I am a new builder hopefully taking delivery of a new trigear kit very soon. I have thought of making the cradle as used in a plane is born but cannot locate decent drawings for it. Anybody out there
John, Thanks for that. Have located a ready built example which will save a lot of hassle! Regards Peter HG Field & Co, Registered Auditors & Accountants, 2 Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9
I have to say that I disagree with Stanislav's comments regarding the Europa design and build. After all, this is a kit plane, not a commercially designed and tested aircraft made by Piper et al. It
Anybody know a UK supplier of the nose wheel inner tube. The original is made by Cheng Shin, size 11x4.00-5. Had an accident with ours! Peter Field Kit 566 loads of hours, not much progress! See www.
I have read with concern the comments surrounding Europa, its management and continuing existence. I have also experienced some problems with some staff and lack of supply of goods that have been pai
I would like to add to and correct the information that has been posted about an administration order. These are the facts. Prior to the 1986 Insolvency Act a company that could not pay its debts wou
Having got our beast onto its wheels we no longer require our fuselage dolly. Despite the problems with EMIL I assume there may be a builder who would appreciate its use. It has a metal framework, is
Has anybody experienced the springs in the cylinder of the finger brakes not being powerful enough to return the plunger assembly to its usual resting position after operation? If so, what is the cur
We have also yet to decide where to put the battery. One of our considerations has been that it will be easier to fit an external power point behind the cockpit which would limit the battery position
Hi Brian, Can't remember precisely how much Redux we used but we certainly did not use 120 screws as there is no need. If you mark out on the fuz where to put the glue and use a icing cake dispenser
Alan, We discarded the black plastic tube and substituted it with steel braided pipe as used in the performance automotive world. It does require you to change all the fittings but is a very elegant
Jeremy, If you apply some super glue to the cable and then cut it with a minidrill and abrasive disc it will not fray and you will be able to push it through the crimp without any difficulty at all.
We too had a lot of fun with the exhaust springs and encountered very similar problems. We made up a tool for pulling the springs and we found that even fully compressed they would not hook onto the
We had exactly the same problem with our flaps. We found that the problem lay with the position of the flap hinges bolted to the wing. We had to elongate the holes in the flap hinges to enable the fl
I am proud to announce that G-CHOX took to the skies at Blackbushe at 3pm on Thursday 20th December for its maiden flight in the very capable hands of Pete Jeffers. The viz was very poor so we had to
Here are a couple of pictures to start with. More will eventually be posted on our website plus a video clip of a low pass. Peter Field, Kit 566 www.gchox.co.uk
We made the 4" holes big enough to get your arm through the hole up to your elbow. If you do any work in there you will need to be able to do this. So measure your arm for the aperture and add 1" to
Does anybody know which issue of the Europa flier magazine deals with repair schemes for cracks around hinge attachment points. Andy Draper tells me it is covered in one of the issues but he does not
G-CHOX got its permit today from the CAA, expect to see us around the south of England shortly! Follow our story on www.gchox.co.uk Peter Field Kit 566
Do any of you technical guys know how to wire the standard factory supplied stall warner into the intercom circuit so that you get an audible warning through the headsets as well as the buzzer? Peter