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I was happy to go with the liquid-cooled engine heater because it eliminates the chance of a crack in the heat muff letting CO into the cabin - at least thru the cabin-heat system.
Someone has a heater listed in the for sale section on here.
The heaters I have will about melt you - but they weigh 13 pounds.
EDMO
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I wouldn't consider any else but a coolant style cabin heater with a 912. Mine has two computer fans on it. Comfy cabin down to zero degrees.
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I have an Avid MKIV with the standard cabin heat setup that takes air from behind the radiator using the supplied scoop. This is not working, anyone have a muff style heat setup that is working. I have been thinking about adding an opening in the cowl so that the muff gets ram air to supply the muff. Any thoughts. The engine is a 912.
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This is true Dan. Really a guy needs 3 planes! Add a Turbo 206 to the mix. You still good if I make plans to ship that engine in December?
Yup. We'll be away over Thanksgiving but will be home right through December. Keep me posted. I can even go to a freight terminal an have them drop it into the bed of the truck. I've done that sort of thing often and it saves the local delivery cost.
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Awesome! Glad this rag tag buncha miss fits could help you out! I have a lust for an s7 so I would lean that direction!
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This guy had been flying Helo's for 50 years and got himself killed by a rotor while trying to grab his hat after it blew off. Just a reminder that it only takes a split second lack of concentration in Aviation to have disasterous results. Tragic... Rest in Peace Sir.
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This is true Dan. Really a guy needs 3 planes! Add a Turbo 206 to the mix. You still good if I make plans to ship that engine in December?
The kids won't fit!! Aren't they about ready to ride?
Dan
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No, and there is a high probability that I will be moving the Aerotrek from SLSA to ELSA after the next inspection.
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My cheap house is going on the market soon ,.moving to Oklahoma ,..wife wans to be closer to family,..so for a cool $650,000.00 you could own my nice cheap house
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Thanks everyone for your help in getting my 582 sorted out. I flew the S7 for the first time today. The engine ran great, all temps were well in the green. It was my first time behind a two stroke, I was impressed. The engine was smooth and had plenty of power. You guys really are a great resource and really helped get my confidence up in the motor.
Now I have to decide between the KF and the S7 errrrrrr
EG
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I have the E-1 in mine and I really like it. No problem reading it in any lighting condition. I hooked up the water temp sender instead of the oil temp sender on mine; just seemed to make a little more sense on a water cooled engine.
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Doug, SuberAvid, anyone,
I cant find any of the blue tubing listed big enough for my Soob - Any good info on the Nylon or Poly-whatever it is, and the Polyurethene that you can give me. Minimum 5/16 ID, prefer 3/8 ID.
EDMO
Ed,
I used 5/16" and then 1/4" to each carb. I don't know abought the 3/8" availability. best places to search for the poly fuel line would be the ATV parts suppliers. The most restrictive part in the line is the fuel flow sender unit. If you are going to run one of them, you are wasting your time using 3/8" line.
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I am using the dual tail spring from Airdale witht the wide Matco 8" dual fork TW and it has been a great set up. The original Avid spring bent immediately. I bought a single spring from AC Spruce and stacked it with the Avid spring and it finally broke. The TW becomes a wrecking ball on your rudder as the fusalage drags along in the gravel. I bought the Airdale spring when I was still flying my MKIV and then switched it to my Avid+ and it has been great. On the 3 spring unit, the weight on the tail would not be a issue but it seems like it would be pretty stiff unless they are much lighter springs. All that get transmitted back into your airframe. Just something to consider. If you can land without ever touching your TW until you are stopped; that should not be a problem though.
It would be a pain for me to use my plane if theTW did not swivel. I have never had it disconnect unexpectedly on me; I don't land on pavement much though so maybe it is more of a problem on pavement.
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I looked at this for a while at OSH, even came back to look a second time. I liked it but just used their pricing guide online and over $42k for the basic quick build kit with 912uls FWF. No engine, instruments, paint or extras. Wow. What's the Kitfox 7 QB kit go for these days?
I'd say similar. Figure $20k fwb, $30k fwf with motor, $20k paint, radios, instruments, etc. for a new Kitfox SS kit.
Lots of stuff was cheaper in the very early 80s, Ed. That would be the last time you would ever see a complete kit for anywhere near $10-15k.
Then you could buy a nice house for $25k. (Twice the cost of a kit) Now you need to spend $150k for a similar nice house. Ironically about twice the cost of this kit, still.
A good job then paid $15k per year. Now a similar Good job is $60-75k? See the pattern?
Everything is relative.
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I've updated two iPhones and two iPads to IOS7. It's the smoothest upgrade yet for me. One iPhone was done through iTunes (needed to upgrade that first). The others were done "over the air" (OTA). All went smoothly but took some time.
The only battery life issue I had was some apps were set up to update in the background which I didn't need them to be doing. After I disabled this in the settings, all is good.
One minor bug I've noticed is while muted, the keyboard still makes some key click noises.
All in all, I really like the upgrade. Most important, Foreflight runs well with it.
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I cant even get it down from my 13 foot ceiling without help - plan on half a day finding parts too -Yes, I can deliver, but the price goes sky-high!What?? you don't deliver? lol just kidding
EDMO
Some good ol Boys on an epic AK Cub flying adventure
in Avid fox flyers pics and vids
C5Engineer
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Great video!