OK, Ferg, here goes.... Although my undergraduate education was in chemical engineering I am not certain that I should "pronounce" on the correct choice, not being an expert on the subject. I do, how
Your 5052 tube is apparently mis-identified on the BOM. This alloy is not heat treated (nor can it be) so it would not have a -T designation following the alloy number. 5052 is available as annealed
In re: inertia (or inertial, but not interial) reels The term derives from Newton's concept of inertia, and here refers to the means by which the mechanism "locks" when subjected to rapid deceleratio
While I can not help by supplying a pin I can point you to a less expensive source in the US: http://www.mcmaster.com/ Go to that page and search for "ring-grip pin" and from the choices presented th
I recall drilling and tapping for the 12 mm pins, but I can neither recall making any 5 mm threaded holes nor can I find any reference to that size in my searchable Adobe Acrobat format copy of the B
You've got my vote. Best regards, Rob Housman A070 <snip> I'd rather have big color pictures to look at than grainy small b/w ones in a xerographed catalog. Would anyone in the Europa community care
I have several pictures of a jig that supports each wing by the spar only, made from square steel tube, and provided by another builder - the pictures and the identity of the other builder (presently
If the spar can not support the static weight of the wing in any orientation it would certainly not be strong enough to support the dynamic loading in flight - I trust that Europa designed a wing tha
A recent review in Aviation Consumer summed it up nicely by saying, "Computer capable VFR-only pilots who actually own sectionals and an E6B (or a GPS) probably don't need anything beyond DUAT. For t
Let's not make this any more complicated than necessary folks. What MUST be done is to ground the aluminum filler neck to prevent sparking from the fuel filler nozzle, and to install a conductor (the
Check out http://www.survivalproductsinc.com/ for rafts. Also of interest (particularly on my side of the Atlantic) is the recent approval of 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacons by our FCC http://www.eq
http://www.geocities.com/flightcrafters/ shows Bberube@Tampabay.rr.com or RLaviation@aol.com Best regards, Rob Housman A070 whats the email address for flight crafters? Thanks Dave Park
Unless Europa has (have) made a change in materials, you have aluminum (aluminium) tubes in those locations, not galvanized steel. A magnet will help to convince you which it is. Since these are a he
Bob, I suspect your comment in re: sanding was directed at my earlier post, not John's post on the same subject (below). First, by "sanding" I was suggesting a fine grit which in this context I meant
Steve Dunsmuir posted a picture of the vent installed in his Europa at http://homepage.mac.com/sdunsmuir/EuropaSite/Sun-N-Fun/DSCN0966-tb.html Best regards, Rob Housman Europa XS Tri-Gear A070 Airfar
Everything you need to know about things electric and in particular about firewall penetration can be found at the Aero-Electric Connection. For starters go to: http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/F
Here's what a quick web search found on that prop: http://www.tntlandinggear.com/store/shop/prince_aircraft.htm Best regards, Rob Housman Europa XS Tri-Gear A070 Airfarame complete Irvine, CA Gidday,
While I can not tell you what tubing you should use, I can tell you that it definitely should not be most types of Tygon. If you go to http://www.tygon.com/new/tg_index.html (and drill down to "chemi
How's this for a reason (quoted verbatim from the construction manual): "The gap between the wing root and the fuselage skin will be filled with the moulded fairing. The fairing becomes part of the w