Any Europa going to Sunn Fun ? I will be there on April 12 and 13 and will be happy to meet with other Europa owners. I will spend the following week-end (April 16-17 ) in Phoenix, AZ. I would apprec
I am not happy with the design of Mod 70, especially with the lack of positive lateral guidance of the balance arm and those awful rubbing blocs. From the description of the incident, I understand th
Hi all, Surprisingly I get just the opposite with the Avelec capacitance fuel gauge: when full with mogas I consistently read 60 liters, and with Avgas 100LL I read 50 liters. I also have another pro
Craig, Cooling is a recurrent problem with the Rotax / Europa cowl combination. On the ground the coolant warms up a lot faster than the oil, and the coolant can boil over if you cannot take off quic
William wrote:=E2=80=9D I was going to fit a mini Andair a couple of years ago, when they were all the rage, but when I talked to Nev, he persuaded me not to bother because he considered the twin fil
My own experience is just the opposite. I flew my previous aircraft (a certified ROBIN with a O-360 Lycoming running exclusively on AVGAS) for 10 years and 800 hours, without having ever found anythi
Gary Stout wrote: Hmmmmmmm. My experience with the two inline 914 filters has been just fine Gary, Obviously you belong to the majority of Europa owners who have yet to experience an engine stoppage
Ron, --From my record book: With the 914: I had 2 CHT probes and 4 EGTs. ROTAX cooling air baffle installed. CHT2 was always between 2 and 5 degrees Celsius hotter than CHT3. EGT 3 was generally the
Paul, The max pressure mentioned on my original tyre was 24 PSI. As I was not confident in the strength of this tyre and wanted to increase that pressure, I replace it by a Mac Creary Air Trac 8.00-6
In spite of having the heavy duty starter, a 6 months old 28 Amp-hour battery, an ignition switch wired so that only one channel is energized during starting, pulling the choke only after a few prop
Salut Jean Philippe, Je repond en anglais pour que tous en profitent. C=E2=80=99est mieux, n=E2=80=99est il pas ? The infamous kick back happens when the first cylinder to ignite does so before reach
Hello all, In order to sort out the kick back problem I experienced with my 912S, I checked the trigger coils gap, as suggested by Andy in Factory Tech Talk. Surprisingly none of them were found to b
Karl, Have a look at Rotax Service Instruction SI-25-1997 Rev 8 dated December 12, 2005. It gives useful information on the trigger coils. Remi Hello Rmi, This sound very promising. My problem is tha
bonjour Gilles, The kick back problem is more likely on the higher compression/displacement 912S, even when fitted with the heavy duty starter, but it can happen also on the 912 and 914. I experience
John, I had a lot of trouble with my last order 3 months ago. They shipped one item which was not what I had ordered. They backordered and I had to fight with numerous e-mails, faxes and phone call b
Hello all, I recently installed an Airmaster prop. I have increased the coarse pitch limit twice. Coarse blade angle is now 24 degrees 15 minutes measured at the tip and needs to be increased again.
Hi all, I will be on the Sagem Avionics booth #4023, building D, most of the time, arriving Tuesday morning, leaving Friday morning. Europa builders/flyers mo st welcome. See you there. Remi Guerner
Hello all, During my vacation in the french Alps, I had the following incident: after take of from a rough mountain strip, I felt a strong roll tendency to the right, just after having retracted the
William, I confirm there were nothing like an aileron up and the other one down. The ailerons are very effective in the Europa, so a few millimeter deflection was probably enough to keep the wing lev
Graham, I am not sure now that the roll was present with the flaps/gear down, probably not. No mud , no ice for sure. Remi If the roll was present with flaps/gear down, then that would indicate right