Alan, I have an older engine from before 2000 (the second used one due to an overboost). Neither I had any cold starting problems with the previous engine (the -8C start I was referring to was with t
Hello Steve, I'm planning for a cabin heater installation based on a heat extraction from behind the oil cooler (http://www.customflightcreations.com/id18.html). I always considered this as the most
Hi Bud, how about refueling the Europa on a trailer at the gas station (I climb onto the trailer with the petrol nozzle)? This should be no problem, right? Thanks! Roland PH-ZTI XS Trigear 914 Read t
Hello Bud, although much is going on in the discussion concerning fueling/grounding in the meantime I don't want to miss to thank you for answering my question in a detailed manner. As you assumed, I
Hi Roger, I refuel after each flight absolutely to the top until fuel spits out of the breather and I see it in the tank, since I don't have a reliable fuel gauge. I then trailer my Europa home and t
Good morning Alan, as you suspected not ideal indeed. Until I have something better (on my to do list already), I feel best to know the total fuel quantity and calculate conservative with 20 l/h and
Hi Alan, yesterday I had a thorough inspection on my Trigear XS and guess what - I discovered the same dent at exactly the same place as on your Europa. I am also not aware of the dent being there be
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Good morning Alan, my plane also had two previous owners and kit started as a Mono and was converted to a Trigear with a Rotax 914 (btw I'm also investigating on that kick back problem at low tempera
Hi Pete, as far as I know it doesn't expire, provided that you reach level 6. This shouldn't be a problem for you English folks (envy) :-) Regards Roland [Wink] [Wink] [Wink] Read this topic online h
Can you please introduce me to that dutch examiner? If the plans of Prime Minister Cameron turn into reality, the Englishmen don't have to take care about EU-regulation any longer ;-) Read this topic
I also was one of those to benefit from Ian's technical expert knowledge. In addition he and Irene offered us accommodation on our long way back to Germany when I bought my Europa in Cornwall in 2011
Hi, I'm planning for a trip to the Alps this summer and go up there to about 15.000 ft. I wonder about the necessity to use oxygen. Is there anyone who regularly flies high altitude and which system
Thank you very much to all those who respondet to my questions, also by e-mail and even offered me to lend their Mountain High for testing (nochmals Danke, Alfred)! I got some valuable tips (especial
I paid 38.000 for mine from 2001 and 288 hours on the airframe. It is an XS (wings and fuselage) and has a Rotax 914 fitted. I think that this was a reasonable price and because my wish list was XS (
Hi, needless to say that I cannot compete to Frans' numbers. My bird does 110 KIAS at 8.500 ft (XS Trigear, Rotax 914 with no modifications except the factory speed mods) at a fuelburn of 17,5 litres
Cooling on the ground is indeed an issue for me, too. At the AERO in Friedrichshafen (OAT around 25C) the only way to prevent the engine from overheating after waiting 15 minutes at the parking posit
Hi all, maybe we have an avionics specialist here because we are running out of ideas. I have a Microair 760 installed in my Europa. My mate is ATC-engineer but he could not get hold of the following
Okay, thanks anyway for this idea ;-) In that case - has maybe anyone on this forum experience in shipping a Microair to the factory for repair? Of special interest is for me, how long it takes and h
Gentlemen, thank you all for your replies! Bob, I also found this form on the Microair website but still have to search for the serial number which they ask for (only have it on the transceiver and u