On 8/10, Bob Nuckolls wrote -- Just the very question I was researching before I logged on. FAR 23 does not apply, yes, but other regs do. You can't homebrew your own ELT, as it must meet the TSO. FA
Steve G. wrote (in part) -- It might; your local FAA District Office who will issue the certificate shouldn't mind inquiries on criteria they use to approve operating limitations. Give them a call. A
Interesting observation. What will happen is any protective coating on the flap cross tube will be abraded away, and rust, etc. At the same time, the glass should abrade, relieving the pressure on th
have any further hints or tips?<< Graham Singleton responded -- Just received my literature on the Navaid Devices autopilot. Seemed to me the best place for the servo, and I would add only that the
Dave -- Congratulations on your Europa purchase; you should find the build quite pleasurable. It's also good to hear from another Ohio builder. Congratulations also to Kimberly for a remarkable achie
John -- some suggestions I doubt LED's will be bright enough on a sunny day to work well; an incandescent lamp, especially flashing, would be better. Best would be an aural alarm, but your choice of
Bob -- I'm sure I read somewhere where an unengaged shoot bolt caused a canopy door to deaprt the plane completely. The much smaller, flatter window, on the slower Cessna 150 I don't think is compara
<< I suspect that a sliding canopy would be less likely to catch enough wind to detach, but sliding canopies are notoriously hard to seal. >> Tell me about it -- I have a Grumman Traveler, and yes it
<< Yes, but did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night? Know this will "mystify" some of our "overseas" readers, but couldn't resist. -Ed Lindsay Touche....! We may not need concern ourselves e
I have the manual revision which places the pitot forward of the wing spar, and in front of the flap. Today, I received technical stuff from Lakeland, saying Europa now wants it behind the spar in fr
Hello Graham -- I agree the situation you describe is bad, but I hear a flight instructor barking in my right ear. I have 23 years in type and no clue what liftoff speed is nor what ASI says at the b
Jim -- Thanx for the comments. The advantage I believe of combining pitot/static is that any erroneous pressure seen by the pitot is offset a bit by the static. At 10-12 inch length, you'll need rigi
Tony Can't remember how much goo the wings took, but just weigh the cloth.. You'll need that much, including the micro slurry coat. Then add some for safety, and a bit more for method to follow. We f
Europa aircraft are not carbon fiber, which eats RF energy for breakfast. In our aircraft, most common installation is probably copper tape with toroid baluns (no ground plane). For external antennae
<< I also tried to order some PolyFiber SuperFill and SmoothPrime from Aircraft Spruce, with the same results--they say it must be ordered direct!! I emailed PolyFiber, and their response is that dis
Lloyd -- If you're saying that you haven't yet intalled the CS14 aileron quick-connect brackets, I would say no. You need free access to the inside of the module. With the module installed, there's l
Tony -- I have the tri-gear, and the only changes are 1) different landing gear frame; 2) addition of wood cross-members (to which the main gear legs attach) in the baggage bay area on either side of
Following info responds to Tony Renshaw's post with Europa tri-gear questions <<DOES THIS CROSSMEMBER TAKE UP MUCH ROOM?>> What room? Seriously, the spaces on either side of the central tunnel, betwe
Graham -- I am just now fabricating the parts that work the rudder. I have a CS29 pushrod bracket that attaches to the rudder; and the pushrod. I was planning to just mimic the old arrangement (actua
I hadn't heard that rumor, but sounds good. I haven't installed the stuff down in the footwell yet, but it would seem that at least hiking boots are out of the question when flying the tri-gear. Ther