Prop Strike! Our aircraft G-ZTED is a Europa Classic Monowheel Rotax 912S with an Airmaster A332 Propeller. Our lovely Europa, our pride and joy, was only 17 hours old when we went to our first fly-i
Hello Everyone, Apart from a few pictures I have not been a contributor to the Forum but Ted has responded a few times, although we have both been avid readers.< Two subjects have cropped up this wee
Hi Troy, You are right, the plenum does not fit in the Classic if you install the Skydrive carb heat. Well it didn't with ours anyway. We removed the bottom of the plenum with a hacksaw and restuck i
Well done Svein. Nothing quite like that feeling? I have been flying mine for a year and I still have the grin. It may need to be surgically removed. On the subject of the "heavy" left wing. My monow
I like to think I saved weight in constructing a backplane for my transponder aerial by using tin foil. I constructed a flat 12" by 14" backplane using two layers of bid, On a glass surface I put one
Hi All You ask if anyone can lower outriggers separately. I have a mono with flaps and outriggers that go down separately. The outriggers are electric and each have there own screw jack mechanism. Th
Hi All First of all congratulations to Raimo. Well done. An achievement that only those who have been through it can really appreciate. On the seat back thing. I have a bad back and did a lot trial a
Hi All, My heartfelt congratulations to Jac for another triumph. Well done. It's great to see the fleet is expanding week by week. Things moved so fast on this forum that by the time I had written up
Hi All I will be going to Wick, weather permitting, so hope to meet up with you Northern Lights Tour boys then. Outrigger Legs My outrigger legs had to be drilled very close to the end to make them l
What a tragedy. William Mills was a kind man who was generous with his time to help other Europa builders both build and enjoy their aircraft. I only got to know William in the last year, what a love
Hi All We made our own speed kit consisting only of outrigger fairings and wing root fairings. While both are unlike the normal ones we felt the wing fairings made the biggest difference. We have no
I too get mine from Andy Bruce at http://www.farnorthaviation.co.uk/fuels.html Great mail order service and loads cheaper Justin G-ZTED Classic Monowheel 912S
Hi, Yup, I have a 912S with slipper clutch and small starter. It has never failed and provides plenty of crank. However I firmly believe this is because I use an Odyssey PC545 battery which has an am
Hi All, Although an avid reader of this forum rarely feel that I have something that would contribute to the body of knowledge when you guys are so on top of what you are doing. However "bouncing mon
HI there, This one struck a chord with me. Although I have a Rotax 912S and Classic cowl I had much the same cooling problems to start with.. I agree that it did take 15 hours or so before I acheived
Hi, I too have put my master cylinder on the control stick. I found that Mountain bike brake specialist "Hope" made a lever with integral master cylinder ideal for the job here in the UK. Mountain bi
Hi Guys, Just a wee note on the Single carb operation. I have a 912S in my monowheel and had an experience which may shed a little light in this. I was opening up to take off after a successful run u
David, Last year I had to replace my coolant filler cap. I use 50/50 water/glycol and not the Evans coolant so I need a 1.2 Bar/18psi Filler Cap. Skydrive charged me a whopping =A353 for it. I felt w
David, I used Superfil from Poly Fiber Aircraft Coatings http://www.polyfiber.com/ step/ It is not far off half the weight and very easy to sand. It also bonds to i tself well so that constant additi
HI Guys, I took off from Gap Tallard in the French Alps in Summer 2009 year and my A irmaster refused to go into "Cruise". Meitrher Auto or Manual pitch control worked. I had to fly the sortie in fin