I am with Karl in tire changing technique. I have a nicely primed and painted 1" steel bar about 18" long to slide inside the axle. Several steps but not hard. An actual trigear jack point would have
Andrew, I did some of both in A224. Risks and benefits to both methods, paint and powder. In very brief spray paint scratches off very easily, 2 part epoxy is much tougher powder coating will conceal
VGs are most appropriate for non-laminar flow wings to induce more laminar-type flow. Unless you have a really crappy fill and paint job, vgs won't help a europa much. Phil is right, read a copy of D
Re Conversion to LSA specs Europa04 and Custom Flight Creations (AKA Europa USA) currently has Bud Yerly working on a new wing design to meet the LSA spec and be easier and less expensive. As I noted
Dwayne, When you mention the gear ratio of the 912, you are talking about the 80 HP engine right? The 912S and 912ULS use 1:243 Ira N224XS -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.mat
The short prop blades are really only for monowheel a/c. When I ordered my Airmaster system for my trigear, I asked for the blades to each be 2" longer than the "standard Europa" i.e., monowheel spec
Giles and all, The alternator which I obtained from FlightCrafters mounts on the take-off spline from the gearbox and provides at least 20 Amps to my system at cruise (5000 rpm). Perhaps more, I have
I also found that doing the full 40 test hours myself was extremely satisfying. Being something of a quant, I kept my time occupied running a full set of test cards and discussing the results with Bu
Just my unworthy 2 cents: The few people I directly know who have looped their monowheels were all very experienced pilots with non-trival amounts of time in their a/c before their particular acciden
Sorry Chaps, That would be UK only-based Europas are grounded Europa owners in other countries should examine their tailplanes as suggested for balance and then go about their business. -- Ira N224XS
Hi Bob, Actually detection of control slop, or deadband is part of my preflight inspection for each flight for all surfaces. Bud Yerly and I were just reminiscing this afternoon about an XS that once
If I recall my discussion with Andy Draper correctly, the negative effects of stall strips is a minor increase in stall speed and a minor decrease in cruise speed. Stall strips do not alter pre-stall
I don't think I had heard that there was a major inspection on the aircraft immediately before the crash. Is it then not possible that the cause of the mishap was the inspection, not flutter. My insp
Everyone, I've been in communication with the FAA, John Wheeler and the Europa staff assisting them where possible on the latest accidents. In my aviation career I have lost too many fellow aviators,
Pete, The aforementioned link is either a joke or a serious run for the Darwin Award of 2007. Regards, -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=119835#11
All the better then to remove their DNA from the gene pool And Now, back to Flight! -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=119862#119862
Fred, Most of the Europas I have seen in the States have the selector on the top of the tunnel. I did mine that way at the suggestion of Russ Lepre of FlightCrafters. Two reinforced, glass L brackets
Hi All, John Hurst was the only CFI I knew who actually did sign offs for the monowheel. He did it in his role as the manager of Europa's office in the US. He did my tri-gear insurance sign-off in le