Hi Dave I too am preparing an application for a Permit to Fly for my XS Mono and I had the same queries regarding the Singleton mods. I asked Andy Draper for clarification and he confirmed that for t
Graham and Dave I too am preparing an application for a Permit to Fly for my XS Mono. Earlier this year I asked Andy Draper for clarification regarding mod numbers and was told that for the XS Mono b
Hi Dave I got both these mods approved as Repeat Mods. Andy Draper told me to quote 10410 in my repeat mod application for the Phenolic Firewall and 10371 for the Tailwheel Steering/Rudder Push-rod m
I am pleased to announce that Europa XS mono G-JHKP (kit 536) had its first flight at Dunsfold today in the capable hands of Pete Jeffers. Thankfully the flight did not show up any significant proble
Graeme Members of the Europa Club can get a VSWR meter on loan from the Club. John Heykoop XS mono G-JHKP to sell on or lend/rent out. If not I may buy one and and sell on myself.
Graeme Europa's Rotax engine manual tells you to protect against vapour locking by fitting insulating firesleeving forward of the firewall. That makes it mandatory in the UK. Regards John Heykoop Eur
Hi Steve I am planning to be there Saturday, returning to Goodwood late afternoon. Regards John Heykoop G-JHKP pas will attend this weekends LAA Rally (2nd to 4th September). We may be ab le to arran
Graeme I rig my aircraft single handed, and find that the only way I can get the spar pins in is to initially use a tapered pin on the starboard side. Then, once the port pin is fully home I put a su
Hi David I'll be there, and this year will make a special effort to arrive on time! Regards John G-JHKP and at the moment XC weather is predicting good conditions. Contact me if interested,
Hi Goff I'll be flying to Texel on Friday, routing along the Dutch coast. I will be returning to Goodwood on Saturday. Regards John Europa XS mono G-JHKP looks great.
A great rally. I will certainly be back next year. John Europa XS mono G-JHKP he 4th Dutch Light Aircraft Fly-in at Texel in Holland last weekend. en-Zeeland for fuel and comfort. en low cloud kept m
Graeme I added a main wheel fairing to my mono last year. It certainly was beneficial. Cruise speed has improved by 5 knots, although curiously maximum speed has not improved. One of my future projec
Hi all I have just added an Electronics Instruments fuel flow/pressure instrument to my panel, with the "red cube" fuel flow transducer installed in the LAA's preferred location (behind the firewall,
Hi Svein Sorry, I should have made it clear that I do not have a return flow transducer. However, the advise from a number of Europa pilots is that with the Rotax 912S you can get away with having a
Hi Alan I agree that the article in the LAA magazine was very interesting. It would have been even better if it had highlighted the benefits of having a warning light that illuminates if one of the r
Hi Clive The k factor of 17030 you are using for your single transducer setup is roughly 53 percent of the standard Flowscan k factor of 32000. On the strength of that I have just set the initial k f
Bob The Europa Aircraft website says that their temporary contact number is 0175 1 432356. Alternatively you can contact them by email. Regards John come through about Europa Spares moving out to Wom
Hi all I fitted a car battery and a standard Europa fuel pump on a 'sack barrow', but filling the plane this way takes a lot longer than refueling by simply lifting the jerry can above my shoulders.
Kelvin, David Thanks for the advice about keeping 'Mr Funnel' from falling over when refilling a Europa XS from a jerry can. Now why didn't I figure out something like that myself .... John length of