Hi Karl, Why wouldn't it work ? It would pin the TP12 to the torque tube... but, think where the load from the tailplane is at it's highest, yes, just before it goes into the brass b earing bonded to
Hi Alan, Refer to the Builders Manual, Chapter 23, pages 2, 3 and 4 for view / acces s panel position and structure. This is how it should have been done by the original builder..... but some out the
Hi Alan, Can't believe LaaLaaLand won't let you put Inspection Panels in as per the Manual ? If you have no panels back there at all, installing some as directed in the relevant Chapter won't be a ''
Hi All, No one spotted my deliberate mistake in my earlier posting, re the interfer ence fit of the pins.......a typo.... Should have read as 0.0007'' undersize holes in the torque tube, so not a j o
Hi Donald, 1/2'' to 5/8'' gaps betwen the socket flange and the outer skin is not unus ual, I could never work out where the variation came from ? Most important is the ST 70 dimension. Then ensure t
Bin it ! This was an early attempt in weight saving, proved not to be up to the job. Call Karen for a new one. Cheers, Nev. PS. It was about this time that Andy and I gave up with the weight saving p
Hi All, As discussed on the phone Dave, here is my take on the subject, not all wil l agree, but look at the results of the contributors before you decide how to progress ? [ and see how it fares aft
Hi Ferg, I couldn't see any pictures ? If what you have are steel pins with no heads, stuck in the bores of the fu selage / wing spar bushes, here is one possible solution. Auto body shops will have
Typical ! Never a Lockheed AC130 around when needed ! I am afraid I will not be able to fly to Popham next week end. Have a look at the webcam on the airfield where I landed yesterday and you will un
Hi Jerry, Sounds about usual, the EGT probe position can be sorted by moving the bush in the header, Dave, the welder at Europa has a jig to reposition / re wel d, talk to Karen. Easiest way to get a
Hi Guys, I would like to make a few comments / observations, not in any particular o rder, on some of the postings on here recently. G-KITS, originally had a set of Classic wings, built by a third pa
No, it was definitely the Arplast, the Ivoprop gears stripped when being cy cled on the bench ! We never flew it. As I said before, if an Ivoprop was u sed as a ceiling fan, I wouldn't walk under it
Hi Roland, The ''eyeball'' ball socket is held captive by a ring [ collar ], if the r ing has moved outboard, it will allow the eyeball to swivel too far, that i s why the pin will jam in the hole. F
Hi Ferg, Large syringe [ from a Vet ?], length of model aircraft silicone fuel tube, 1/4'' spanner, plastic bag and either the Europa screw in funnel, or a noz zle from a silicone sealant cartridge..
Hi Ferg Had another think about this today, if you can't get any fluid to flow uphi ll, the caliper piston might be backed up tight in the housing, which will block the flow. As it will have been sit
Hi Dave, [& Ron P and any other interested parties] Couple of tricks with this, Buy a cheap 4'' angle grinder, grinding the carbon off the spar will ** i t completely ! Use 40 grit discs, don't let t
Hi Dave, Tows / rovings, sorry, same thing. Cut the taper on the wet out ''rope'' and tuck it into the narrow end, smoo th it down into the mould around the end of the spar and tuck it in the oth er
Hi Dave, To do the job properly, you are going to have to take out the aileron and a irbrake pushrods anyway, so not much more of a job to grind / sweat off the tufnol block at the same time. Take me
Philip, I'm afraid I have to tell you, you are talking out of your southern hemisph ere ! The XS radiator was made specifically for Europa, by a well established Mot orsport supplier, never was from
Dave, If I were doing it, I would remove the tufnol block and feather off the gla ss on the Rib for 6'', scuff for 9'' and probably leave the fairing lay up alone, just scuff it. Feather it best you