- 81. Re: exhaust pipe "failures" (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 21:52:50
- All steel ex pipes corrode unless they are coated with either a ceramic or ali plasma coating (and even then sometimes...) so unless you are ready to replace them frequently they really should be som
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00264.html (8,445 bytes)
- 82. Re: exhaust pipe "failures" (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:23:41
- A I used to have it done on racing motorcycle exhausts 15+ years ago -no idea where you'd get it done. The disadvantage is that if it cracks, you have to grind away the coating either side of the cra
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-10/msg00270.html (8,757 bytes)
- 83. Re: Hello, (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:29:03
- Tall order: BRS (Ballistic recovery systems) could probably provide the Hardware, but it would have to be sequenced with losing the rotor system... and I'd be somewhat leary of flying around with a
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00021.html (7,157 bytes)
- 84. Re: Landing gears (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 10:42:18
- The real difference -at the end of the day (build)- is that: the Glastar is more utility. It'll carry more, and a 160 hp TD will have better short field performance. The Europa is more efficient, a
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00048.html (7,545 bytes)
- 85. Re: PFA letter to Europa Owners (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 09:18:57
- --From here: (the paper version, actually -but I believe that it's the same) As for the value of the new tailwheel setup... And the new wing and cabin (and a 914....) : if the weather is willing, we
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00084.html (7,810 bytes)
- 86. Re: BMW??? (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:09:47
- Not only is the Euro-BMW going well, but there is the prospect of the new 1200 cc version (100 bhp) and later on the 1100 cc version (118 bhp) as well: I believe that they respond well to tuning -the
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00108.html (8,042 bytes)
- 87. Re: BMW??? (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 07:36:57
- Sorry -petrol head technobabble for changing the chip that controls the fuel and ignition parameters of the engine management system. Rather than using system maps that optimised with legislation in
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00119.html (8,097 bytes)
- 88. Re: off subject (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:51:11
- Off subject it may be, but I don't think that I can let it pass: having had some dealings with Jim Campbell (I used to write for US Aviator until he stopped paying for material, and refused to retur
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00163.html (8,783 bytes)
- 89. fuel flow data (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 08:24:11
- We are looking at using the Rocky Mountain's MicroMonitor... the trouble is, it won't support a second floscan sensor to deal with the return flow (as in the Rotax 914 fuel system) A friend of mine t
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00171.html (6,942 bytes)
- 90. Re:fuel tank mods (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 08:24:08
- I would like to fit an inspection hatch -say the size of a CD- in the top of the fuel tank (one of the "new" stabilised ones) partly to have somewhere to mount a capacitance type fuel level indicator
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00172.html (6,877 bytes)
- 91. Re: Wing Tip Shape (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:51:21
- that a smoothly rounded tip produces the most induced drag, because of the ease with which higher pressure air can on the bottom of the wing can *escape* around to the top of the wing. snap. Interes
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00196.html (8,025 bytes)
- 92. Re: Non Europa (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:35:22
- Not quite sure (having done the tests of both the Europa and the Glastar for Flyer) where you get this idea that I disliked the Glastar -I believe that described it as a benchmark design, and think
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-11/msg00227.html (8,310 bytes)
- 93. Re: Definition of Vast (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:12:27
- Having arrived at the same point (with the old wings) that the XS wings arrive, and estimating 300 hours for filling and fairing, I would say 600 hours +. Say a year. Sadly, Miles
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1997-12/msg00007.html (7,323 bytes)
- 94. Re: Alternative engine for (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 13:55:43
- Well, if you wait for a couple of years, you may be in luck; a prototype 2 cylinder diesel a/c engine flew a couple of months ago (in a Cub, I believe) but the designer/owner refuses to divulge even
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00001.html (7,783 bytes)
- 95. Re: Stiff Roll Controls (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:32:22
- snip grinding paste (no matter how fine) between mating snip would not an appropriately sized flapwheel and a light hand accomplish the job....? Miles
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00092.html (8,492 bytes)
- 96. Re: Compass (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:24:56
- 'Cause it is.... Miles
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00128.html (7,928 bytes)
- 97. Re: Compass (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:58:09
- Not, I trust, for concrete ballast.... (for those not aware, tornados flew around for a while witha large lump of concrete in the nose whilst they tried to make the radar work... and were known as b
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00132.html (8,268 bytes)
- 98. Re: Beyond Iceland (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 22:09:56
- I personally favour shipping it over roro on the trailer, finding someone with a tow hitch, and at the nearest airfield, you're 15 minutes away from flying. When it's finished that is.... Miles
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00223.html (8,069 bytes)
- 99. Re: Beyond Iceland (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:06:44
- Roll On Roll Off... Transatlantic ferry. M
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-01/msg00254.html (7,754 bytes)
- 100. Electric CSU laws (score: 1)
- Author: Miles McCallum <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:28:04
- Here's a poser: I've got a friend working on an electronic constant speed unit for NSI VP props. It will work just like a standard CSU when switched on (off will revert to manual blade pitch control)
- /europa_forum//html/europa-list/1998-04/msg00040.html (7,966 bytes)
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