Hi, all, In "The Europa Flyer", issue #40, Kevin Pilcher describes his method for fitting the bungee cord for the tri-gear's nose wheel. I have heard, however, that the lengths stated in the article
All, Very sad news on http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/M_0907_N.txt see Record # 5. Anyone has additional information? Regards, Svein K. Johnsen A225 - now in Norway
Many thanks to Carl, Sam and Paul for quick replies. I will go looking for a suitable transition piece from branched off fuel hose to the threaded pressure sender, and somehow mount this on the firew
All, The hose clamp type probes that came with Grand Rapids EIS (for my 912S) will have the probe tip very close to the pipe wall opposite to where they enter the pipe. Ideally, a probe tip should be
I downloaded Issue 2 of the 912/912S installation manual from the Club's members' section today, to see if it contains any improvements over Issue 1 which came with my Firewall Forward kit in 2001. I
Gilles, Thank you for your quick response: did).<< - Did you retrofit it before first flight, or later because you experienced high cyl. head temperatures? - Is it easy to retrofit? Jeff, - and thank
Jeff, On Nov 20, you posted Nevilles excellent, as always, recommendation on how to fit the cowls. One statement puzzles me, however: inch of clearance between the cowl & spinner.<<< Is this large cl
Thank you very much for clearing this up so quickly, Jeff, and for taking the trouble to measure the clearance. Happy building - firewall forward sure beats doing wing layups! Regards, Svein
I am preparing to install Southco quarter-turn fasteners in the cowls, according to Europa Club Mod No. 10405. It turns out that I do not have long enough pop rivets to fix the receptacles. The mod i
All, My Rotax 912S has one CHT sender in each of cyl. 2 and 3, installed by Rotax. My Grand Rapids EIS came with 4 ring-shaped thermocouples to place under one spark plug on each cylinder. What have
Paul, You write: sensors Could you please elaborate a little more on this? I, too, have the fuel flow sensor (Floscan), so I may have to bother you with that issue a little later - there are so many
All, My Rotax 912S has one CHT sender in each of cyl. 2 and 3, installed by Rotax. My Grand Rapids EIS came with 4 ring-shaped thermocouples to place under one spark plug on each cylinder. What have
On Saturday, I praised the cowling flange mod mentionded in Europa News 4 years ago. A reader asked: build.< For those not having that old issue of Europa News, I quote the description below. As it i
All, Hans addressed an important point in his posting yesterday, which has been on my mind, too, since the earlier discussion on this issue (check out the thread on Matronics' site). I cannot see tha
As Andy is not reading the Forum due to high workload (as per my telecon with him yesterday), maybe you could all direct your good solutions and ideas to him directly, at andy@europa-aircraft.com. I
All, Earlier this week, there was an interesting posting re. carb banjos and fuel hose proximity to hot exhaust pipes. I quote part of it: As there are other important attachments on the engine that
Ira, I am another one with no practical experience (yet) with landing light, but: After we discussed this issue at the workshop in Lakeland in June 2001, you pointed me in the direction of the Boom B
Just a word of caution if you are not already past this stage: The Rotax 912S installation manual states a torque range for the M8 nuts that hold the exhaust pipes in place against the cylinder heads
Hello, Nigel, Thank you very much for the feedback. This point certainly needs to be checked regularly. I actually have the copper coloured nuts, which have a self-locking feature that is simple to "
There is another point that should be addressed: One should be very careful when locking the airframe, or the wings, to a trailer. If you lock it by the drag pin sockets, or wing pins, or at any othe