Hi everyone, I thought to be smart and ordered from RS the "upgraded" versions of the standard Europa static and pitot connectors. These are not floating but have a thread and nut so I can fix them o
Hi Everyone, So far I have had the luck that I never needed any eye correction. However with an age of 45 I'm finding myself getting more and more troubles to focus nearby, and for working on small p
Love to hear that, but I'm not sure if I understand fully what you mean. Yes, but I don't have regular bifocals. My "distance" vision is OK. I'm not sure what you mean. I don't need the sunglasses fo
I was wondering about that: the distance in viewing angle between the ASI and runway is very small, and I need +1 for reading the ASI, and neutral for seeing the runway. There is hardly any room here
I was not talking about the landing flare, but the approach. If you look over the nose of the airplane, the viewing angle is not very different to reading the ASI, which is normally in the top of the
Thanks! I have no experience whatsoever, so that's why I'm asking. The transition area appears to be small indeed. Opinions about the applicability of varifocal seem to differ a bit, as usual of cour
I beg to differ. Have tried it a couple of times, driving a car with one eye closed. It feels really unsafe, I will loose *all* depth perception. Can't drive a car with that, let alone flying an airp
Perfect! This is exactly what I'm looking for! Can just use my normal sunglasses and put these stick on reading lenses at the right position, without the need to explain everything to my optometrist
I have reasons to believe that the oil was already past the seal before I started the engine. In the months that the engine didn't run, oil has seeped past the seal. Before the engine produced any si
[quote:840d48a39a="kheindl"] I have a trigear/912S with close to 300 hours, with no previous problems of this nature. For my last annual I decided to change coolant (glycol 50/50) and oil, and all ho
Hi Karl, The naca scoop is only for the 914. We build a closed cabinet around it, where only the intake air filter resides. So the engine gets somewhat "pressurized" air. The 914 doesn't use the naca
Presuming you have an XS, the idea is simple: construct some sort of cockpit controllable flap to close off the exit area of the radiator. I changed the bottom of the cowling for this purpose, and pu
In the archives I noticed that many of the tri-gear owners used damping grease to eliminate shimmy without making steering difficult at the same time. I contacted the company recommended by some of y
Yes, that concerns me as well. It is however a bit difficult to apply full power to an engine that with idle alone overheats within 7 minutes... Now the engine starts to behave a bit better, I will s
That would be an ideal solution. However I presume that any test pilot will want to see this thing running at full power on the ground for several minutes, before taking it out for a test flight. So,
You are right indeed. I have some experience with (backwards) trailering the Europa and forces when a truck passes from the opposite direction are enormous. When I was trailering the Europa to the up
I would caution *against* that! The airplane will move a lot during travel, it sits on its own suspension and rubber tires which allow quite some twisting and sideways movement, and the tail of the a
Did you convert the Europa "factory" trailer for that, or is it a completely new creation? If it is a Europa trailer "mod", I'm very interested in the details. Although weight limitations for unregis