Patrick,
Peter Kember in the UK( kits 1 and 1000) did that throttle conversion on
his kit no. 1 a long time ago and I believe it was well documented in an
article in the Europa Flyer.
Regarding the 912S reliability, why should it fall apart before a 914 ? The
Rotaxquoted MTBO is 1500 hours I believe, and I have every faith in their
develoment engineers having done their calculations correctly. I read
somewhere that they have so far sold close to five million aircraft engines,
they seem to know what they are doing.
Karl
>From: BEBERRY@aol.com
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Re: Europa-List: RE: Question about wing tie-downs (Mod 69)
>Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:52:33 EDT
>
>
>I have had a couple of replies to my previous question of how to fit a
>left
>hand throttle. Neither of those received seemed very satisfactory and I
>wonder if there are any other ideas around, or even mods that have already
>been
>approved.
>
>Has anyone tried a simple Bowden Cable from a left to existing right hand
>throttle - it would have to attach below the pivot point to the left and
>above
>to the right, thus moving both in unison.? I have seen a similar
>arrangement
>in a Pulsar, that worked well.
>
>If this could be done, does anyone have any detail of how to fix a
>throttle
>box and lever on the port side wall? I admit to being a novice at working
>in
>glass or indeed any composites.
>
>I think that the present basic situation of flying with the left hand and
>using the right for the throttle is unnatural for most people and would
>welcome
>more ideas to resolve this issue.
>
>Patrick.
>
>
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