I see that newcomers to the Europa list are asked to introduce themselves. At the risk of boring everyone, may I do so by describing myself as a long-time, low-time PPL holder, a Londoner at present
Well done, Tony ! Don't forget to ask for your free copies of "Flyer" - and join their email list too ? (Or are you already on it ?) Don't complain, at least you have one on order, unlike me ! :-( Re
As an even older and rustier low time pilot lurking in the bushes I agree ! I flew the prototype in Yorkshire and fell in love myself. Martin W. Berner, 26 Mayfield Road, Valsayn Park, Trinidad, The
an Well what else ? How on earth did we manage to land a Tiger Moth ? As for a Spit, I can only guess ! Martin W. Berner, 26 Mayfield Road, Valsayn Park, Trinidad, The West Indies
Welcome to the lurkers club, Peter ! I am in the same position as you as regards building. It has occurred to me to wonder what builders are doing about antennas within the structure for VHF nav & co
Graham replied> Such faith in GPS ! If you lived where I do you might be a little less confident ! VOR and ADF are needed here - try finding a small island in a lot of sea by pilotage when the GPS di
To think that I passed on a PA28-161 with a genuine 500 hrs since new, engine & airframe, for US$32,000 ! Why is everything in the UK the same price in pounds as it is in US$ in the USA ? At least th
in the know and they tell me that the T section interupts the boundery airflow over the trailing edge and just helps with control response,stablity and feed back. Plastic paper clips, I think are jus
I didn't realise that there was a factory recommended fit, but antennas are simple devices and I did rush into this forum a while ago with some ideas. For nav & com, a simple dipole is fine, cut to l
Wish I could help, my home is in Epsom - let's see who replies and perhaps I can visit next time I am in the UK. When you do convince your wife, will you ask her to talk to mine ? How did you get two
A BNC connector is a "Bayonet Nut Coupler" which is a coaxial plug and socket, available, as "in line" or "panel mounted" versions. Its virtue is that it maintains a 50 ohm impedence, same as your co
If you think so you should try reading one of the Ham radio texts on the subject ! The formula for the length of a a half wave dipole in inches is 5,616 divided by the operating frequency in MHZ so t
I am very sorry indeed to hear of Peter Clarke's death. I can't pretend to have known him but he did fly me in G-YURO in July 1994 and his skills impressed me greatly - especially when he made a pass
/ As I said in an earlier discussion, the BNC connector is a Bayonet Nut Coupler and it has the virtue of maintaining the characteristic impedance of the co-ax - there are both 50 & 75 ohm versions -
Great stuff - lets have more ! We have a few of these aerodynamic marvels in the smaller islands of the Eastern Caribbean and I understand that they fly like a C172 except that if the door lock fails
An elecronic type soldering iron will do the trick ! Sounds like you are using one fit for repairing radiators ! The dc earpiece units out there?? Ron S No 33 Yes - RST Technoligies of Grass Valley,
I wonder whether you are running into Tobago ? or possibly Trinidad ? I believe that some of the hotels in Tobago specialise in Italian packages. Whatever, if you do come this way, please call me - 6
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