Well....according to http://www.maria-brazil.org/sdumont.htm Santos-Dumont "...achieved his dream of flying in a heavier-than-air craft in October of 1906, when his 14 Bis flew a distance of 60 meter
Good old duct tape does the job without slipping although the adhesive residue is a bit of a nuisance (it can be removed with solvent). Best regards, Rob Housman A070 Anyone got a good idea for suppo
I (foolishly) installed the drains exactly as instructed by Europa for the factory fuel drain kit, which places them directly under the access ports in the baggage bay floor, and right where the batt
I'm not questioning your observation, only your explanation. Rotomolding makes a one-piece tank - there is no weld, but the mold must be parted to remove the tank and it is that parting line that you
My XS Tri-Gear Manual rather casually mentions that "...the fuselage will require trimming forwards to enable the full 30 degree of rudder movement required to port." That is what we colonials would
In re: glycol-water mixtures In general, dissolving anything in water both elevates the boiling point and depresses the freezing point, so more glycol helps at both temperature extremes. However, add
Understood, Graham. Correct you are, and nice to know that the folks at Rotax also understand what is going on (no surprise, that). I did not to get too detailed with the physical chemistry and heat
I am not yet flying so can't answer your query, but... The so-called thermostat does not control coolant temperature (as does the device by the same name used in a building's heating and cooling syst
About a half a century ago Austin-Healy foolishly put the sensor in the RADIATOR (!!!) so when the coolant leaked and the level dropped the gauge reported a nice cool engine. The first clue of troubl
Since any "third pin" bushing would be located outboard of the weatherstrip seal, how is water kept out of the cockpit? Best regards, Rob Housman A070 "receiving The "receiving bushes" have a seconda
Although it is possible to do as you suggest the epoxy is not a thermoplastic material but a thermosetting one, which in even more technical terms is a cross linked polymer - heating to soften the cu
The spar bushings are black anodized aluminum :) but I removed them entirely rather than ream to fit, which I had tried first, but it was necessary to remove entirely too much material to make things
That's a good answer for Richard, but how about telling the rest of us what you bought, or designed and built? Best regards, Rob Housman A070 Richard, I have just the item you need in my garage. If y
Hand prop a 914???? Here's some text (cut and pasted) from the Europa XS Rotax 914 Installation Manual, Issue 4, Page 1-1, September 2001: "Caution: It should be noted that before the two ignition le
Dennis reports that his 900 lb (that's not a typo) XS Monowheel climbs (solo) at 1700 fpm and cruses at 100% power, 18,000 MSL at 220 MPH. At 75% power cruise speed is 185 MPH. See http://www.europa-
Main gear installation is the most tedious and frustrating part of the entire project - working inside the aft end of the tail cone is easy by comparison. Although you are correct that it would be ea
See Item 4 in the "Europa Enhancements" document posted by Dennis Vories at http://www.europa-usa.com/enhancements.htm (but note the double asterisk which refers to the second paragraph in the "Intro
...and in Outlook 2000, it's Tools, Options, Preferences, E-mail Options, and then put a check mark at the bottom of the dialog box next to "Automatically put people I reply to in" and select (using
I don't know how Bob would do this but my scheme uses a stainless steel spring loaded "valve," the valve being a flat piece of SS about 60mm square and 2mm thick, and the spring action coming from a
Polyurethane is a very poor choice for handling fuel. For details go to http://www.mcmaster.com/ and search for 5108KAC (a pdf file of properties of various polyurethane formulations). Read it and we