Just wondering if any Europa builders are planning to attend the Reno Air Races this weekend. It would be nice touch base as I'm about to start building and would like to hear your advice/comments/gr
Hi Tom, Welcome to the fold. I too just bought a partially completed kit from someone in California. And, since I'm in Tucson, had to go pick it up. I opted to rent a Penske truck since the U-Hauls s
Easy come, easy go. Looks like they're suspended bidding for some reason. Sent an email to find out why but haven't heard anything. And, yes, the bidding can really go up at the end so it's anybody's
Well, as this thread seems to fit my questions here goes: First, just starting a partially completed kit and working on the tailplane torque-tube. In the manual it says "to verify that the pilot hole
Paul, I'll throw my hat in the ring to assist if you want. It's a short hop over to your neck of the woods for a lot of people in the west. I know for myself, any and all learning I can get via assoc
Hi all, I was wondering if there's a simple tool & technique to chamfering the edges around the access panels around the tailplane. Page 23-3 of the manual says to chamfer back 10-15mm at about 45 de
Hi all, I'm in the process of doing Mod 62, that is, drilling out the holes on the torque tube to accommodate the 3/8" pins in replacement of the 1/4" ones. The good news is that I'm doing it in adva
Kingsley, Thanks for the reply. I was able to get everything to fit up last night buy cooling the pins in the fridge and warming the tube slightly. They're tight but in a way I suspect they should be
Just saw a 912UL come up on EBay if anyone's interested. Zero time and an $8500 "Buy-It-Now" option. If anyone's interested, try this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&it
Steve, Finally got a chance to post a couple of photos. Surprisingly easy to do. Learning a lot from the ones there. Mine are for novices but, hey, I can't be the only one out there. Thanks again to
Hi, Going to be making a trip to see the out-laws later this week and wondered if there are any builders in the Tyler Texas area that might want to share building experiences. Will be in town May 1 t
Congratulations! And thanks for all the help you and Graham have done for me via advice and your web site. Post some pictures when you can. Dan Bish A144 Tucson, AZ
Hi Ferg, I'm just now working on installing my mass balance tower and getting the stabs correctly aligned. My problem is that even before installing the tower, with the weights contacting the pitch p
Ok, I took a look at Steve D's site and saw the photos on how he measured, took out the incidence block and re-measured. I'm getting 12.8 up and 6.9 down now without having the mass balance weights i
Actually Kingsley, your advice will help after all. After cutting down the pitch push rod about 10mm, riveting the end on and installing it up, I found less travel again. Will heed your advice and th
Just wondering if anyone out there has fitted an autopilot (EZ Pilot, Navaid, etc.) after the cockpit module has gone in. Would like to still fit it under the port seat but would like some advice on
Dave, You're looking for a guy named Tim Ward from New Zealand, I think. I have one of his filler tubes. Do a search in the archives and I'm sure you'll find several hits. Dan A144 - N914RB Tucson, A