Will, Sorry it has taken too long. Much to do and too little time. I have had an email of mine cut and pasted by the editor into the Europa flier. This is a hot issue and I have been looking for my m
The colors of the leaves are changing and Greenville TN Airport KGCY is having a fly-in / open house. Our friend Jerry Hope is stationed there and all Europa Owners are invited to fly, drive or walk
Resent from Laptop as original did not send. -- Original Message -- From: Bud Yerly<mailto:budyerly@msn.com> Anderson<mailto:djaflyact@gmail.com> ; Jim and Heather Butcher<mailto:butcher43@att.net> ;
Yes, you may order only one kit from Karen and share. I do not believe there is a significant discount though. And the tool gets a bit messy. Regards, Bud -- Original Message -- From: Peter Zutrauen<
Frans, Allowances have been made and the new socket lines up with the old. New pins for the short wings are necessary. Spar cup concerns are not a problem. I'll do a group email and show the "How I d
Please refer to www.customflightcreations.com<http://www.customflightcreations.com/> and select accessories and tips. The information on alternate Mod 66 on the website is years old and I have prefer
Frans and others, Attached above is a drawing of how to install a wing rigging alignment device to replace the spar cups. It just attaches to the back of the fuselage. Here is an excerpt from an emai
Tony, Pidge connectors and the proper crimping tool is the way to go. Bob Knuckles of Aeroelectric fame is a lover of spade connectors, I hate them as they tend to be very hard to disengage with fat
Jim, Because we let our planes sit so long and so much dirt builds up on our wheels and brakes, obviously clean the slide pins and caliper bushes. I am sure your disk is installed correct and runs tr
Does anyone still know the company/individual who was making the models of the Europa? Dear Sir: Are you aware of anyone manufacturing scale models of the Europa XS Tri Gear? (Something along the siz
Will, Max prop diameter is still 64 inches recommended. This is based on the prop clearance of course. In the tri gear clearances are based on spring or bungee with the by the book cable stop dimensi
My apologies to all. I have found my emails from the shop computer were not being sent but were trapped in the server and of course I lost them when I cleared up the matter. Wonderful things these co
Graham, you are as succinct as always. Wish I could be. After considerable work we have tamed (sort of) the older Jabiru 3300 but it is not a plug and play engine installation in a Europa. Problems/S
Guys, We haven't breached the subject of instructors for Bi annual or initial checkouts in the Europa for some time and it would be great to have a list updated annually somewhere. So I'll do it for
Ken, and others considering selling their older Europas. A good flying airplane in need of a bit of maintenance is not worth cutting up. Sell it. Bringing an older plane up to good maintenance standa
Kees, I have had good success by changing the 90 degree angle socket which comes out of the water pump and runs the lower #2 cylinder hose very close to the muffler) to a 45 degree as on the 914 setu
I don't blame you, I do know that any hose within 1/2 inch with heat shield of the muffler doesn't last more than a few years without some air blowing on it. Even a short hose and a nippled metal ext
Frans, I have used the Evans in a stock trigear and have found my CHTs were about 15 degrees cooler with the glycol. I am as perplexed as you why the difference in the coolant temp probe performance.
Frans=2CI have no reason for believing that the Evans has actually lowered my cyl temps. In fact=2C it was very evident that the both #2 and #4 cylin ders when using Evans were hotter. I confirmed th
I boil it out as you say. Hope the heat exchanger works out. Bud -- Original Message -- From: Frans Veldman<mailto:frans@privatepilots.nl> To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.c