Name this mystery Avid Flyer part.....

[saskavid 47]

Well what ya think it is????Something I've been flying with stuck to my plane for a while now. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but on to the fun part....Let the guessing begin!!!  

[marshawk 82]

lol looks like a sex toy to me

[TJay 1041]

Nah, to short for that ha.

Edited 31 Jan 2015 by TJay

[Av8r3400 1179]

Looks like some sort of boarding step.

[SuberAvid 617]

Flaperon counterbalance?

[wolves200 31]

heat seeking sex toy, that can also be used as counterbalance while is not in use?

[tcj 150]

A camera mount?

[saskavid 47]

Well Randy was closest....It bolts on to the tail airplane and sits just under the tail spring as a ballast weight to get the cg back a bit further. Weighs close to 7 pounds. MY initial idea was to have it so I could have interchangeable heads of various weight and just swap them out depending where I wanted to fly with the cg and how much baggage I had in the plane. Made a 12 pounder as well just never stuck it on the plane yet. Just seems too heavy for the plane. Also can act as a tail skid in the event u break the tail spring on landing and need to get out of somewhere without another spring to put on the plane right away....though yo would make a bit of a mess of it better it than the rest of the plane.

[saskavid 47]

So this is what this thing looks like actually mounted on the plane.I can pull it off the mounting bracket with one bolt if I want to stuff the baggage area completely full and keep the cg still aft but in the ballpark.

[wypaul 448]

Man what would your shrink say about that?

[marshawk 82]

Probably say get some balls

[saskavid 47]

You guys are mean!!! I made it to look like the flaperon ballances but if it looks like a plane penis or a sex toy so be it lol.I'm not taking it off. It serves a purpose other than revealing what is on other peoples minds within the physical symbolism of what we build.  .

[EDMO 1078]

Mike,

That big tractor in your Avatar looks very manly! These guys are just jealous of hormones!

I just wonder if an F-16 ever took a look at that "little bomb" on the tail of your bird, what would his reaction be

Well, he might not get as excited as seeing a "big bomb object" that might be a kayak that one of our members carries under his bird!

EDMO

Edited 23 Apr 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[wypaul 448]

Actually one of the better looking weights, sure had me going with you quiz

[saskavid 47]

It was meant to be fun and it certanly was.