Can anyone give me advice on foam for the seats. Aircraft spruce offer two special foams - Bemperfoam and Backsaver. Also RD aviation in the UK sell Dynafoam, which seems similar. How good are these
I would like to open up for discussion another issue relating to the fuel vents. I believe that it will be better to vent the sight gauge to the top of the tank rather than to an external vent. My re
these are plates which are embedded in the wing root of the classic wing, in layers of 3 with bid in between. they are then drilled and tapped and the wing pins screw into them. I don't know if they
There is a 'feature' article on the Europa today in 'The Business' (the magazine in the Saturday Financial Times). It is based on the writers visit to the factory and runs over several pages. Roddy K
I think it is worth having having a ' wheel down and locked ' light to be on all the time the gear is locked. There seem to have been several accidents attributed to the gear lever lock not being in
I agree with some of the previous comments - the problem is most likely to be the latch rather than the lowering of the wheel. I have put in a latch warning. I replaced the lower latch bolt with a 6m
I think the restrictor is also needed to maintain pressure in the lines between the pump and the carbs. Without the restrictor the pressure would drop to almost nothing. Think in terms of the pressur
Having tried electronic scales, and the original europa 'two pot' balance, I did almost all my building using the Neville design 'single pot' balance. Works brilliantly for resin and redux. This is h
G-IKRK, kti #220, flew yesterday (Saturday 1st Nov) in the capable hands of test pilot Tim Senior. Flight was from Andrewsfield, Essex, UK. Everything working well, just a few adjustments needed (idl
Does anyone know all about electric artificial horizons (old!)? I have an ex-military one (made I think by Ferranti). I believe this works on 3 phase 415 volts but it has a connection plug with about
The performance car people (e.g Demon tweaks in the UK) sell self adhesive foil with insulation backing. I have used this near the exhaust (after charring my first cowling near the silencer). It work
Mine broke as well. Terrible design. Here is a simple repair method which works well. You need to attach a large washer about 25mm in diameter to a 5 mm machine screw about, 25 mm long. I used the la
Hi Richard. I have the locking pin and the maintenance manual, both of which came with the engine. If you have the manual, there is a picture on page 05-50-00, page 3 which shows where you put the pi
It is a europa mod, not a club mod, so you can find it on the europa aircraft site: _http://www.europa-aircraft.com/Builder%20Support/Mods%20&%20SB/Mod%2033.pdf_ (http://www.europa-aircraft.com/Build
Hi Steve I replaced the original straps with a solid foam supports inside the steel trailer wing supports U's. Made from blue foam lined with softer foam from a camping sleeping mat. I found this wor
Does anyone know (or are you) someone who could act as informal training / coaching / safety pilot for a few revision sessions (monowheel), at or near Andrewsfield, Essex (UK!)? If so can you reply o
I repaired mine, and the repair has held good. Take one of the large, load spreading washers, and countersink the hole with a large drill bit. Then put a countersunk machine screw (3/16 or 5 mm) thou