Hello Ira, I've yet to get to this exciting stage but I'm just wondering if you have calibrated all the sensors and their respective monitors by putting all the sensors in a pot of cold water and the
Will, have to cut out a slot in the root rib to get it in an out? I think your wording here may be a little confusing. The actual lift pin is horizontal (actually parallel to the main wing pins when
Hello Rowland, Sorry to learn you have been crook but nice to know you are back on deck again. I had the same problem with the bottom corners of the CS08s contacting the fuselage floor. My solution f
Rowland, Because I have little trust in my memory anymore, I pulled my fuse out of the trailer this morning to check. Parts of my module DO mate with the foamed areas of the fuselage but where they d
Just wondering if anybody has installed the trim wheel available at www.PerihelionDesign.com/moreproducts.htm second item down the page. If so, would be interested to know how you have found it. This
Rowland, We had exactly the same problem and rather than use several of the heavy large area washers, we made up spacers out of aluminium. They were turned in a lathe in the shape of a squat cotton
Gilles As one Europaphile with much respect for the time and effort you have invested in ALL things to do with your non Europa aircraft, may I request what sort of material you used for same please.
Hello Steve, I firstly laid up my upper and lower fairings from the fuselage to the wings bonding the two together. I then cut the lay-ups with a hacksaw blade so that half of a fairing was left on
Alan, Thank you for your write-up on flight testing and trimming. Mostly understood but in one place you said "Right flap down rolls right." . . . . did you mean to say this ?? Cheers Kingsley in Oz.
Duncan, In the C172 I once owned, I made the vents much quieter by stuffing some steel wool into the duct. Steel is a misnomer because it was actually the plastic stuff. Best regards Kingsley -- Orig
Fellow Mono builders/operators, Why would you stuff around trying to put a reservoir on the Europa supplied Master Cylinder (355 gms WITHOUT reservoir or hand brake feature) when you can spend a fort
G'day Rowland, http://mcylulm.free.fr/doc/pdf/maitre_cyl_a_main.pdf Mike Parkin advised us about this little gem on the list back in June this year so I'm not claiming credit for the discovery. Plea
Hello Raimo There is no need to worry about lurking risks with a hand brake on the stick. I have considerable experience using them in gliders and I can assure you that with mono wheel aircraft, it
Frans, Graham beat me to the punch so as well as agreeing with what he has said, I would just add that before the rings are run in, there will be more blow-by which at least will heat the oil and I i
Troy, Since the aircraft will be travelling backwards, if I were you, I would build a device on the trailer itself that restrains rudder movement. That way, you will not be relying on another part o
Ron, Others will correct me if I am wrong but I'm fairly sure BID (Bidirectional) refers only to the strands within the cloth running at right angles to each other. Therefore, peel ply would be bidi
Hello Ira, Thank you for posting those figures . . . interesting indeed. 60% increase in fuel consumption flying at 9,000 ft as opposed to 3,000ft while TAS increases 33%. I note the increase in fue
Hello David, Thank you for the extra food for thought. As I say, I'm only an observer in all this but I enjoy trying to understand what is going on and some accurate figures are interesting to compa
Raimo and others, I endorse your comments Raimo but just to clarify, I have only used Abranet for the sanding of the primer filler for which I have found it excellent. Sanding in temperatures around
Frans, If I were you, I would try sitting in a Europa with a slim pack parachute strapped on to see if you can get comfortable enough. From my experience of flying sailplanes with personal parachutes