Hi Graham, I found your posting most interesting and thought provoking. You go beyond my old "pilot book"! We are all familiar to a certain extent with the old classic theories of propeller effects;
NIGEL - Doh - I'm very sorry to get your name the wrong way round in my post above. I woke up early and it was still far too early when I wrote it.....! That plus old age! Cheers, Jon -- G-TERN Class
As a winter job I'd like to improve a few small surface areas on my classic that have needed filling, for example the area surrounding the new XS fuel filler cap when I installed the extended baggage
Looks like the part number is GS86991. When you put it in their search box it comes up with this; http://www.sgs-engineering.com/nl5265-europa-aircraft-gas-strut -- G-TERN Classic Mono Read this topi
Hi Karl, many thanks for your reply and advice. Aerosol cans I think it will be.....! -- G-TERN Classic Mono Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=465778#465778
Hi Brian, I absolutely agree about the company - it is essential for us that they exist and I do my very best to support them where I can; they are always my first port of call to look. For me, ease
Should one periodically lubricate the aluminium bronze pivot bearings that the undercarriage swinging arm mounts and pivots on the engine/ undercarriage frame? Maybe with a squirt of light oil? And t
Hi Jim, Many thanks for your thoughts on this. I too like to keep everything well lubricated where possible, just have never been too sure about the swinging arm bearings and the shock absorber block
Mate, regardless of the subject of the video - which has great scenery by the way - that 360 degree panoramic view is incredible. I've never seen anything like it. How do you do that? (I've just been
Bud, thank you very much for this - useful advice much appreciated. -- G-TERN Classic Mono Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=466260#466260
But I'm sure there has been the, errr, odd insurance claim too where a trike's nosewheel has detached at a certain point thus trashing the nose leg, cowling, prop and engine........ All variants of t
On behalf of my home base - the North Coates flying club at North Coates airfield, just south of Grimsby on the East Coast of Lincolnshire I would like to offer an open invitation to our fly-in event
Hi, just a quick reminder for anyone interested that this weekend (15th/ 16th July) is our North Coates "Wings and Wheels" fly-in that David kindly included in the Europa Flyer and Club events listin
Graeme, the tailplane and mass balance arm assembly is effectively a one-piece component pivoting within the torque tube bearings, the limits of movement being the mass balance weight striking the to
Ps. Required elevator (tailplane) deflections from the neutral position being; Elevator UP: 12 degrees (+1 / -0) Elevator DOWN: 4 degrees (+1 / -0) Easy to measure with a digital level. -- G-TERN Cla
Hugely valid points David & Pete. David - brings back sad memories of the Andy Gough Blanik (glider) crash whilst displaying at Brize in the early 80's. Downed by a misplaced spanner fouling the elev
Lots has been covered over the years about insufficient cooling. My problem is the opposite - when airborne my cylinder head/ water temperatures are far too low. Even in a long slow climb the temps n
Hi Brian, I am going to order the Profuel joint from Merlin as you described, in anticipation of the standard mod. I bought one of Tims aluminium elbows some years ago but never got around to fitting
Many thanks for that Brian, much obliged. I have now also ordered two! Cheers, Jon -- G-TERN Classic Mono Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=476871#476871
Thanks Duncan, Roland & Pete for your replies. You make me feel a bit better about the low coolant temperature! Indeed I have always considered the oil temperature to be more I mportant hence my fitt