I think we might be neck and neck on build completion or 90% done with 90% to do! There is a std Europa Club mod for a strobe on the top of the tailplane No SM 10401 that should do it.I am being aske
Hi Paul I have all the extra mono bits left over from my tri-gear so contact me off line at rcollings@talktalk.com if you want the tail wheel.Richard -- Original Message -- From: Paul McAllister To:
Hi I don't know what seal are fitted in your brake system so to be safe you must use DOT5 fluid no other. To help with bleeding the system first apply the brake on the wheel you are not attempting to
Hi Graeme I think you have by now got the technical reasons for VP props over fixed, I have fitted a Woodcomp SR3000 in preference to other types because its made in the EU, good service back up is p
Hi Carl I am very interested in your trailer I have almost finished my Europa Tri-gear and need to move it to an airfield for taxi trials etc. Could you contact me off line if you still have it, my e
Hi everyone I am pleased to announce the first flight of my Europa Tri-gear out of Hinton in the Hedges on Wednesday 20th June [My birthday] at 13.33 Hrs in the capable hands of Andy Draper. All went
I know I didn't fly in but I still got lost trying to find the airfield entrance! Many thanks for organising a very good day with a little business and a lot of bonhomie. I do hope you are not out of
Hi I have just spent a happy couple of hours with Nev Eyre's helping get water out of a Europa wing at Turweston! The Europa was a Classic with Nevs redesigned engine mount and more to the point a ve
Andy Draper has now completed the test flying and conducted a full flight test all is now OK and I am waiting for the Permit to fly. We did have a lot of trouble calibrating the ASI,the problem was t
To Bud. I have throughout my truncated build [7 years] always taken note of your informed and beautifully articulated prose, the subject matter always interesting the value immense. 5 years ago I was
Hi Bud I have been following with interest this problem because whilst I was building my Europa I became very unhappy with the design which required a degree of precision machining and fitting that w
Hi Peter, I notice in your picture 2 simple cable connectors are employed to join wires close to the Rotax connectors, I would replace these with aircraft quality and tether them so they don't bounce
My wife has the same problem, Boots Travel Calm does the trick take 1 or 1/2 of one 1/2 an hour before you start the flight. Best of luck. Richard Wife and I expanding horizons but when its a bit bum
Hi Jonathan You will need to get the plane sitting with the horizontal datum set to zero, I found that some 6x12in pieces of 1/2 inch chip board were useful to pack up under my main wheels to achieve
Hi Don=99t do it just keep the tank low so they can=99t get much. Remember Mogas goes off in a month to 6 weeks and if the thief is presented with a locked fuel cap he might do some damage trying to
I did the same as Richard W , I drew a circle on a piece of the 12mm plywood the same dia as the bracket tried it in place with the wings in position then once I had the thickness correct blended out
Hi My understanding of this is that if you over travel the throttle lever when closed you can unseat the cable outer from its carburettor bracket. To reduce this possibility we are required by LAA to
Hi , My personal view would be to fit the XS cockpit module if you can find one being sold off, [they are well over 2000 new] don't bother with the door frame mod to increase the cabin width, but do
Hi Rowland Philip suggests making a fuel manifold, he probably didn't know that new rotax engines are supplied with just such a manifold, contact Conair for a price also look at the latest installati
Hi everyone In answer to this question, no I haven't but I have read some pretty awful horror accounts of people who have, so don=99t you think we ought to see if there is a way to repair a tank in p