Hi Bill My tire is a Air Hawk 9 - 008 which I think is a 9" 8ply. I don't remember all of the reasons but it seems that it has much stronger sidewalls which leads to better steering. If you are going
Hi Graham I doubt that you will get an answer what caused the break. It looks to be that it was most likely a tension break with perhaps some fatigue factor. The upper tubes will have tension in the
Hi Jos Mine came from the factory sans instructions. I have increased the diameter of the wheel so the ramp would not go up enough to put the aircraft on. If you have a larger wheel than that origina
Hi Glen Hmm, not quite flying yet so can't answer some Q's. No rubbing with retraction. Prop clearance difference? Don't know because I didn't have a prop then but geometry says that it must be incre
I have over 2000 hours of tailwheel time in Cessna 140s up to DeHavilan Otters and some in a DC 3 but none for 40 years... I am a little aprehensious but will probably be just fine. There is over an
Hi Paul No, I am not flying yet. Still getting organized after the move to Washington. There are quite a few Europas on the Left Coast. Wouldn't it be better to have a Europa swarm in a more central
Hi Ephiles Does anyone in the UK know of a monowheel instructor that has a monowheel availabe to use for transition training? My mono (XS) is close to flying and I would like to get some left seat ti
Thanks Jeff Is the hemtape "Orabond?' Is the styrene available at sign makers? Don't some of the glider guys use mylar for seals/ Tom On 5/6/07, Rman <topglock@cox.net> wrote:
My builders manual does not say to wait until the final phase to drill the rods and certainly nothing about being sure that both outrigger wheels can reach the ground when rigged. Should the leg leng
Hi Niels I am sorry to hear about your ground loop. I don't understand your regrets about doing your first flight. Evidently that was ok and you had the loop problem on a subsequent flight. Is that c
Mike: " Mike: " But be very clear, I don't care what your experience is - but if you Ah, yes. That sounds great. Please next tell me where I should get the experience on type... I have searched and n
Hi Troy My trailer came from the UK and I had the same problems that you have. I put a larger tire on so the ramp did not even get close to the landing gear frame. I fixed that by making an extension
Hi Steve I currently can't upload photos from the camera. I moved the hitch further forward which then gave enough room to mount a boat trailer winch to the main beam. It gave me just enough room and
A bit of information. Ken was very experienced and an airforce c-130 pilot/instructor. He flew his Europa frequently like once a week. He took off West into the prevailing wind and to the West there
Duane, I feel strongly as you do that you should fly patterns like you could lose power at any time. In the Army we were taught to cut the throttle downwind opposite the touch down point and only use
Hi Peter Please correct my math... sink rate of 350'/min @ 87kts gives a glide ration of 25:1... Something must be wrong with my calculations... That surely is as good as many gliders?? How's the wea
Hi Jeff Airmaster is pretty quick. I suspect that they will airmail you some and you'll get them as fast as a domestic order. If you need them and it will take some time, I can send you my extra set