14.1.97. Initials T? C : PH We are very close then Bob - it's #314 an XS cockpit like mine. ...should be on the port or starboard top just inboard of the stab profiles, next the fin stub console cock
Boots are required. pair is $US50 or UK L35 which includes packaging and> postage. Cheers, To those contemplating same, I can confirm the boots are of first-class workmanship and quality. Ferg Kyle E
Gee whiz, Tony, I thought that with its ground plane uppermost one could instal it inside the fuselage, at the roof - as long of course as the groundplane remained horizontal or coned upward? Cheers,
You're right of course, but that pipe is more than two wavelengths of the "top" of the quarterwave groundplane halfway back, so I'm gonna take a Chance on the Boardwalk. ....think I'm a bit lazy, si
Paul: I thinbk you have missed something - the advantage of the monowheel is its size - it is a tundra tire. That means when the engine quits (not 'if') you can put down on more land area than if you
SAY! Perhaps the decision as to which configuration should be based on Number of Safe landings per tire (x3 for trike). But then an extra US$2700 for the privilege must mean the extra cost for tires
"Kingsley, True.....but I've never seen a bird try to land with only one leg, and, I've never seen a bird with little spindly legs at the end of his wings to keep him from falling over when he's stan
"I believe last April one of our community posted the first flight tests of an in-air convertible mono/trigear Europa. It gave you the option of landing configurationdepending upon circumstances. It
and feet popularity, trade-in value, and style then 3 wheels is your thing - perhaps the Banbi. But if you want safety, security and plain efficiency the mono is the thing -- IMHO of course. and Mic
Cheers, I am planning on attending this distinguished event, and hope to see a number of builders/flyers there. I have a room at the Convention Centre across the street for Friday and Saturday night,
you have to remember that handling a taildragger requires a whole new set of skills to be learnt. It's not difficult, it's just different. > to handle a taildragger has made them a better pilot. Ther
rotation. The> single-engine ILS, at night, 600 and 3/4 in sleet and fog, following that failure was outstanding. How smooth the guy's landing were, the achievements of a pilot from the passenger se
Cheers, I am much in tune with rigid front and woblly aft right now as have the fuselage with cockpit (thanks to flying visit of fellow builders Chris Staines and David Miller) hanging in four 3/8inc
Rowland, Once again I failed to find my "best before" date. In order to save quality time for your Europa, don't answer if I'm OK. Your receipt of this tells me you got it. Cheers, Ferg
Hello, I sent a message 'to' Rowland as you have probably already seen for the purpose of confirming my membership. I stupidly hit 'send' before having corrected the address to him -rather than e-v-e
attn: Shaun on the left coast, Thank you for the universally applicable tip on hinge safetying, Shaun. As well, your plaintive sob for company 'way out on that abandonned beach just cries out for com
"Hi! Alan. I have certainly read reference to this factor in the manual/sales documentation when glassing the underside of the fusilage roof panel and in particular the door struts.RegardsBob Harriso
Cheers, In the headlong rush to safely powdercoat everything save the cat, two items have disapppeared in the intervening years. I need them soon. They are CS21s (port and starboard), the rudder ecce