Hi Richard I have been watching this problem for some time and for what its worth I would fit a fuel pressure gauge if you haven't already and then adjust the pressure by increasing the size/diameter
Hi Tony, do as much as you can before you glue the top on that's forward and aft , I spent a month doing the interior fitting carpet, side panels etc and putting the head lining in was an absolute bu
Hi Jim, Yes I could, contact me off line at rcollings@talktalk.net hi tax man chasing me got to cut costs :-( has anyone got a tri-gear trailer for sale ,any condition will do regards jim -- owner g-
Hi Tony You must leave an inch long tail after the sleeve and shrink a short length of electric wire sleeving on to that end for protection. Two things you can do also, conduct a proof load test, I d
Hi Tony The BGA here in England banned the use of stainless steel for rudder cables about 10 years age. I think it was because with age like us it gets a bit brittle but still looks good! As Graham h
Hi Graham Do you have any more info on the Europa classic Tug, as you probably know Euro Fox have sold very well in the UK as glider tugs, we have one, the first one to be cleared by the CAA/BGA. It
Hi Tony Don't try and tidy it up as you put it, the copper sleeve has been forced round and into the wire strands by the squeeze. If you were to cut across the finished nicopress sleeve and wire join
Hi Frank First off follow the old saying "Keep it simple", why four? I have been flying my europa for 18 months and have not felt the need to increase the number of xenon strobe lights from the one I
Hi I used metallastic rubber bushes to mount the whole unit onto the fire wall having first made an internal mounting flange on the instrument panel module. I reduced the original outer flange to abo
Hi David Contact me off line on rcollings@talktalk net or 01327260045 Regards Richard My next door hanger neighbor has just sold his Jabiru and is looking to buy a trigear Europa - anyone know of any
I have a Funkwerk supplied by Airworld [UK] Ltd works very well. I noted that a suggestion was made to carry a hand held radio with 8.33 Mhz separation, I did this way back when 760 set were required
Yes Tony , I mounted a D socket on to the servo body so that I could remove it for service in the future, its a bugger of a place to get at. The other end tails go straight to the switch and indicato
Hi Tony If you have mounted the instrument module on rubber bushes as we discussed earlier you will have created a vent all along the top, if heat is an issue you can fit a fan or fans on the undersi
Will I understand your concern and agree with everything Fred has said, with hindsight I would have fitted/glued the headlining material and cut and trial fitted the carpets etc. More importantly I t
Hi Steve I am sorry Jo and I will not be able to make the AGM on Saturday due to a prior engagement. We will attempt to visit on Sunday weather allowing and help break camp so to speak assuming your
Hi Tony Just a thought, but if your position lights are LED, ie. very low current load, then you could use radio mic cable which you will have to get anyway to wire in your jack plugs. Changing the s
Hi Richard My trailer has 2 vertically mounted dummy torque tubes over which each tail plane slide, at the base are stepped block to take the weight and stop them twisting. they are very simple and w
Hi Tony As you have stripped the paint off them both, for piece of mind crack test them. You can buy the dye line system [3 aerosol cans] for a few quid I mean dollars from an engineering supplier. B
Hi Graham What is high, 10, 50, 100lbs. I have just got a new =9CPermit to fly=9D and completed the air tests just before the Rally. This year I did the VNE dive after trimming out at 125 knots, the
Hi Alan Talk to Pete Smoothy at Airworld [uk] 01296 714900, I have one of his "Capacitance" fuel gauges fitted, not expensive, so I would not mess about but fit the complete system. My sender unit is