Tony Kay's yer man, even thoug he's 50 miles away in Royston. I've sampled 2 inspectors and Tony clearly knows about 1000 times more about what's what with Europas than the other inspector (whom I wo
Am I alone in being aghast by the way Rotax/Skydrive communicate the problem with crancase cracks? I had a bmw car once which was recalled by the dealer because of potential cracks in the steering co
Surely it depends on how much G you are pulling (or not)?? Willie Harrison G-BZNY ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.
It seems to me that everyone is right - it doesn't matter how you stay alert to the possibility of one or both wings stalling, if you let them, so long as you really do stay alert and maintain a safe
Congratulations to you and your son, Brian. Now I have a question for everyone. My own son, Tom, had about 15 hours dual training in motorgliders and Grob 109/Tutors before his training was interrupt
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:24:30
Has anyone looked at the possibility of putting a new set of holes at 90 degrees to the original set, in order to allow the original bits to be re-used with parallel pins in Jim and Heather's situati
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 12:55:58
A similar thing happened to a student pilot in a Tiger Moth at Cambridge a few years back. He had the presence of mind to crawl round the circuit to a position he recognised from forced landing train
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:13:19
I suggest there are several golden rules here: 1. Never, ever, exceed the Never Exceed Speed of 165 kts. (Question for better aerodynamicists than me: should this be taken as 165 RAS since that is th
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:32:01
Had the same problem. When I replaced the heat shield plate I left one side of the big fixing clips just a little bit loose so that the plate can expand and contract relative to the muffler without h
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:10:26
Yes, I completely agree with Martin's sentiment. Aircraft should not designed like tractors and are therefore always susceptible to abusive treatment. There comes a point where you have to point a fi
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:49:25
My two pennyworth for a ground-adjustable Warp Drive (parallel blade type) in an XS Trigear with 912S. Pitch angles set to 21.4 degrees. 1. Conditions: - 1150 lb weight - QNH 1016 - Temp at ground le
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:51:40
Hi Steven and a provisional welcome to the Europa community. I can add nothing to the comments on cabin space but I did want to make a comment about another aspect. I also bought someone else's recen
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:13:59
Hi Jos Can I answer your second question first? The Europa is for me a return to a PFA type after 15 years of flying a certified type. Previously I had a share in a plans-built Jodel which was massiv
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:09:53
Hey, Thomas, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. What is the story regarding the fuel filter? Hope you get back on the horse soon. Cheers Willie Harrison On 26 Feb 2007, at 04:57, T
Author: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:56:30
Mike Your timely warning reminds me of a similar but different problem found on my 912ULS at last permit renewal. One of the coolant pipes was found to be burnt by an exhaust downpipe. The damage was