Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 06:21:42
My Europa Classic has now done over 600hrs on its 912UL engine. I've become a little concerned of late with the lower oil pressure reading reported on my Flydat. --From historic readings in the 3-4 b
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 17:51:11
Hi Guys, I had a few nasty scratches on the passenger side windshield on my classic Europa from hurried panel removal. Micro mesh seemed the obvious solution, and I'd been pre-warned it need a fair a
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:07:23
=93Calling all avionics specialists.=94 The 8 year old Navaid Devices Autopilot in my Europa has gone unserviceable again. I sent the equipment (display head and servo) back to the manufacturers in T
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 11:12:28
If the owner of G-NEAT would like to write to me privately, I can give you some feedback about radio performance issues. .. I was listening to your conversations with Gatwick yesterday. Radio comms c
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 18:17:22
Hi, I tried to measure the cruise speed improvement in my 912 Classic monowheel as accurately as possible, after fitting of the outrigger and tail wheel fairings. I made several runs on a triangular
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 06:16:20
That's very interesting. Without being explicit in my last posting, these are exactly the numbers I saw with my technique. Alan Paul We have the XS mono wheel with a 914. After installing the speed f
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:17:52
I think I agree that the speed fairings may be worthwhile from an aesthetic point of view. Also, there's the opportunity to extend useable range a little, by throttling back on engine RPM, while stil
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:40:33
The Rotax 912 does appear to use less fuel at altitude, keeping RPM constant, (though I know I'm not comparing 'like with like', so my situation isn't relevant for you). I think this is due mostly to
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:22:26
I clocked my best ever ground speed @ circa 182 knots (210mph) in steady descent over the English Channel 5000 ft about 3 years ago. When I levelled out it fell to around 162 knots, engine firewalled
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:21:48
My monowheel classic is shoehorned into a very crowded hanger with a collection of other aircraft. We're about to be joined by one more, another monowheel Europa, making three in all. As you can imag
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:50:18
For those flying down from England to Interlaken for the EAA... I've followed this route a number of times. A classic Europa 912 (and, I'll hazard a guess,.. any other Europa variant !) will fly an a
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:41:07
My 912UL engine has done 680 hours in about eight years. I'm using Shell Advance VSX-4 (synthetic based oil) as recommended, since my unleaded mogas is occasionally supplemented with 100LL. I suppose
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:13:25
Now, now, Neville.... try to be a bit more candid. ...Bit to close to the truth, methinks !!! Alan Will ''Hurricane Ivan'' behave anything like the other Ivan ? Rush around in circles, blowing lots o
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:11:42
Hi Peter, I have a recent issue NavBox Proplan which I use seamlessly with my Skymap 3C for route planning. My PC is fairly powerful, has 1 1.7 Celeron processor, half a Gig of double speed memory an
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:24:02
I've been flying my Europa since 1996 and have never experienced carb icing (or anything close) on my 'classic' with the venturi (cold air box) mod. I'm sure I've flown in conditions where icing migh
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:26:02
After many years of intermittently perfect/awful radio service, I've now retired my Terra Tranceiver, which is destined to become just an attractive? (expensive) panel feature. I've fitted the new Mi
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:28:41
EUPA. Echo Uniform Papa Alpha ? I've stopped 273 spam messages. You can too! Get your free, safe spam protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/ Firstly, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Chr
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:42:07
0.44 FORGED_OUTLOOK_TAGS Outlook can't send HTML in this format I acknowledge each case is different, however perhaps my experience might be of value. My WD fixed pitch prop did vibrate significantly
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:56:54
0.44 FORGED_OUTLOOK_TAGS Outlook can't send HTML in this format A recent article in the Scotsman appears to confirm that a Europa was involved. http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4311765 Very sad
Author: Alan Stewart <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:23:10
Does anyone in the Essex area own a Europa trailer or similar, suitable for the carriage of a Mark 1, Europa ? I need to transport my aircraft and would like to borrow the trailer for a couple of day