Hi All, The rudder pedal shafts have allways been in the same position, only the vertical arms were changed on the XS, they were cranked forward, to increase the legroom. Making the firewall recesse
Hi All, The rudder pedal shafts have allways been in the same position, only the vertical arms were changed on the XS, they were cranked forward, to increase the legroom. Making the firewall recessed
Tony, The current design includes bushes in the W21 outrigger plates which are renewable. The bushes are FL9 bushes which are also used elsewhere in the lap / outrigger mechanism. They are held in wi
Hi Eddie, The port for the stall warner is 30'' outboard of the wing root, on the leading edge of the starboard wing. Previous pitot lines are not going to be of much use, I'm afraid. The job is an e
Hi , Regarding the stall warner kit... There are 2 versions, for those of you yet to close your XS wings, kit 61A is the one to use. The probe is installed through the spar, just outboard of the W13
Hi , The 6mm roll pins are .... SPIROL 6 X 55. Cheers, Nev. I am working on the tailplane counterbalance weights, and it says to secure them to the rod with 6mm roll pins. I cannot find these pins an
The baggage bay floor was designed to be 3/4'' [ 19mm ] from the underside of the floor to the pitch push rod, simply tape a piece of 3/4'' plywood to the push rod and let the floor rest on it. Trim
I spent 29 years in the boat trade, and have more than a little experience with painting / gelcoat in a far more harsh environment than most aircraft will ever see. A gelcoat finnish will allways be
EXTRA EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT THE TAILPLANE TORQUE TUBE DRIVE PIN WEAR PROBLEM !!! It really bugs me when people ''INVENT'' problems, and then via the forum, set themselves a nice little sideline in ''
Entry Hi All, After ALL the fuel has been drained, purge the fumes out with Carbon Dioxide, either --From a MIG welding plant, or from a brewery bottle. A bottle can be hired --From most drink supply
Hi Alan, Sorry for the delay in replying, we have had a major glitch here with our computer system, nothing was coming, although a test message I sent from home appeared to have made it ( I didn't ge
Hi ALL, We are alive and kicking! Had some sort of glitch in the system, seems O.K.now. Cheers, Nev. Cheers, Today I tried to email Neville and it was refused, so I directed same to Andy, and got the
Hi All, To remove the ''nicotine'' stain from the exhaust stream, petrol (that is gasoline for those in the U.S.) seems to work best, better than Acetone. If the recomended paint is used, VIRTUALLY N
Answers below Easy way to protect exposed portion of wing spars when wings are living on trailer exposed to UV? To protect the spars against UV, paint them with the recomended White PPG paint, which
Hi All, All the people involved with electricity over the years have got it wrong....Faraday... Ohm... Voltair...Watt etc have got it wrong. Electricity is purely high pressure smoke....batteries com
Hi Bob, Congratulations, 50 hours flown off before Oshkosh ? See you next week. Cheers, Nev. Finally today at 10:45am N166BB took to the air at Lakeland Regional Airport. Lee Omernik was the test pil
LEAVE IT !!!! Can someone let the rest of us know what this is all about? Regards, Garry V. Stout Pots and kettles come to mind, Gerry... :-) Jeremy Davey Europa XS Monowheel 537M G-EZZA Factory, you
Hi All, Look inside just about any carb' and you will see brass floats/needle valves/jets screwed into an alloy body. I have a pair of Weber 40 DCOE's sitting on my bench at home, from a 30 year old
Hi All, This is my experience with filling / sanding / painting, on planes, boats, cars etc....take it or leave it ???? Use the Expancell /epoxy system, as supplied by Europa, on all the control surf
Hi Mike, The baggage bay floor sits 3/4'' [19mm] above the tailplane pushrod, at the same angle, put a piece of scrap timber that thick on top of the pushrod, and trim the outer edge of the floor, an