Hi I am a new member in this group. I am a pilot and CFI based in Dayton, Ohio. I am taking delivery of my Europa kit in three weeks!! I have a few newbie questions I would like to ask this group: My
Of the few times I have flown a Europa, the approach angle was definitely too high with the gear and flaps up. However, that is not to say that a gear up landing will never happen in a Europa. All re
I am buying a few tools in prepartion for my Europa project. I have a couple of questions, and I hope someone can answer. Digital scale: what accuracy is required from a digital scale? I have seen ra
Jim I went through the tail kit inventory, and I am consfused by a few things. - The 'Bill of Materials' has two pages. Is there supposed to be two sets of parts? It seems like page 1 refers to most
I bought the Composite Practice Kit from Aircraft Spruce. It comes with a Rutan manual, foam, epoxy, glass and a bunch of stuff to learn and practice basic layup procedures. It goes into more details
Hello, What kind of construction logs do you guys maintain for the Europa? The FAA specifically mentions logs, signatures and photographs. I would prefer to keep a journal on my computer, perhaps eve
Sounds like all this might be a bit of an overkill in workshop preparation. The floor does not have to be impeccably clean. As long as it is reasonably clean, and you can walk around the shop without
Hi, I just started work on the XS kit, and I would appreciate answers to a few questions. My plan is to install very minimal stuff in the Europa - just the basic VFR instruments and no gyros. I am al
Hello I know that the FAR requires an airspeed indicator. My question was whether an AOA indicator can be substituted for it. After all, the AOA gives a more accurate measurement of critical airspeed
That's a good point. Even though theoretically AOA is a better concept than airspeed, it may be hard to measure it accurately, especially at cruise speeds and beyond. Nevertheless, I am still not con
All my primary students get a couple of lessons on how to fly without an ASI. When they do, they are quite surprised and pleased with the outcome. Personally, I rarely ever look at the ASI. The only
My home owners insurance (American Family Insurance) does not cover it either. Actually, at first my agent said it was covered, but when I pressed him for documentation he discovered that it was not
MEMS is a new technology, and it is not mature enough to be used in a cockpit. It suffers from long term reliability problems due to wear and friction. Until it is mass manufactured, it won't be chea
Hi I find that dispensing the resin and hardner directly from the container to be quite awkward. Instead, I would like to use a syringe. However I am not sure that the plastic syringes found at hardw
Thanks for everyones advice. Instead of squeeze bottles, I tried a turkey baster, and it worked great. The squeeze bulb makes it easy to suck in various quantities resin. I used one for the resin and
What is the secret to knife trimming? I am using a utility knife to trim at the leather stage. Try as I may, I am unable to make a clean cut without ripping the fibers or lifting the cloth. In fact,
Right now, the index is current as of Feb 28 '01. I will be updating the index at the end of every month. This means, you won't find the current month's messages there. Sometime in the future I will
The epoxy system they ship with the practice kit is "E-Z poxy". Actually, you might even be better off using Aeroepoxy instead. That way you will learn with the epoxy used on the Europa. In fact, you
Actually, I have never seen a better book on the subject than that Rutan manual. It may be oddly sized and poorly formatted it was written before the days of word processors), but it is one of the fe