Fred, I can and I am 5-10, so I believe most can. I always push on the backs and front of each door before takeoff as a door loss deterrent. Bud -- Original Message -- From: Fred Klein<mailto:fklein@
Jeff, I'll fly in with 12AY. Bud Yerly Custom Flight Creations -- Original Message -- From: JEFF ROBERTS<mailto:jeff@rmmm.net> To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com> Sent: Tu
Karl, Dave and Graham, I use a Mister Funnel and very clean Jerry Cans. Our local Florida stations have ethanol now, and as an experiment am running it full time without incident so far. Ethanol clea
Graham, How true. I don't think Mr Funnel is even 120 microns. Ultralight news tested it at .005, which is about 120 microns but who knows. We are not labs. I have not been a fan of gascolators as I
John and Ian, Epibond 420 A/B is the tooling epoxy which is exactly the same as Araldite 420 A/B aka Redux made here in the States and I believe in Europe. It is sold in 50ml packets, and larger cont
Fred and others, See pictures on my website of this conventional gear Europa XS. Bud Yerly www.customflightcreations.com<http://www.customflightcreations.com/> -- Original Message -- From: Fred Klein
Tony, It seems that your email address will not send direct to you. Both Europa and I have been trying to email you with the many answers to your questions. Bud Yerly Custom Flight Creations US Europ
Klaus and others, Please send me pictures of your elongations or failures of the strut for me to analyze. If you can provide the type material and thickness also. Normally 6061 common aluminum angle
Jerry, You are not alone and not living dangerously, as it seems you have a well built reliable gear. However the non mandatory mod 51 arm helps keep the stress down on the three bolts in the retract
Fred, When doing the landing gear frame mods, I had trouble getting the spinner to align with the cowl on two aircraft and I fudged the elevations of the engine a bit to make it look pretty (well bet
To all. N12AY is a Classic Trigear placarded GW 1320, has completed most of it's test flights. After 4 months of testing, I will have a complete write up soon. Note, if your Europa has been registere
Fred, Background, 12AY started as Marvin Alverez's aircraft 139AB, fixed pitch Classic Trigear. I bought it to use as a test bed, but I had to rebuild so much of it, replace wings, gut the fuselage t
Ira, It seems that some folks just do not get it. They have no medical, so they see they can fly under the LSA guidelines. So they call the FAA and EAA, and they are told correctly, if you want to fl
Ira, Someone without a 47 foot wide hanger I guess. The short tips on Homers 419PL are about 41 feet, and his hangar is 40. He goes in sideways on a trolley. Just to be clear to those folks Bud is sp
Terry, For rigging and de-rigging I have a set of Wing Walkers I can't live without. I have 30 stitches and a torn shoulder from man-handling glider wings. Now I let the equipment do the work in less
It bounces like a bunny on rough strips. Leave them on. Hi all, I have been following the thread on the monowheel landing gear strut (Mod 51) with great interest and I am planning to perform a full c
Karl, Not knowing your bus wiring, Do you have a spare / backup battery, and if so did it accidentally get wired in series? Double the voltage and a higher than normal voltage to the sender tends to
Karl, I have gone through 4 EIS CHT probes in 5 different aircraft. They are a bit flimsy in my opinion. That unwanted opinion forwarded, I have always found it wise to replace the CHT ring. Write to
Stall spin characteristicsNot to but in, but... You fliers are doing a great job of what the problems of stall in the Europa are. Basically, none. Many thanks for good comments and techniques. I have
Bud is up to his neck in a poop full of testing. Right now I have the AP332 and 420 in build up in the shop and will be starting side by side testing. LSA testing is in write up. I figure by Rough Ri