- 1. RE: Calibrating Engine RPM (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 08:57:56
- Using a video camera to check tacho. accuracy is supposed to work very well. This is on the basis that the shutter speed in a video camera is timed at 1/500 sec. and is accurately crystal controlled
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00022.html (7,884 bytes)
- 2. Between Doors - 2 ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:03:07
- "......2 layers of BID on door frame stiffeners....." the manual I have says 3. An overhead panel, if made of something thin, can also be captivated by the door seals. Duncan McFadyean
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00155.html (7,707 bytes)
- 3. Re: Calibrating Engine RPM (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:03:36
- Thanks for the notes on video camera shutter speeds. Can anyone comment on just how accurate the frame frequency is and therefore how reliable the technique is? Duncan McFadyean
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00160.html (7,622 bytes)
- 4. exhaust pipe burned through (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:02:46
- My understanding is that glass-based insulants should not be placed in contact with stainless steel above 500C, otherwise the S/S is eroded. This was the subject of a FAA alert a few years back and w
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00163.html (7,599 bytes)
- 5. BMW??? (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:21:25
- I can`t claim to speak for the Factory on this issue, but hope they won`t mind this "press leak". The BMW R1100 engine has now completed 102 hours running in a test rig.All running has been at variou
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00104.html (8,718 bytes)
- 6. Re: BMW??? (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 15:38:04
- The out-turn weight of the BMW conversion has not been formally determined thus far. Only to say that the engine (complete with starter,oil cooler, alternator, throttle bodies, but NOT the exhaust )
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00115.html (9,499 bytes)
- 7. Tailwheel Mods (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 09:41:05
- In terms of an alternative tailwheel system which uses the original tailwheel but decoupled by means of an idler plate and springs, why not use compression springs (shorter, more reliable and leaves
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-12/msg00171.html (7,005 bytes)
- 8. Re: Stiff Roll Controls (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:04:20
- Possible solution: When I originally fixed my control torque tube and bearing together I put in a polythene bag as a spacer. After cure the polethene was ripped out leaving the merest hint of end-flo
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00118.html (8,396 bytes)
- 9. Beyond Iceland (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:50:48
- Interesting trip. Anyone know the cost of air-freighting a completed Europa in a box from UK to nearest eastern US landfall?! Duncan McFadyean
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00214.html (7,775 bytes)
- 10. Re: Re: Tail Wheel Arm Responses (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan McFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:45:35
- FWIW, based on 160 hours of homebuilt taildragger experience, I offer the following: By default you should get increased tension with increasing deflection as the spring in the active control cable i
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00354.html (8,309 bytes)
- 11. Re: Gelcoat (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 09:04:40
- Message text written by Kenneth Whiteley and not vice versa.< I thought it was the other way about. Also, "long term shrinkage of epoxy" I thought this was the other way about too! Duncan McFadyean
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-04/msg00049.html (7,187 bytes)
- 12. Tri-Gear Europa (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:13:39
- Message text written by Jef I think I heard or read some months ago that someone in Britain is building his own version of a main landing gear ( legs ) using composite material ( carbon fiber or kevl
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-06/msg00060.html (8,024 bytes)
- 13. Baggage bay mod (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:31:47
- Did this mod. with original bulkhead cut back to 1 inch above tunnel top level but, more importantly, placed a spacer onto the top of the pitch pushrod and set new rear floor to this. Duncan McFadyea
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-06/msg00105.html (6,840 bytes)
- 14. Semina/Filling/BMW (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:54:59
- Message text written by INTERNET:BRYNALL@aol.com Development Team in order to get some help from them. Sorry I can not help, but I am sure that others will be able to.< This has been resolved and Tho
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-06/msg00162.html (7,131 bytes)
- 15. BMW aircraft conversion designer -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:47:01
- Message text written by MARK CLARK Correct that to HAVE HAD. propeller is a form of spring,< Try getting the manufacturer of a popular =ACexperimental=AC propeller to admit to this! engine that produ
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-06/msg00169.html (8,600 bytes)
- 16. Moving Rotax Water Pump Outlets (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 09:03:42
- Message text written by Graham Singleton The trick is to get the heat in fast, otherwise it dissipates through the casting without melting the Loctite< I find that to debond anything similar, applica
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-06/msg00170.html (7,543 bytes)
- 17. Flap Tube ? (score: 1)
- Author: Duncan MacFadyean <HalcrowMRO@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 08:46:13
- Message text written by INTERNET:JohnJMoran@aol.com significantly or tend to cause cracking?< I drilled a 1/16" hole at this point. Its not the most highly stressed part of the tube and I would argue
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-07/msg00009.html (6,768 bytes)
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