Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:29:08
Thanks Dave, David and AirEupora, I do have small vents each side in the side-windows, which can be removed and I can stick the lens through. Tried it yesterday, it works fine, but problem is that yo
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:32:18
Does anyone have one of these hanging around unused, that I might buy? Or might part with one pipe eg the Number 1 cylinder outlet? Mine is an early one; I suspect each one is bespoke to get the exac
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:11:22
Stupid question, but I will ask anyway... All the examples, photos, LAA report etc point to the side-filler Europa pipe, with 45 degree bend, which was an alternative to the top-of-fuselage original
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 11:51:54
Thanks Pete, do you have John Archers contact email? Best Richard etc point to the side-filler Europa pipe, with 45 degree bend, which was an alternative to the top-of-fuselage original filler. I hav
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 23:34:17
My Europa 5Y-LRY over Lake Victoria, Uganda, and the River Nile, Uganda, 2000 and 2003 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=482566#482566 Attachments: http://forum
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:44:54
Dear all, An appeal from a fellow Europa owner, Europa Classic Mono 5Y-LRY in Kenya, East Africa. I would be truly grateful to anyone in UK with an aviation Garmin, especially Garmin 96, 196, 295/6,
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 02:42:00
Ivor, thanks very much, this is very useful and relevant! If you have a chance, could you just confirm in your Units page, if your map datum is WGS84 (or the datum it is set to)? And in System Setup,
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 23:25:09
Dear Roland, thanks so much, and my apologies for the slow reply, I have been on wildlife survey in southwestern Uganda ( a place with no internet); sadly not in my Europa but in a 51-year old Cessna
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 03:18:09
I am trying to cast my mind back about 22 years, but wasn't this particular area of weakness in the LG identified in the 90s with an early batch of monowheel LG frames?. There was a fix from Europa,
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:07:01
Hello Graeme, For the last 20 years in Kenya I have been flying my Classic Mono with 80hp 912, and standard ground-adjusted Warp Drive with narrow blades from my local strips at 6000 above sea-level
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 00:24:18
Having taken the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis to Nairobi recently, the recent B737 tragedy made me think about aircraft systems turning rogue If theres an electric trim runaway on the Europa
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:19:20
Thanks everyone for the answers. Trim runaway seems to be rather alarming. It seems that a quick CB cut off is needed close to hand. I followed the original Classic panel/ circuit diagram and put the
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:56:50
Congratulations Paul! Immaculate Europa, enjoy! The test flying stage is all important, check those fuel filters often. Classic 5Y-LRY (Kenya) 912UL 700 hours Read this topic online here: http://foru
Author: Richard Lamprey <lamprey.richard@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 04:02:50
Pete, I have my Europa in Kenya, Classic monowheel, my base strip is at 6000 a.s.l, usually 25-30C, so hot and high, and I have a Rotax 912UL and fixed pitch warp drive. So my conditions are probably