Two errors in my last post. The "Issue 36" is the Europa News the company puts out. The page "27T-15" I refer to is 29T-15 John, A230 Once I thought I made and mistake, but I found I was wrong. torqu
I also cdnsidered an RV. I choose the Europa for several reasons. The entire fire wall forward kit is less than a lyc. It burns less fuel I can put it on trailer and bring it home, this saves $500/mo
Hello everyone, I will be heading down to Kitty Hawk, NC tomorrow for the reenactment of the first flight. The Wrights were the first home builders and I will be thinking about all of you that are bu
Flight Crafters puts the D section in before bonding to top on. I can't remember exactly how they do it but it seems to me they bond the D section to the canoe, then put the top in place and draw a l
Hello, I am in the process of picking fuel drain valves. What have other builders been using and what is the best location for a tri-gear? Thanks, John A230 working on cockpit module
Steve, You are really making progress...great. The only help I can give you is that I asked Jim Brown about antennas while in Lakeland and he told me he asked Bob Archer what to do. He did it what Bo
Paul, Try http://www.mcmaster.com/ I understand they will sell small quantities to individuals. -- Original Message -- taps. I can't find them in AC Spruce and the only other tool supplier that I use
Brian, Make both W16's the same as shown in the book, note they are opposite hand. When you attach them to the spar it will be obvious which goes where. Look at page 14-6, Fig 3 for the mating parts,
Brian, As I recall neither of my brackets were cut out, I had to do both. And yes, both W16's do have to be cut out as the illustration shows. As a precaution make sure you are not working on the mat
Hello, My tech counselor looked at my progress today and as usual commented on what a fine kit the Europa is. However, he does have an issue with not using castle nuts and cotter pins on bolts that a
Peter, You bring up a good point and I had wondered about this. The Europa does use a castle nut at the base of the stick at a point where a tight fit would prevent the movement of the stick. All the
Thanks to the responses this problem has a happy ending. I just spoke with my TC and he agrees that using self-locking nuts in the way they are used on the Europa is safe. The inner races are locked
Hello, I finally got my cockpit module installed yesterday with the help of fellow Europa builders SteveD and Ron Parigoris and other friends. We used about 600 grams of redux ( weight before hardene
Al, You are welcome. One item I forgot to mention, we also used a come-along strap wrapped around the fuselage at the head rest point to pull that part together. John much
Jeff, As I recall I could see the hole through the fiberglass. If you can't see through because you used peel ply paint over that area with some epoxy and it should become clear enough to see through
Hello, I am setting up my pitch trim damper and noticed quite a bit of hysterisis (sp?) in the movement of the trim damper. When reversing direction with the trim motor the brackets twist a bit befor
Hi Mike, You hit the nail on the head. The bolt going through the bell crank bearings was a little lose because I had been messing with the assembly a couple times. I tightened it and the problem is
Jeff, Got to: http://www.europa-aircraft.com/ Then builder support, > build manual updates. The mono and tri are there. Also ask John (Lakeland) for the drawing for mounting the finger brakes. John,