Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:39:20
I don't think my last appeal for information reached the net group; I am reliably informed that the D.I.Y. high-compression conversion for the 912 is as good as the 912s, but of course Rotax won't li
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:06:34
After three and a half years' work on the Europa, I get a deja vu of my experience with the Sinclair Z80 'computer', the kit of which I bought in 1980 and built with burnt fingers from the soldering
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:57:40
I'm all forlorn and sick and tired of fudging my Europa, although its wheel is slick and Tyred the rest is a no-hoper. Now one, of Mittel-Europe name, espousing standards Yankee, has built a Yorkshir
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:35:33
I have a trailer without a winch, as yet, but wondered of it might not be easier to fix a long lever to the ramp.You could then engage the wheel on the ramp, then lever it up and thus roll the beast
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:28:14
The problem with all these tri-gear and taildragger conversions is just that - they are all conversions of major and irreversible nature. There is a superb sprung and hydraulically damped anchorage a
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:43:33
?add trailing links attached to the fuselage side wall, co-axial with the lg axis? The other advantage of an aerofoil flat transaxle is that when the weight was on the wheels it would angulate down a
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 21:36:21
Europa cannot sell the Rotax package without including the cost of the engine instruments whether you want them or not. I bought the Grand Rapids engine monitoring system, so don'tneed the Rotax dial
Author: Hedley Brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:25:29
Can anyone tell me whether the arguments in favour of keeping the battery in front of the firewall are invalid when an Arplast V/P prop have been installed. It's a bit late to choose the layout when
Author: hedley brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:27:54
I have been deluded by my simple mind into thinking that a 5-amp contact breaker for dc circuits would break at 5 amps regardless of whether it was rated at 12 or 24 amps. Not so. Having installed 11
Author: hedley brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:09:48
with the XS engine installations. fitting and the other from the oil pump, (C06), should be routed to pass over the water hose of the starboard rear cylinder to ensure maximum distance from the turbo
Author: hedley brown <hedley@hedleybrown.flyer.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:01:51
The blighter seems too good to be true. Consoling oneself with the thought that we are isolated, unsponsored and solitary {most of us) which he was far --From being, is scant consolation. Odious comp