUST the ones with Radio collars  - THEY AINT SCARCE! 
    Ed in MO
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  17. C5Engineer added a post in a topic Tailwheel   

    My Nancos and dual fork 8" wide TW take Me everywhere I need to go and then some. It's kind of a pain on pavement but works awesome on grass and gravel bars.
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  18. marshawk added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

    Thanks again for  the info, i still got time to track down some tires since  but that will be a great start, I have the original set of 6" avid rims but they had the drum brakes  so i bought the 8"   rims off barnstormers. Glad to here the floats should work ok , | like ski flying so much  that i figure floats wll be kinda the same and we have hundreds of lakes up here with  some big fish that need to be caught. My flying buddy is putting some on a 701 zenair soon as he builds them so, ill see how his does
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  19. flattie45 added a post in a topic Great Airplane Gun   

    The 10/22 is a nice looking little gun. What I have been putting in my plane lately is my Marlin 39A. Although it doesn't break down as slick as the new 10/22, it can be split into two parts fairly easily, and carries 18 .22lr rounds in the tube (or 25 shorts). 
     
    What I used to pack was my Savage 24, which is 20 gauge/ .22lr over-under. It breaks down into three pieces and stows in a little carry case. The stock has a compartment for 10 rimfire cartridges and 2 shotshells. Savage made the model 24 in a large variety of cartridge/shotshell combinations, including .410, 20 & 12 gauge, .22lr, .223, .30-30, and probably quite a few more. I have thought about finding a 12 gauge/.22 combo but have not quite acted on that thought. Maybe someday.
     
    -Nate
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  20. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

    There are two options that I know about for current manufactured 26" Bushwheels and they both go on 6" diameter rims.  The Alaska Bushwheels makes the Airstreak model which is lighter than the true Bushwheel model and much better suited for our planes.  I have heard talk of a non-certified model but I don't know if they ended up doing that or just build the Airstreaks for that market.  Last I knew they were close to $2600 for a pair.
     
    The other option is the Goodyear 26" but they are heavier and stiffer, so not as good for sucking up bumps, especially with our light planes.  The price is closer to $800 for a pair though.  I have no experience flying with these so cannot tell you how they perform.
     
    If you already have the 8" rims, the Nanco or Cheng Shin 21"x12"W are not a bad way to go and they are made for the 8" rims.  They are light and soft and do a pretty good job; just not as tall.  Much cheaper though at under $100 a piece.  The other option I built was a set of 9" rims and took 25"x12" ATV tires for the 9" rim and cut all the tread off of them.  They ended up about 24" tall and worked pretty darn good; just about as you would expect between the 21" Nanco's and the 26" Bushwheels.
     
    I would have no qualms about putting my Avid+ on floats.  I have no experience flying floats but I know that on wheels, the Sube performs markedly better under heavy load than the 582.
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  21. SuberAvid added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    Great Airplane Gun
    I have always figured if I needed a gun for survival I would be best served by a .22 rimfire because you can pack plenty of ammo and mostly would be surviving on small game anyway.  Because of that I usually have a 22 pistol in the plane with me, along with whatever else I think I might need for protection.  Ruger just came out with a 10/22 takedown model with a soft carry case made for it.  You push a pin in front of the magazine and turn the front 1/8 turn and the barrel and forearm come off.  Very cool!  Add a quick detachable scope and/or red dot sight and it is perfect.  And it shoots like a 10/22, what else can you say. 
     
    If you have a plane, it is a good excuse to buy the gun; if you have the gun, it is a good excuse to by a plane.
     
    Oh, and bring plenty of duct tape too.






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  22. marshawk added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

    Thats good to hear, I am planning on a set of 26" tires for it ,I have the 8" rims, were is the best place to order them from. I just got my prop back from warp drive and they did repair it, seemed like good guys to deal with. Randy ,would you put floats on your avid, i have never flown with floats but just wondering if the avid with the soob in it would be an ok combination in case a deal on floats pops up,  thanks again
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  23. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Just joined the Fat Avid Club   

     
     
     Check with Warp Drive and see what they would charget to repair the blade; they have been really nice and reasonable on the swaps and changes I have done with them and I think they could repair or replace the nickle edge if it is so bad that you don't twant to fly with it.  Next is to get that thing on a set of 26" Bushwheels. 
     
    Jeff is running the 72" 2 blade IVO medium and has the wide bungee gear with 850 tires.  We have picked up all kinds of rock nicks in the prop and all from just flying from well manicured gravel runways.  I have the 72" IVO medium 3 blade on my Avid+ but with 5.5" extended gear and 26" BW's and have one tiny nick in the nickel edge in about 100 hours on that prop and a lot of off airport.  Prop clearance really makes a difference.
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  24. SuberAvid added a post in a topic Tailwheel   

    I started with the 6" hard rubber Maul on my Avid MKIV, then went to an 8" pnumatic Maul which was a great improvement but still cut a trench in the soft gravel and sand.  I went to an 8" x 3.5" Matco twin fork TW last year on my Avid+ and really like it.  Also have been flying Jeff's Avid with the single fork Matco with the same tire and it works great too.  I like the balanced load of the twin fork on the tail spring but the massive casting on the single fork is probably as tough or tougher.  Both handle great so I would recommend either one.
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  25. Emory Bored added a post in a topic The 912UL   

    It's kinda spendy to be building new wings for.  I'm all over the place on it and a couple other airplanes right now anyway.
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