Yamma-Fox

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  1. Yamma-Fox added a topic in Avid Model IV   

    Yamaha Engine Mounts and FWF components for Avid!
    FYI:
    Over in the Yamaha Aircraft Conversions Facebook group we have William Langford who is making  an Avid Mk 4 engine mount jig for the Apex engine.  He is also planning to offer headers, oil tank, coolant tank, and throttle reverser for the Avid which would take about 75% of the work out of a conversion.
    The RX-1 also fits in the mount but it has a prop location that is about 2.5" lower than the apex.
    The mount weighs 7.28 lbs.
    Williams contact number is 701-651-0122
    Williams brother Barak is the fabricator, his number is  520 235 9072
     
     




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  2. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Finally got the cowl painted   

    Damnit Jim! 
    We were supposed to stick together on this thing.
     
    Now I gotta "Keep up with the Chuk"  
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  3. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Apex wiring   

    Bryan Dacus gets the tune spot on, and provides a top shelf EMS for Yamaha conversions.  Just a matter of if ya got the budget for it 
    There are cheaper ways but you would have some more DIY to deal with.
     
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  4. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Full lotus 1200?   

    Are there two models, 1220s and 1260s?  Not sure which ones your looking at buying? 
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  5. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Where can i find seaplane insurance?   

    Hopefully the EAA can help us all with the evaporating insurance provider / rate spike problem that weighs on us all.  At least better liability only options because I found that underwriters wouldn't quote me "just" that.
    The unique nature of your craft is super cool but must make insurance a real challenge! 
    Fot my Kitfox I did find a seaplane policy at  www.nwinsurance.net
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  6. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Laying Tracks   

    In those skiplane tracks in the snow I find there is something deeply connecting to the nature of flight and to this special thing that only a few of us are blessed to experience.
    I cannot fully describe it, but it is something about the visual nature of the tracks as they first begin at touchdown - and then again as they almost magically disappear again upon liftoff...
    They are evidence of something rare and special that graced a stretch of snow.
    I too almost always hop out on the ground to look over my tracks, and also circle above and look down upon them before I leave the area.
    I find it, for some deep indescribable reason... entrancing. 

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  7. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Minnesota "Skiplaning"   

    At work yesterday or I would have met up with you guys.   
    But did get a full day of flying around home on Fri.   Also took my 9YO boy up.  He wanted to "scout some camping spots" and he found one on a small island on an uninhabited remote lake (in pic below) that we apparently are flying back to "ASAP" to "camp for two nights"!
     


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  8. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Minnesota "Skiplaning"   

    Oh and beautiful plane Jim!  You were making me work the "floatplane heavy" model 5 and Yamaha fully to keep up with that light little puppy! 
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  9. Yamma-Fox added a topic in Avid fox flyers pics and vids   

    Minnesota "Skiplaning"
    3.2 on the clock today, out bouncing lakes with Jim C.  Most perfect weather and conditions!  Lake hopping, BS "ing", and lunch in the sun at 40F.
    Awesome day!  Thanks again Jim!
     



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  10. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic 582 clutch or not?   

    Yep and he was talking about the c box and his tmr clutch.
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  11. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic 582 clutch or not?   

    The rk400 clutch has held up extremely well in all the 120 - 140HP Yamaha applications for sure.    Over a hundred of those being used over the past ten years and I haven't heard of anyone having problems, so that is a pretty good testimonial IMO.
    And in talking with Tony at TMR he cited many examples of use in airboats used for wild rice harvesting where it held up great despite much more abusive use than aircraft.
    I'd put it in a 670 without hesitation.
     
     
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  12. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic 582 clutch or not?   

    The Mohawk sprag clutch failed in the testing phase, so that is out.  As far as the TMR400 mine is working great but I am afraid that Tony at TMR may have passed away and that option also may no longer be available. 
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  13. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Do you guys with Rotax 670 run clutch's in your gear box?   

    I sure love my rk.  I'm using it on a different motor but I'd highly recommend giving it a try.
    I bet you'll not want to go back to the hardy disk.
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  14. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Heated Seat   

    I'll crank it up in the morning and go at -5, as long as in a few hours the sun will help me out a little and bring it up to 10 or 15 at least.
    Pretty wussy compared to the guys in the far north that have been going out in -30 or worse over the last hundred years or so!
    I read those books...  I'm good with that level of participation 
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  15. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Avid kit and lots of good parts   

    Funny, price went fro 5700 to 6500 an hour ago...
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  16. Yamma-Fox added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Avid kit and lots of good parts
    Not mine but dang it looks lile a good parts cache for someone
     
    https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/avo/d/ocala-avid-flyer-heavy-hauler-sale-or/7271789259.html
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  17. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Dang!   

    Wow if that's your plane and your day's adventure:
    My hat is off to you for a good job getting down, and sympathy for everything that goes with that situation. 
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  18. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Alaskan Avid RX-1 progress   

    The more I think through the remote oil tank idea I wonder if might be problematic.
    Part of me wonders if having the tank that far away might mess with the scavenge pump's ability to clear the extra oil out of the engine.  And also in a steep climb the tank might end up lower than the engine and how would the oil pump do in that case trying to lift out of the tank?
    But then again, usually I overthink things that "might not work" and  am proven wrong when people go out and do them with no trouble. 
    Like I always joke:  if everyone double thought things as much as I do, manned powered flight would still be theory LOL!
     
     
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  19. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Alaskan Avid RX-1 progress   

    Oh and not a well thought through idea but one way to get some weight shift might be to run the oil tank back behind the seat.   
    Not sure if it is a good idea due to the long run of oil lines but it would add some heat to the cabin too. 
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  20. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic Alaskan Avid RX-1 progress   

    Looking great! 
    Oh and I haven't heard from marshawk here in awhile but look his posts up if you haven't seen them Tony.  He was one of first to do an RX1 in an avid.
    Brett
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  21. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic On the Snow in Minnesota..   

    Dang, well I was tied up working on other stuff today... Got my flying in yesterday.
    But looking forward to meeting up sometime here soon.   And I'd sure like to swing up to your place.. that is if you might sell me 5gall of mogas so I can get back home with some reserve  
     
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  22. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic On the Snow in Minnesota..   

    Yeah Jim no slush over here at all.   A few areas where there are "snow domes" but no really bad hard drifting yet either.
    Looks like that might all change here with this next storm though. 
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  23. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic On the Snow in Minnesota..   

    35 out today!  No gloves and cabin heat off.
    In MN we have so far skipped January and been living in March!
     
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  24. Yamma-Fox added a post in a topic On the Snow in Minnesota..   

    Jim and all you guys near MN, we gotta get out and meet up on the ice! 
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  25. Yamma-Fox added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar   

    On the Snow in Minnesota..
    Couple pics (for those of you that are smart enough to not be on FB and missed them in the Kitfox Group there)
     




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