Builders and Riders. I received my Club magazine this week. There was a list of mods that were expected to be or are in the process of being approved for you boys that live across the pond. Of parti
I have been following this thread closely and noted that many of you have installed DUAL capacitance probes on your birds. Honestly I felt that only one installed in the pilot side along with the fac
Builders and Riders. I have received my mod 70 kit and am back to construction in chapter 20. The Mod 70 instructions are clearly written for replacing the existing arm on enclosed fuselages. Not an
Friends: Question. How much luck have you all had about centering the balance weight between the 2 guide strips so they will not touch per the instructions? I worked on the positioning of the contain
Tri Gear Builders and Riders: I'm beginning chapter 29 and reading instruction on location and drilling the hole for the rear legs. After the holes are drilled, the manual says you remove the 3 mm fo
Europa Riders and Builders: I'm in a bit of a pinch here. I have a Arladite / Redux / Epibond 420 Expiration Date Dilemma! It's time to start bonding the landing gear ribs in place. Problem is that m
Thanks Carl. One wonders what a good standard test would be? Laminate a couple of 3 or 4 ply sheets together. Put in a vise and whack it with a rubber mallet? I guess if the lamination fails and not
Hi Michael: In fact I just set my legs today and posted those photos just hours ago. Things to check are your levels. First Is the floor level? Mine was not. I had to put 2 bathroom tile on one end o
One last thing..... If the gap is equal on both sockets then Recheck your measurements to station 70. Brian Skelly Texas Europa # A276 TriGear See My build photos at: http://www.europaowners.org/Bria
Hello Group: I'm looking for recommendations on the COM, NAV and Transponder antenna's made by Advanced Aircraft compared to Bob Archer designs when used in a composite aircraft. Anyone with real lif
In a message dated 9/9/2005 6:49:34 PM Central Standard Time, graham@gflight.f9.co.uk writes: <Most of this damage occurs During taxying of course. I haven't looked at taper pins, but they could be s
Lets take a deep breath and get back to building. I have a question about the way my top is fitting at the vertical seam in the tail area. I have an 8 to10 mm gap at the vertical line joggles on the
Hi Keith. I had the same problem. If you look at my build photos in "Chapter Eight Starboard Wing" you can see two bar shims behind the crank brackets. They move the assembly aft and give you the cle
Hi Andrew. I used a hacksaw blade and a sanding block. Brian Skelly Europa XS TriGear #A276 North Texas USA You can see my build photos at: www.europaowners.org/brians
Great News Jeff! Fanfare! For those of you that have not seen Baby Blue I will tell you that it is one of the finest examples of the breed to be found anywhere. Jeff had expected some acknowledgment
Hey Jos. Thanks for the place to upload those photos. My conversations with Andy were about the new accessories that are now available. Complete interior kits are now available. Leather or leather /
While fiddling with the DL07 shoot bolt guides in the doors I test fitted them to the fuselage. My concern was to be sure I had enough clearance for the guides in the doors AND the DL07 guides that w
I noticed that some of you chaps have the inner corner of your trim tabs clipped for rudder clearance. I cannot find the dimensions for the corners to be cut out in the manual. My manual shows them t
On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 my son Brennan J. Skelly took his first sol o flight. The flight took place at 10:45 Central time at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport located in Grand Prairie Texas US
You are not the only one that got stiffed on the glass Fred. Fortunately LP Aero Plastics fixed me up! ( LP Aero 1086 Boquet Rd Jennette, PA 156449730 Phone 724-744-4448) For a price that is. I went