I ordered mine in February. I got the S-2 servo right away so I got it installed quickly and easily. Calling Navaid this morning, I learned they're about six month behind in delivery of the Autopilot
At high altitudes how quickly the L/D deteriorates with airspeed becomes very important. Very high altitudes require speed to keep from stalling since the range between cruise and stall becomes less
Hello all, My trigear gear legs are too short to reach FS 70 and 36.75" off midline. I've been told some trigear builders have ameliorated this problem by glassing the bottom flanges of the gear sock
A "Thank you" to all who have given advice on the tri-gear main gear installation. Special thanks to Jim Thursby at Europa Lakeland, Bob Berube and Rob Housman. I had to place the holes in the fusela
This posting is mainly for the Europ MG builders who will be using the Bergelt vario system. I've just re-re-modified the Europa motorglider panel. The first iteration was to make the instrument sect
US builders: Russ Lepre and Bob Berube at FlightCraters are a tremendous asset to US Europa builders. I highly recommend visiting them if you are in the Tampa area, e.g, going to Sun and Fun. There a
Be careful if you're building the motorglider: The starboard drive brake push-pull actuator goes through the cockpit module in the ara where the fuel sight tube may be installed between the two seat
Hi, Would-be Glider guiders check out a way to very accurately control incidence and dihedral by using nuts pushing washers on stout threaded rods. Spend the extra money to buy 1/2" rods - 3/8" aren'
Since the picture attachment of my last posting to the forum didn't upload I'll describe in words a way to insure exact dihedral and incidence as you install the glider wings...or shorter, less adequ
A tri-gear Europa won't tip, flip or complain when the starboard wing is inserted and left hanging whilst the assembler walks around the now very large span of the port-wing-less Europa. :) With both
Collin, Please e-mail me at RobNeils@aimcomm.com. I've had a challenging time with various "finger" brake configurations and am still in the process of solving the problems encountered. Does any one
Cliff, David and Gary, I mounted the pedestal of the steering/finger brakes just above the fuselage floor. Be careful to mount the pedestal in such a way that the pedestal and brake levers don't inte
Redux 410 became Araldite 420 which now is Epibond 420. Graco Supply Company in Ft. Worth, Texas 76105-050 (phone 817-535-3200, fax 534-1127) sells Epibond in quart kits of part a and b for $149 plus
I just had a ccustom trailer built for me in Spokane, Washington (NW US) for $2800. It is 24 feet long by 102 inches total width (widest legal in the US and Canada). My trigear MG fits onto the ramp
The news on the forum says he won't give out information without being paid. I haven't tried. interesting and I would like to ask him for more details. at the there?