Building An Airplane From a Kit!? Avid Plus Bush-plane Project Intro
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- I am excited to introduce you to my newest project! Follow along as we begin the process of building a “bush” style airplane…from a kit! This video will have a lot of me talking and not a whole lot of action (I’m sorry), but I feel it’s important to give this project a good introduction and some background as we begin! This is serial #7 of #7 of the Airdale Avid Plus models produced.
Cool plane. NICE kit. For a while I owned kit 001. It was called Airedale Backcountry, designed by John Larsen of Avid. I had the factory assembly build manual with my kit. It was originally designed for the Subaru EA81 power plant with a Stratus belt reduction drive. My kit had the aluminum Grove gear. The plane sat in my garage for a few years but I was just too BUSY with work and running my company that I didn’t work on it much. About 2 years ago I got a call from the gentleman I purchased it from asking if I’d sell it back to him. Thought about it for awhile and finally sold it. The kit is now back in south west Minnesota. I have the contact info for Mark if you want to consult with another builder. Like you I did a LOT of research into the history of Avids and the Airedale prior to buying the kit. I was able to get the contact info of the previous owner of Airedale, Jerry, and also John Larsen and called them to get a bit of history about my kit. I also was fortunate to get a copy of The 5 articles John Larsen wrote for kit plane magazine about the history and build of the first Avid Mark V … which eventually turned into the Airdale Back Country. Yes, you are correct, only 7 kits were fabricated. When you get your kit completed it will be an AWESOME back country flyer. I look forward to following your build. One of my biggest regrets was selling my kit. Thank you for sharing your build adventure with us. Best regards from CYQT, beautiful Thunder Bay Ontario Canada.😊
Great info Brian! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience. Looking forward to getting this one up in the air!
OOPS ... my kit was kit 007, not 001, apparently 007 was the last kit produced. If you want, I have the contact information for Mark ... the gentleman that bought the kit from me. You two might want to connect to compare build / assembly notes. It will be cool when both of these kits are complete and flying. @@MaxHannOfficial
Good luck man🚀
Thank you so much!
Just ran across your channel. Any updates on how the kit is coming along? Do something every day that say. And it's good advice. Jim