Sorry to be seen as a spoil sport. The intention was to highlight a very real problem- mods and improvements that are excellently executed but may not maintain a level of safety in relation to the or
The use of flexible bladder tanks is a great idea. However, as they take up a shape which is driven by internal fuel pressure (due to aircraft manoeuver loads, sloshing, etc) to react these loads eff
I did the LAA Rotax maintenance course ran by Kevin, apart from being slightly disorganised in terms of hand outs and course notes he proved to have a very broad knowledge on Rotax. I subsequently ha
The Europa has very little provision for crashworthiness. The split in the front would have occurred at the time of the impact. The rescue services may have chopped the cockpit hoop and some of the o
Tony, Not sure on where the surface area discussion is going - or the objective. Regarding the panel, l installed 2off fans in a carbon frame above the 6 pack/EFIS hybrid panel in G-IPOD. This is the
I found that l had accidentally left the power on and the Red Top 25 battery is now reading a static voltage of 5.6v. Attempts to charge it fail (using 'intelligent' chargers does not seem to help).
Sorry to hear about the door detachment. Steve Vestuti, builder of #573 (now G-IPOD) wisely added double DOORS check in the 'start up' and 'ready for departure' checklists. I follow this and double b
The doors will fail irrespective of hinge material as the fasteners will pull through, shear or tear out. I have not been able to access the photos int he original post - anybody else have trouble? g
Can we just get one thing straight - the hinge did not break. The structure has torn away around the hinge due to a tear-out failure mode. The force generated by the door flying up means that almost
The idea of a hinge designed to fail first after a door opening in flight incident is interesting. Best to prevent the door opening in the first place? The C150 Aerobat and other planes have doors th
My first thought on this made me laugh.... If you need to operate out of 200m strips then go the ugly duckling route. The CH750 is a great plane if you need to get off the ground very quickly and poo
Interested in the door strut stiffness (it is not a load). Mine are weak and need refurb/change. I take it the values given in lbf are per inch (i.e. 50lbf/in)? Bud uses Newtons (is that 26N/mm Bud?)
Ira, You echo may own opinion on this subject. Fortunately my Europa does not seem to generate a lot of static (of a kind that can be detected at least). There is not a lot that could be done if it d
Gordon, I am inclined to turn the question around - where have you been buying Mogas with no Ethanol in it? I religiously tested all fuel used in my Europa from 2009 to 2012 without getting a positiv
Jerry, I guess you are under EAA rules but be aware that any modification to the U/C would require significant amounts of work to comply with the UK (LAA rules). Typically this would involve analysis
Don't forget you already have a 2 year warranty period on all goods purchased in the EU. The UK is part of the EU (in case anyone had forgotten). The directive covering this is as per extract (with a
Apparently the Europa Club has an AC200 data cable for use by members. Does anybody know the whereabouts of this cable? I tried emailing the club (secretary@theeuropaclub.org) a few times without suc
Hi Alfred, Not at the moment, l am in the UK. Thanks for the offer, l will send you a PM to catch up. Regards John -- John Wighton Europa XS trigear G-IPOD Read this topic online here: http://forums.
Roland, Have you details/drawings of the trailer? Or details of the supplier? My Europa is based at EGSL in a new steel hangar with 7 other aircraft, it is very nice but also costly (GBP225+20%VAT pe
Martin, There should be no structural reason why the bolt needs to be aligned in a particular direction, as they are fore-aft the 'normal' convention (for vertical bolts) does not apply. Reading the