Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:38:28
No. This conversion is still being worked on and is likely to fly in a Europa later this year. Cowlings and oil cooler duct are complete, cooling muffs for the cylinders are yet to be finalised. This
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:35:07
Looked into this one some time ago. Some seemingly independent and trusted sources said that there was an improvement. When I challenged the vendors from a theoretical stand point (ie increasing comp
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:16:24
You might also wish to consider the other diesel shown at Cranfield which is lighter, at a more advanced stage of development and, IMHO, somewhat superior. This was the Diesel Air development. Simila
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 20:50:18
When this same question was asked of CIBA they responded by saying that there was no significant affect on mechanical properties at mix errors of upto 5%. Except for aircraft use where they were not
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 20:50:29
The Littlehampton no. is 01903 726661 or fax 726323. Duncan McFadyean --Original Message-- From: Bob Fairall <bob.fairall@btinternet.com> Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 1:01 PM Subject: Paint I wonder
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:40:04
I used their primer filler on top of the conventional Europa filler. It performed well but did shrink very significantly over a period of 6 to 8 months; more so than standard automotive polyester 2-p
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:04:03
A more effective way is to control the pressure in the float bowl (via the float breather). It is only this pressure which drives fuel through the carburettor jets; so if you can control it you can c
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:06:57
The answer also lies in the fact that combustion efficiency drops in cold, thin air (as a consequence of reductions in vaporisation rates, turbulence and combustion speed). Duncan McFadyean carbin un
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:11:15
You forgot to mention electronic fuel injection which, in many common installations, is altitude compensated by reference to a vacuum datum and good to 20k feet and more. Duncan McFadyean density den
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:29:41
The BMW project is approaching its first flight in a Europa hopefully (paperwork permitting) later this year. In the last few weeks the cooling systems have been finalised and tested. These have work
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:00:25
OK, OK,so mechanically injected 2-stroke charged diesels are superior to everything else!! but the failure rate of modern automotive FI electronics compares favourably with the rate at which TWIN mag
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:40:44
NTSB Figures: Over a 5-year period in the early 90`s there were 93 accidents in the US attributable to magneto failure. Annual piston airtime in the States is about 20,000,000 hours per year. Some si
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:22:04
I have no doubt that that those unfortunate statistics thought the same too! otherwise they`d be suicide cases. Me, I don`t count myself as above average nor suspect that many of the victims were bel
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:12:19
Thanks for the compliment, although its not difficult to do better than Ford (some of their stuff (eg throttle pots.) leaves a lot to be desired. Similarly, a professionally built custom loom is goin
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:40:17
That`s the way it works anyway in many instances . That is, the chance of dying today is unaffected by any notion that you "burned up" chances yesterday. Or put another way, the chance of throwing a
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 21:07:19
How can I put this delicately without being ridiculed? Got a sheet of Temperfoam and tried it out on top of the car seats on two very long journeys. Very comfortable and rather like what I would anti
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:39:03
As the wing slides in , it tracks along a level plane parallel to a line drawn between the two spar pin holes in the fuselage. This is not parallel to the plane of the wing surface which you would wa
Author: ami mcfadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 20:32:56
Another great syringe tip is to watch out for the heavy doses of silicone applied to some medical syringes (presumably for making sure that patients get their full measured dose; God knows what the