Indeed! We've all got that T-shirt in one form or another, and I sympathise wholeheartedly with someone like Will who has obviously been unfortunate enough to have got an XXXXL one. Not a fun repair
Willie, It's my understanding that carb icing is not a problem on Rotaxes _with_heated_carbs_. I've certainly heard of problems on Rotaxes with no carb heat. There are two ways I know of of doing thi
Hold on Teimo - much of that I'd agree with, but not the bit on the catalyst. The catalytic converter does not work until it gets up to temperature (in the hundreds of degrees), regardless of the ini
Teimo, A long-winded journey to the same conclusion :-) I concur - if preheating means you can open the engine up sooner, it will get the cc to temp a little sooner, and hence do more to save the env
Andrew, The welding rod is to help you find the point on the LE to make the hole with the template. It doesn't make a mark. To be honest it's a complete bollock-ache way of doing it. Much better is t
Andrew, There was quite a thread on this topic some time back. I posted once or twice on how to do the mod using tape and a bright lamp - if you search on me you should find the thread and can get th
(Apologies to the non-UK folks for whom this will be of only marginal interest at best.) PFA HQ have issued the following statement: "Our Deputy chief Engineer John Tempest has reluctantly decided to
Steve, Very many thanks for your kind wishes, and your core point is well understood. I can help a little on that... The focus of priorities in Engineering is quite clear, and actually has been for s
Steve, You raise an interesting point asking if we're having staff retention problems, and yes, the same thought occurred to me. Now, I'm willing to be shot down in flames if I'm proved wrong, but I
Bob, This one has already gone out on: 1) PFA CAN 2) This Forum 3) The RV equivalent of this Forum Things have moved on somewhat, too - we are now told that this change was a clerical omission, but n
But did the local fuzz send you the photos to prove it? :-) Jeremy Davey Europa Monowheel 537M G-EZZA Europa Club Vice-Chairman, Webmaster, PFA NC Representative PFA EC Member "If you can keep your h
Errr... Nev... you do realise that 'miles' is strictly an Italian word, don't you? :-) [Ducks and awaits incoming fire :-) ] PS Why was the pre-Euro Irish currency called the 'Punt'? Because it rhyme
I think what Andrew's saying is not that the pushrods won't allow him the movement, but that the aileron is fouling on the wing when he tries to get up deflection with the pushrods disconnected. Andr
Ron, It's not adhesion that dictates which sleeve to use with which cable - it's the risk of catalytic corrosion. Regards, Jeremy Jeremy Davey Europa Monowheel 537M G-EZZA Europa Club Vice-Chairman,
Taking a large dose of guessing juice... It looks like he's done what many folks do - cut the slots for the trim system according to the lines on the moulding. He's then found out they are in the wro
Folks, Gerry sums my feelings up perfectly. I emailed Cliff and Betty last week to say I was arriving in town at the weekend and did they want to get together for lunch? Betty told me they'd be off t
Hi, Alain, I'm installing the TruTrak 2-axis in my bird. The pitch axis drive is onto the torque-tube under the tank, acting onto additional lugs that I got Europa 2004 to weld on for me. My bird is
Dave, Thank-you for sharing this picture with us all: it shows William and Paul at their convivial bests. Two thoroughly nice, helpful, decent friends have been taken from us, and I'm sure everyone i
Joseph, Nothing I saw in the reports indicated that. Perhaps we should be careful to avoid speculating at this stage: I understand that the AAIB are doing their usual thorough job and I'm sure we are
Folks, At a time when we are all mourning the loss of Paul Sweeting and William Mills, an email I received this morning from Cliff and Betty Shaw's family is particularly poignant. They wanted to jus