Have you noticed the SB about this subject? A Europa here in the Netherlands nearly crashed when, due to a rough touch-down during a touch-and-go, the pin slipped out of the cross tube, and upon flap
I made an aluminium tray for the batteries, that "hangs" on the bagage floor. This tray is also the mount for the starter relay, and mass rail. The bagage floor is stronger than the fuselage at that
I have an aft placed battery (well, actually two), and the wires needed weigh closer to 1 lbs than 2 lbs (and not even substracting the weight of the wires you would need anyway with a forward placed
I'm not sure exactly how, but the pilot involved is a professional and not making things up. I also know that the alerted rescue team afterwards was quite shocked when they discovered in what conditi
The Brits don't care about it. But it is questionable whether the Danes will allow you, citizen of Denmark, to own a foreign registered experimental aircraft. Frans
Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but you can of course also use the alternator warning light for registering engine hours. True, if the alternator fails the hobbs will stop, but without alternator it w
I have my "flight-hobbs" connected to a pressure switch, hooked up to the secondary pitot tube (which also feeds the SmartASS talking airspeed indicator). The pressure switch is set in such a way tha
Yes, I understand this, so I assume that something got broken in between. Corroded contact, broken wire, that sort of things. The regulator can just not charge the battery if it is not connected to t