<< The obvious thing that you are missing is that you often _give_ an uncomfortable static discharge to your car. Unless your car has a plastic body (hands up anyone on the list with a quad-wheel Eur
got to agree Mike, many thanks to Dave, Peter and Tom for a super experience. especially liked the way they threw in the odd 'character building' challenge, such as the arrival and departure at Spa o
Barry, << Does anyone have an encouraging forcast for the weekend? >> try Sembachs web site, http://131.54.120.150/ go to the '5 day outlook' for Mildenhall/Lakenheath, that will give you a good idea
John, <<The magnetic plug is visible just above and aft of the oil filter. Unfortunately, I misplaced my notes from the seminar so I don't have the torque he recommended. Nor can I find the official
Barry, try some radweld, did the trick for me after 'first filling' with a slight weep from the bottom of the pump gasket area. Not too sure what equivalent in german is, probably something like ' wa
Alan Thorne has requested I pass this info on for anyone who may be using White Waltham. The other friday evening he had just started the takeoff run on 03, wind calm, tracking straight about 3 ft le
<< I bought one of these and have fitted it in the Europa recommended position, but G-PTAG's ASI is reading 100kts when flown alongside G-KITS at 115kts. I stood it on about a 3" high aerofoil plinth
<<There is another interesting approach to calibrating the ASI using a GPS. One flies 3 GPS ground tracks which are 90 degrees apart (e.g. 0, 90, 180) at the same indicated airspeed on each track, no
Ooops... Found out why ftp://avnet.co.uk/pub/europa wasnt working, should be: ftp://www.avnet.co.uk/pub/europa ias.zip is the file, however, i have an improved version for excel with some more bits a
<<Incidentally, it would have benefited my weight and balance to have installed the battery at the engine end, not the rear of the baggage bay as instructed. 6mm wire! Bryan Allsop Xs 360.... G BYSA.
<< There might be a way to make your Europa go much faster ! Look at http://www.newscientist.co.uk/features_226242.html>> this link seems to have expired, try: http://www.newscientist.com/features/fe
<< To those fortunate builders that are now flying, have you found it necessary to have a rudder trim tab? If so, what did you use? >> Erich, yes, i put a piece of thin sheet stainless steel about 5x
<<Could I please impose on those who have done their weight and balance on an XS and found the correct battery location to let us know which engine, prop, and battery location you ended up with.>> Te
<<I was wondering what folks were doing for cable routing from the back of the fuselage forward to the instrument panel. Could some of you share with me your ideas.Thanks, Paul>> Paul, my standard eu
<<Can't resist this :- You aren't likely to get a big number if you limit the "flyouts" to max.8No. !!!!?? I may be interested but already signed up for two or three trips with ST Aviation , one to P
hello Bob, I appreciate that a bit of experience is useful before running any fly-out, but the bottom line is someone will put in time and effort to organise (ie research and book accomodation, give
Steven, <<I am close to putting the top on my Europa but want to finish the electrical connections for the trim tab.> Get a pair of 9 pin D connectors from the likes of RS or Maplin and follow the gu
Steve: <<1) Rudder cables under theintermediate bulkhead ('D' shape) - do they go inboard or outboard of the plywood supports? >> Line them up with whatever end fitting you are using. eg t/plane bulk