I recall speaking to the Europa factory, and was adviced that it was not necessary to treat the parts that are being bonded into the rudder, tailplane, flaps, ailerons etc.. The manual mentions corro
Sorry to hear your story. I hope for everyone's sake that Europa will bounce back into business. I am A178, only a few numbers after you. One of the reasons I selected the Europa over other airplanes
I am cutting the slots for the W18 plates in the wings. These will be used to mount the flaps. The manual says to cut slots for such that the W18 will butt the rear close-outs. This is the part that
When floxing between the aileron closeout and the wing's bottom skin, I am wondering how much flox is considered normal. The slot is quite deep, and one could easily stuff a lot of flox to get a smoo
The diagram in the manual shows three plies from the metal plates terminating between the plates and the spar. However, in my wing it looks like those plies go all the way to the spar. I do not see a
I wonder if anyone can help me locate the tapered ply-ends in my wing root. I have to apply the reinforcement plies over these ends. I took some photos of the wing root. If you click on the links bel
Thanks Nev! But I think I have found where the plies terminate. By looking at the trimmed edges around the wing root, I found a place where the plies changed thickness which gave away the location.
The manual calls for a piece of plywood between the outer two W18 plates. It says the plywood should be aligned with the front of the W18 plates. I am not clear about this. Should the plywood overlap
Just looking for ideas on how I can maneuver the wings during construction. I have a wing-caddy, but lifting the wing from the shop table to the caddy needs an extra pair of hands. I also need to fli
So far I know of two sources for LED lights. CreativAir and GS-Air. Web sites are: http://www.creativair.com/ and http://www.gs-air.com CreativAir nav lights has to be mounted on the leading edge of
I thought that CreativAir LEDs came with its own housing. Did you have to dismantle it and install it in Graham's lens? Do you have a photo you could share? Thanks! == Andrew Sarangan http://www.geoc
I am doing alodine treatment for all the wing hardware. However, I am a little concerned about treating the bellcrank bearing. Alodining involves cleaning in an acid solution and performing a surface
Thanks to many before me, I decided to install the blue corrugated tubing as a raceway for the pitot/static tubes and wiring. This tubing comes in two sizes - 3/4" and 1/2" diameter. Which ones did y
Jeremy, Thank for that idea. I think I know which tube you are talking about. It is a corrugated white plastic tube that is used to make flexible drain connections. They sell that stuff by the foot a
Cliff The blue corrugated tube used for home electrical wiring is lighter than the thin PVC pipes. Most plumbing tubing are made to withstand pressure, so they tend to be thick walled and heavier. Th
I estimated that the blue tube weighs about 2 lb each for a 12' length. That is about 4 lb extra for both wings. Just wondering if the conduit is really worth its weight. I realize that fishing a wir
Thanks Bob for that advice. The 1/2" black irrigation tube weighs about 1.2 lb for 22' length. My only concern is whether the 1/2" diameter would be enough to feed the pitot static tubes and the elec
I just noticed that the strip on the underside of the wing skin does not line up with the joggle in the ribs. It is off by about 2 inches. I searched the archives and found a couple emails about this
Why does the operators manual for the 914 say that aircraft equipped with this engine must only fly in VFR conditions? == Andrew Sarangan http://www.geocities.com/asarangan