What is the normal angle of the deck in the baggage bay? The manual picture shows it angled but approximately how much? Tried to make it level but the front lips don't over lap when I do. Then I set
Thanks! That's what I did, got the spacers cut already. For some unknown reason I got it into my head to level it. Soon as I got over that everything worked out OK. Decided to get away from the glue
Hi all. Just finished my aileron servo install. Before I did it I asked everyone I could find how they ran the wires. Everyone I talked to came out the front edge of the aileron. I kept picturing tha
Some Tail plane pictures...... http://homepage.mac.com/sdunsmuir/EuropaSite/Tail%20Plane/Tail%20Plane.html A tip I got from John at Europa, only do the glass lay ups on one side. Leave one side floxe
Not larger pip pins, Europa Mod #62. http://www.europa-aircraft.com/Builder%20Support/newsupport.htm "There have been some cases of wear developing in the 1/4=E2=80=9D drive pins and their associated
Ok, I see all the chatter about posting non-builders messages. I think the problem is the medium and not the messages. I cooked something up this weekend and would like your views. This is a prototyp
Hey I put BBQ in the Subject Line! : ) If you're going to the First Flight Celebration at Kill Devil Hills, NC let me know. I'm going for the week and will be having a BBQ on Dec. 16, the night befor
Since I posted about a new type of Europa Forum, I've had 12 people register; a hundred or so hits; four offers to help; three offers to donate web server space; and a bunch of emails with questions
The trailing edge area that will someday be your anti-servo trim tab, that gap gets micro. Along with all the hot wire slits. "do not get micro on the peel ply tapes or the glass rib." The next para
The trailing edge area that will someday be your anti-servo trim tab, that gap gets micro. Along with all the hot wire slits. "do not get micro on the peel ply tapes or the glass rib." The next para
I've reposted Tom Friedlands email on cowl flaps on the forum with pictures. http://68.39.166.123/~stevedunsmuir/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14 I've modified the board to meet the requests I've received a
Does the factory have a template, or just measurements? I would like to cut this panel and bump the cover out to fit my EFIS Lite. Thanks, SteveD. A217 .... can't rig my wings because of the weather
I have the Whelen low energy two light system. ACS P/N 11-05600. draws < 4A-14V. I went with I because it is what three other builders in my EAA local used. They did a bunch or research, and picked t
I'm looking at my baggage with the top off. Everyone says that the lay-ups on the D are a pain. Can I splash flange the D shape and redux it in when the top goes on? Then I don't have to climb back t
I asked if I could add the electric flap servo with a mono wheel and was told no. I never like the idea of full flaps every time, but loved the design so much I still went with the Europa. So, you ca
For those of you who have been asking. Retractable tie downs, one loss and a win. I didn't put the set in the wings, didn't meet my criteria, accessible and removable for repair. The tail tie down is
I've had it with these antennas. I don't know much about them and every time I tell someone how they're going in, I get, "whatever you do don't do that". We don't have that much room and everything i
Tony, I use a step drill bit, looks like an upside down Christmas tree. Works great with sheet and thin plate metal and I never had it catch yet. SteveD.
I had the opposite problem. The guy who cut my access cover from the mold must have just got back from "Lunch" the flange went from 1" to less than 1/2 in spots. I put release tape on the bulk head.
I've been around and around with this same thing. After much consternation and emails with Bob Archer, it's on the starboard side wall behind the access hatch. Cable length 9' SteveD.