Svein: I would suggest that you give a quick E-mail to the guys at Andair. I saw the Andair rep at Oskosh. They had a facia plate made up just for the Europa and can fix you up with what you need. Th
I don't believe I have seen any one ask about this and I am suprised it hasn't come up. I am setting up the pitch pushrods, torque tube and that whole mess under the cockpit. Yes I did have the same
Dave, Nick, and Andy: Thanks for the heads up on my issues with the push rods. The replies over the internet have kept the endeavor from being a solitary effort, and have made it more enjoyable. Thou
Rick: I managed to do the same thing. I did not however do it too bad. My fix was to take the hinge and mill the edge off some where it goes into the flange cavity. The thing to watch out for however
Paul: Wait till you have a hundred hours in, it will feel like a thousand! Steve Hagar A143 Mesa, AZ -- Original Message -- From: Paul Boulet Subject: filling and finishing Hi All; Thought I'd post a
I just received a capacitance level probe from Europa. There was not any documentation with it. The unit's head is about 3" in diameter with what appear to be 3 very small LEDs and 2 transistors on t
Dave: I have been told that during the bonding of the top half to the bottom half you may have to do some creative lining up between the two to make certain that the whole airplane is straight when y
Dave: Just recently finished that job. I didn't have to cut my bolt either it was right on the money. Friction was high on my unit also, until I wore away the zinc chromate that I had painted the pla
I still have the cockpit out of the bathtub and am doing all the little bits and pieces. I am almost complete making a nice recessed box on the aft end of the console in the cockpit. It is about an i
I have started jumping around on doing mechanical assembly of the fuselage components/systems. It seems whenever I get into something one little item keep me from completion so rather than wait for a
Dave; These pins have to be really snug. You don't want any play. My units are set up so that they need a slight rap with the the back end of a mini-mag AA flashlight to get them seated. Though they
Bob, Dale, Bob, Tony, Graham . . . . . ; Mucho thanks for the input. Its always good to get a bunch of "Been there done that" type input to an issue that arises when I'm deciding on how to approach s
Shawn; What I did in my case, and I feel good about the results, is the following: My cradle is a weldment of 1" square tubing with 3 plywood saddles that pick up the bottom of the "boat". I am able
Ferg: I basically asked the same question about 3 or 4 weeks ago and had received no replies. Though I didn't use the king's english in my request. I hope you have better luck. I started off by makin
good consideration. Here in the desert I am presently flying an old Cessna 140 taildragger with 85 hp. It just doesn't cut the mustard when its 95-105 F out there. Most people seem to be ordering th
I certainly got more than I barganed for when I posted my "Looking down the road at batteries" question. Many items brought up I had not even considered. Once again the value of this forum has indeed