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  1. Guest

    Posted

    I have obtained a Fat Avid top cowl section, a Fat Avid dash cap and a MKIV cowl bottom and am attempting to fit it all together as a two piece setup like the original MKIV, not as a boot cowl setup. Has anyone set their fat avid up like this? If so would you take a few pics and share? I seem to be having some fit issues with the dash cap, windscreen and cowl top.

  10. 1avidflyer

    Posted · Edited by Jim Chuk

    How are Kitfox 1 wings different from the 2/3?

    One big difference is the bottom of the door.  On the 1, the bottom is about a foot or so long before it angles up in the back.  The later ones are flat on the bottom at least double of the Kitfox 1.   Nice picture of a Kitfox 1 that shows the door on ebay.  If you search ebay moters soon using Kitfox, the top add is the Kitfox 1, and the tenth add is a Kitfox 3.  Easy to see the difference in the doors in these two pictures.  The Kitfox 1 has an early cowl, what Kitfox used before the round cowl.  I think it looked way better than the later round cowl.  Jim Chuk

     

    PS  Just reread my post, and what you actually asked, and in my earlier post, I meant to say kitfox doors...  I read your question as Kitfox 1 doors also.   Well my dad ended up with alzhimers, but it didn't show up till he was 85,  I'm only 63, but maybe it's showing up early...........

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  13. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Joey,

          I tried the link, and also tried Files and Forms manual post, and still cant get it to read - Bill may have same problem?

    My college computer student tried several times and all we come up with is a blank screen.

    Looks like I am SOOL until something changes.

    EDMO

  14. tcj

    Posted

    I was working on my plane today and noticed the wing spar to fuselage attach bolts stick down past the bottom profile of the wing.  These make an easy place to put my smart level to measure the incidence of the spars at the root end.  I put the level on them and it measured 0.2 degrees down.  I think it is no coincidence this is the same angle of incidence I measured on the bottom of the wing.

     

    These measurements probably have some margin of error.  Probably a couple tenths of a degree.  It has me thinking the incidence of the wing may be zero.

  16. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    Bill,

         I'm not an Avid expert - Know more about Kitfoxes - On all of the Avids / Foxes except the Avid Magnum, the fuselage butt ribs are just a modified wing rib - The Magnum uses a fiberglass undercambered butt rib.   The rib has to be cut away so that the rear spar can swing and fold.   On most I have seen, the space between this rib and the rear spar crosstube is closed in with the same fabric as on the plane.

        Although some instructions say to rivet the windshield / skylight, some have decided that 8-32 bolts with a rubber or nylon washer under the head may cause less cracking - the bolt holes should be drilled oversize by 1/8" to allow for expansion / contraction of the Lexan.   IMO, it is better to make the WS and Skylight in two separate pieces - I also like a dark tinted skylight for the sun and heat here in Missouri summers.

        I am sure that dHolly (Doug) (A+ shows in Red on his posts) has a copy of the instruction for most planes - and you might find it in some of the Avid or Kitfox manuals on here or in Files and Forms section.

        I might be able to post  a page of the Kitfox manual on here if you cant find what you need.

        Hope this helps.

    EDMO 

  17. Luked

    Posted

    Hi Martin,

     

    I am in the process of making changes to my MK IV to accept KF4 wings. From the information I have found, the wings are different as Jim mentioned, and the fuselage is also different. The spar carry throughs are 1" x .035" wall (larger on KF5/6). I don't remember the increase the strut carry through, but I could look that up.

     

    Struts are also different, and attached at a different point.

     

    Luke D.

  20. cliff

    Posted

    I have a pair of Kitfox 1 doors, also all the cowl pieces, dash, plastic header tank, engine mount for a 532, flapperon mixing system, rudder, and much more. I will be cleaning out my shed in the next month or so and will get an inventory of all the junk I have collected. If anybody needs anything let me know.

  23. William Davis

    Posted

    Hi everyone I just purchased a avid flyer speedwing model d. The plane is fully covered but the windshield still needs installed. Unfortunately there were no butt ribs when I purchased. Can anyone direct me on what material is used to make these butt ribs that mount permanently on the fuselage and the window gets riveted to? Or does it get screwed to it?

    Thanks all,

    Bill

  25. EDMO

    Posted · Edited by Ed In Missouri

    For what it is worth - a couple of us have added another capstrip to take care of this - it works.

    I cut some strips out of old wood paneling and used 9460 to glue and blend.

    (Should give you about .001% more lift in the prop blast area!)  :lol:

    EDMO