All tri-gear builders/flyers: I am planning to have a trailer built, and for certain reasons it may preferably have to be built before I have installed the main gear on my own aircraft. The free clea
Recent posting contained the flwg: " Anyone got any arguments' for' or 'against' for using a light silver colour as final coat for Fuselage. As a colour it doesn't seem to far from the heat spectrum
Pete, "Are there any issues with using the wings for this process?" None, as far as my experience (once only!) goes, except for space. My workshop is not long enough, but I was able to "borrow" the l
Tony, I have just installed this on my TRI-GEAR, where the aft part of the center consol is free inside. If yours also is a tri-gear, my recommendation is the following (obviously does not apply to m
Correction to the message I just posted: "--, installed 100 mm (4") aft of the knuckle for the mono's hand brakes (measured to the center of the box) where the width is sufficient for this cup." shou
-- I have the original cockpit module, with the first stage LA mod for seat width. I believe the XS cockpit module is a lot narrower So the consequence of this is that I may widen my seat pans into t
-- Does anyone have a covered trailer I could see photos and/or sources of suppliers of? -- Paul, For what it is worth in your case: David Schofield in England is building a tailor-made covered trail
To those who are not past Ch. 13 - Flying controls: Ref. recent postings regarding correct installation of the forward and rear bearings for the flying control system, where the correct lateral spaci
Tony, I believe you may be referring to "Step 3" towards the end of Chapter 17 in the Builders Manual (in my edition, at least), describing how you bond the brackets to the fuselage outside skin AFTE
Dan, I have the solution to this, got it from Neville at Europa very recently - really simple and takes only 15 min - as I had exactly the same problem. I have been travelling and therefore not seen
I have been asked off-Forum about what recommendation Neville gave me recently on fixing the problem of trim tab link rod TS05 hitting bellcrank TS03 (or hitting first the tips of the lower plastic f
To complete the little "survey" that appeared recently on this Forum: At the end of a perfect Easter holiday in the very beautiful Cotswold area in England, I hitched my new, covered trigear trailer
Thanks for the trailer update. Would you please give me David's email so I can contact him about photos and possibility of shipping across the pond? Can you tell what you paid? ThanksPaul Boulet, N91
Hi all, quote The channel doesn't concern me so much due to the reasonably short distance and the ships there are plenty to pick one up. unquote This and some similar postings on this issue have urge
To those who already have installed the RiteAngle AOA flap position sensor: Where did you connect it to the flap mechanism? It appears that a suitable point would be to fit the ball link to one of th
Alan, Your message stated that you are expecting 30 degrees of flap. Actually, on the trigear the max. flap setting shall be between 25 and 27 degrees, ref. Annex E, page 4 (in my trigear manual, whi
Hi all, In order to extend the Nordic flying season, a good cabin heating arrangement will be essential. Many have offered good advise on this forum and on their websites on how to get air into the c
I have installed the Piper style connection in the back (where my battery is), behind a flush access panel. Photos and description will be sent by e-mail to those contacting me off-forum at sidsel.sv
Steve, PLY 12 is a piece of good quality plywood, 14 inches long, 1 inch wide, 11/16 inch (17,5 mm) thick. I found mine only after I needed it - I used a piece of marine plywood cut to size and filed