Dave, Just measured mine for you. With the full elevator circuit working, the pitch push rods move a total distance of 48mm (1.9 inches) for an elevator deflection of 18 degrees. IOW, at the stage yo
Ron, The general consensus AFAIK is to just use cabin static. Other builders/flyers have reported minimal difference between cabin and recommended outside static location. Regards Kingsley
bearings have seized and 2) without the flaps the wings plug in easily, with the flaps it is a pig. Steve, Further to what Bob and Jeff have already said and assuming you have heeded those direction
All, I am contemplating exchanging the Europa supplied fuel hoses with automotive fuel injection hose to SAE30R9 specification. This hose does not have any SS braiding so could others tell me what th
All, I don't know if the fuel return line restrictor is the same for all the Rotax engines or not but I have just a plain vanilla Rotax 912 so . . . . could anybody enlighten me as to the shape/dimen
Thank you for the history lesson Graham. I have always been interested in how it all got started and marvelled at those who built the first Europa --From scratch in only a fraction of the time it is
All, I wish to construct my own vent fitting that fits on the rear of the fuel tank just above the fuel filler hole in the tank. What grade of stock aluminium (aluminum) do I ask for ? Thanks Kingsle
Troy, I expect Nigel Charles may answer this query but there is a PFA approved mod on the Europa Club website describing crowbar OV protection for both field excited alternators and dynamos. Both are
transiever with the XCOM intercom? Paul, I have a friend with a Jabiru with the Microair M760 - XCOM Intercom combination and he reports it works very satisfactorily. Regards Kingsley Hurst Mono Cla
Jon, This may be a bit late now but if you still have trouble removing the bushes, try the following. If the bushes were a firm or tight fit when installed, using a hacksaw (or mini hacksaw blade) th
Garry, As a point of interest, how are your gas struts attached ? As per the original Europa instructions or do you have the strut attached approx half way up the door ? Regards Kingsley in Oz
Garry, instructions............mounted in the upper aft corner of the door. Thank you for letting me know. My thoughts were that with the original attachment (as I understand yours is), there is cons
Paul, You said :- getting pretty high EGT readings on the rear 2 cylinders- generally running 200-240 degrees hotter than the front two. "For hot rear cylinders part of the fix is to partially block
On the contrary Bob. There are not many people with a smaller stature than I and I know from experience that working inside that area with the elevator drive tube is not comfortable. The situation a
Raimo, Refer to Europa News Issue No 39 September 2003 Page 14. Exactly what you want to know is described here presumably by Andy Draper. Regards Kingsley
his ancestors had that number, too, I believe :-) Hey! Leave me out of this. Tut tut, no respect you fellows, just no respect. No wonder there are moves to make us a Republic! <grin> Do not archive
about how much tension you can put on those wires just by turning the turnbuckle with one hand? There is no way of seeing how much tension is on it, other than playing guitar with the cables and I a
--From the Europa club and it tells me that the TAS is 178 knots Paul, Looks a bit suspect to me. Average of North/South = 152 kts Average of East West = 153.5 kts. Can't understand where the extra
21st at 7.45 am. Her weight and balance sheet showed 9 lb. 3 oz. Congratulations Martin, good news. Rest assured there will be no celebrations at this end if that happens to us. Our youngest is 27.