Frans and all My aircraft (G-IANI)is a 914 with no shroud and the standard cowl. The aircraft ran hot on UK "hot" days until I lowered the oil cooler. We also had the same with G-IRON. Lowering the O
Tony For the bulkheads I built when doing the major modifications to my tunnel I used 3mm ply with two plies of BID on both sides. This gives a nice strong structure and the weight penalty is very sm
Graham Your short term memory loss is greatly regretted especially as it lead to you leaving out the greatest contributor, Steve Pitt Ian Rickard Popham 2010, Worth every penny of the subs just to ex
Fred Is the attached the one you are referring to? Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com Hi guys, Once upon a time, some kind soul either sent
Mike You do not need your tin hat. G-IANI has the same set up as G-JULZ and although not perfect it works very well. G-IRON has the serial pump setup which is no better, costs a lot more and takes up
John Europa normally has 420 and, of course any parts you need for the repair. As far as I know 420 is not available in small quantities. If the amount you need is really small another owner may be a
All Tony's note suggest the Rotax part numbers are 996-735. The Rotax numbers on my pumps is 936-738 I wonder if they change the spec? Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Special
Ron Where does the information that the parallel system blows over 2.8psi come from. From memory one of the books says it should be 1.8psi from either pump and 2.8 with them both on. This is exactly
If anyone is interested in the Tropical Chin inlet you will find it on the LAA site, link below http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/engineering/Standard%20Mods/europa .html It is at the bottom
Marc I am writing this from a UK perspective and things may be different where you are. David Stanbridge (owner of Europa) is interested in the UL260i engine but it is not likely to be followed up in
Greg We only had some 10 hours on G-IANI before Mod 70 was installed so it is difficult to compare before and after. G-IRON was completed with Mod 70 installed. What I can say is that I have never no
Karl I have the Grand Rapids and have had a similar problem with some very strange readings. The symptoms were that half the readings produced by the unit were OK but the other half were all over the
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Richard 1) The fuel selector does "Click" it has detents that the barrel "clicks" into. They are quite easy to dismantle if you want to look inside. This will allow you to check the internal conditio
Richard As you know I keep an eye on what mods people are doing and I have not heard of anyone putting this mod to the LAA. What Andy has said seems to confirm this. It has come up in conversations b
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Paul Are you working on a Classic or an XS? Can you tell me exactly what you are fitting? Graham Singleton's Mods are for the push rod rudder drive not the tail wheel. Moving the Classic tail wheel a
Phil I will send you a copy (0f list) of the "How to build a Classic" manual I am preparing for Europa Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
Will Attached is a picture of the fuel pump setup for G-IRON Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com Two questions for the assembled wisdom 1. H
Frans Thanks for your thoughts on the pump setup in G-IRON. You are absolutely right about the electrical connector setup. We missed that when doing this board even though I had separated them in G-I