I have spotted several aircraft because they turned in such a way that they reflected the sunshine for a short moment. Not so many planes because of their strobes that I remember, but few airplanes h
Ok, you are right. Well, I should have started this topic earlier. I now have these silly access doors, and should have invested the time to make them instead in making the entire cowling on a hinge.
The problem you have is that your clock is one month off. I couldn't see your postings unless I scroll back to the end of october. Can't offer you any insight in these EFIS's, but the stratomaster se
Gentlemen, I have an important question. How did the tailplane balancing work out for you with the Europa supplied counter weights? How much did you need to remove from the weights, or did you need t
airplaine. The pictures show just part of her beauty for sure! Thanks! to be around on that main event! I will let you know. This saturday we will get the mandatory transponder, ELT, pitot/static tes
Mine are 6.3 and 6.4... Indeed quite heavy. I wish I had weighed them before they went to the painter... Now I don't know whether the factory made them heavy or the painter... If it is the factory, I
Ok, thanks. The problem however is not how to solve this. I just wanted to know if it could be somehow acceptable that I have to add weight, or that it indicates that something is terribly wrong. I
Probably not. I have the batteries (2 x PC310) under the bagage bay, and a heavy fixed (mandatory) ELT behind the D-panel. If it turns out that I'm still nose heavy, I will move the ELT as far away i
Today I made a disturbing discovery. Some time ago I checked that my pitot static systems were leak free. Pitot would hold pressure over a few days, static, with much more instruments coupled to it,
Dear fellow experimental aviators, I'm looking at the pro's and con's of emergency parachutes. I'm sure some people on this forums have thought about this subject and formed opinions about it, and I
It is interesting. However, I was thinking about personal parachutes. I'm wondering what the weight penalty would be for a BRS (airplane chute)? I guess that apart from the weight of the cute it will
It appears to me as likely that an airplane that lost a critical part of its flying surface will start gyrating, tumbling, spinning, and not continue with straight and level flight. If the latter wou
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. One reason I asked was that I heard the story of one Dutch homebuilder who was found in mounteneous terrain. Examination revealed that he got struck
We have no mandatory test flying phase in the Netherlands. I will receive my papers (hopefully) soon, and the rest is up to me. I can start my world tour right at the first flight if I want to. ;-) I
Well, I guess we all know how to compensate for the loss of strength caused by cutting a small hole in 3mm foam with about one layer of bid on each side. ;-) The middle of the "bar" isn't anything mo
Keep in mind that the maximum opening for optimal airflow is about 1/3rd of the radiator surface. Air won't be able to rush with 100kts through the radiators, so you need to compress the air after th
Ok, I take your word for granted! I have not been flying yet, so I can't speak from experience. I have intentionally made it impossible to close off the cowl flap completely, as I believed that I nee
Oh yes, I forgot that in my previous mail. I have made an outlet in the D-panel, attached to a scat tube that runs to the tail, and exits in the sternpost. According to some reports this is quite a l
1) Restrict the movement. Ideally, you want to make the tank fit precisely, so it won't shift during turbulence or scarobatic manoeuvrings. It will then only move a bit because of thermal changes, or