Hi Steve, I am certainly delighted that sales are being made! It is a good thing for all of us. I looked at the brochure and I saw the bit about three kits, but nowhere did the brochure mention or ev
Hi Steve, Thanks for the remedial education for the colonist!! I was hoping to catch up with the Europaphiles at KOSH in a few weeks, but the family wishes to go southwest on a bearing of 210 rather
Flat tires in a tri gear do not appear to be a big deal. I have had three in seven years of flying. Two were nosewheel flats due to pinched inner tubes on the outer, not inner surface of the tube wit
Hi All, Does anyone have additional insight into this fatal accident? The registration was N914KM with an airworthiness date of 12/1999 http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/1sgttguzwgo5f5ei3q
Hi Richard, A simple solution to your issue with Barracuda is to remove it from your path. The modern approach to this sort of electronic forum is to use the web explicitly, not EMail which is suppor
Hi Jim, The sensors do best far from the disturbed airflow of wings or fuse. 4 inches is marginal, two inches and change is probably trouble. Ira -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://for
Hi Troy, I did not see anything in your description to suggest battery malfunction. It did sound exactly like a failure of the charging system. Sounds like your 2.5 year old battery performed admirab
try changing the name of the downloaded file from .dat to .jpg Cheers, Ira -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=358406#358406
Crimping is the way to go for most of the power circuits in the Europa. It is extremely important to purchase and use only Aviation grade crimp, not the automotive grade commonly available locally. T
Hi Jeff, I am very sorry to hear this AFib news! I trust you will do fine with it. I am also sorry you want to sell your XS since it quite a fine aircraft! I am sure you know that glider wings will g
You should check with Matco. Are you sure the O-rings in the kit are not for something else, say a Jamar master cylinder? It was my recollection that Matco already uses Buna-N (which is nitrile!). Ch
Try the source! http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds or aviationweather.gov This is the home of the official NOAA forecasts for CONUS and selected forecasts worldwide Cheers, -- Ira N224XS Read this t
Is it time to start planning this years "Engineering" meeting Is there enthusiasm for the usual venue (See Enclosed Picture) -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/vie
Here is the site for non-CONUS weather http://www.aviationweather.gov/iffdp/ -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=367873#367873
Better than the press release, the Install, Operators, and Light Maint Manuals are up on the ROAN site. Looks like it will fit under the Europa hood with the new steel air box sitting on top of the e
Congratulations Grandpa! We will raise a mug for you. Best Wishes, Ira -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=368348#368348
Hi All, Another interesting failure mode of the brush system occurred to me at about 290 hours. I had a tiny (very tiny) oil leak from the hydraulic hose fittings at the oil pump assembly. (I had rep
The controller was undamaged :) 912s also undamaged by overspeed -- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=371475#371475
I built my kit 10 yrs ago and the tie bar was an-interbuild upgrade. No big deal to cut a slot in the rear tunnel, just make only a few mm larger in width and depth than absolutely needed since the t
Roughly 20 sounds about right (it is pretty steep!). If you tie your tail hook to the floor to simulate 20 angle you should be fine for the fuel free flow test. BTW Vx and Vy change with weight, and