Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 14:38:00
For those who don't know who Klaus Savier is, he races a Varieze and is a fanatic when it comes to drag. For the longest time Klaus was the man to beat. I remember going to one of his presentations a
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 11:28:14
Hi Bill, It's been a long time time I have wired mine so forgive me if I lead you astray. Could you clarify a few things. - Has the standard Rotax probe been removed on one side or both? - Are you mo
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:23:28
I did a repair a long time back. Apparently it=99s a pre preg materia l and I was fortunate enough to get a hold of some via Graham Singleton. If I recall correctly he did know the name of the sub co
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:29:07
Hi John, I hope you don't mind me offering a counter opinion. I didn't find my Europa a very good IFR platform. It was okay but I always maintained high personal minimum, 600' on the ILS and 800' for
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:33:21
Kingsley, mate I hope you don't mind me saying but you are trying to fix something that isn't broken. :) I had great success by shortening my cables to a more appropriate length and over the years th
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:13:31
Pete, for a while I did my practice currency this way. I could actually fly an approach at 90 knots and still get it slow enough to get the gear out and land. The trouble with this was that you only
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:41:13
Hi Folks, Does anyone happen to have the contact details of the gentleman who has the conventional taildragger aircraft that was started by Miles McCallum? If I understand it correctly the design was
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:15:37
Hi Bud (and anyone else who is knowledgeable on the topic) I was once told l that there is an ideal front wheel position for tail drggers, something like 100mm in front of the MAC and that wheel plac
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:59:15
Hello everyone, I've been following the vent discussion and I wanted to share my approach to this. It's far from simple but it works really well. I put a standard heat box on the firewall. On the ins
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:51:32
Hi Everyone, There was some discussion regarding NACA inlets during the "Vent" discussion. I needed some NACA's but I could not find them in the size I needed so I made mine. It's a bit time consumin
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 11:54:34
Frans bought a yacht and is sailing around the world last I heard. We haven't talked since we collaborated on our cooling drag reduction project years ago.. You can catch him on Twitter from time to
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:19:18
I haven't seen this issue but I did have an issue with my glass panels and I successfully used ferrite beads to resolve my problem. If possible loop the wires through the bead a couple of times.
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:52:24
Hello everyone, I need to do some work on my avionics and it has been some time since I have purchased wire, shielded wire, coax, pins, connectors and the like. Could some share with me a couple of w
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:25:03
Hello everyone, I need to replace the rubber hose on the fuel tank outlets. I seem to recall that it was 1" in diameter. Could someone advise of a good source in the US? Thanks, Paul