Carl The rudder system should have a spring at the forward end of each cable (see CBM 22-8). As standard they are not very strong and most owners add some sort of additional stop (strap) for when the
Donald Yes the steel work of early kits is oil blued, not plated as are the later kits. On my aircraft I painted them with Hammarite (the flat finish not the crackle) and this has lasted well. The al
William I have found that the main source of the fuel smell is the connection to the tank breather pipe on three aircraft. The machined aluminium fitting does not seal to the plastic pipe even if don
Steve I am the engineering specialist for the Europa Club and work extensively with the Company and the LAA. At present I have a Europa here which is very near completion and about to go to the paint
Steve You might be interested in the attached. Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com Hi, I'm seriously thinking about building a Europa XS wit
Raimo I hope the infection you are suffering from is not contagious for other Europa owners! After they have taken you away to a place for the insane, I hope the men in the white laboratory coats may
Richard Congratulations on getting the testing finished. The Europa stall warner does have its idiosyncrasies. It will "bleat" at you taxing down wind, parked tail to wind, gusty day and in the hange
Mark I agree entirely. You were too polite to mention a good product for avoiding this problem. As David Joyce has said eloquently in this month's "Light Aviation" (August 2012) the SmartASS is a goo
Frans How about an article for the Europa Flyer? It would be nice to know how you achieved the near impossible ("I can see it, I can touch it, but not at the same time") installation of the bell-cran
Graeme There is a couple of examples of Mono jacking on the Club Web site (http://www.theeuropaclub.org/for-pilots/trailers/handling/) Richard please let me have anything you would like on the Web si
Fred I have found a picture of trolley that might fit your requirements. Picture attached and I have added it to the web site. I know nothing about it and the file name does not seem to help. Looking
Carl The mod Bruno describes is documented on our web site (http://www.theeuropaclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/G-MIME-Vents.pdf). It is PFA/LAA approved but at present LAA cannot find the paperw
Ferg Pins 12,24,36 and 17 are the serial interface for connecting to your computer. You need these to set the throttle position accurately. I have clipped the attached out of my notes. I hope this he
Frans Like Steve I had the same problem in 2003. After some discussion with Andy Draper we came to the same solution, grease it. Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-
Kevin There is a list on the Club Web site, Building, Paint and Upholster, Upholstery. If anyone has any others to recommend I will be pleased to add them. Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Eur
Frans Apologies for not replying earlier to your reply of 19/08. Andy Draper has had a sudden attack of needing to tidy up some of the paperwork. The result is a new Standard Mod (for the Andair fuel
Kyle I cannot give you numbers but the ConAir soft start module is well known in the UK. It is LAA approved as a standard modification SM12305 (See the LAA site) or is available on the Club web site
Rowland We have one UK Europa (that I know about) with the MDO "hand brake". A copy of the mod 11347 is on our web site http://www.theeuropaclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/11347.pdf Ian Rickard G
Steve For the benefit of those who may not have noticed, I see you have put up a picture of G-YURO on the Home page, added another and deleted the 912is. Good it needed an update. Your note referred
Nigel/Max The Mod quoted is the LAA Mod 12209 which I wrote (Not an FAA Mod). In the document I quoted what some builders had said which was that they had obtained adequate results by assuming the re