Ferg & other Europaphiles,
> The hacksaw delivered an inch off the long side,
> which was quickly emeried to Passing Standard,
> and the item inserted in the head, while my locking
> wrench with the 8mm socket made it all the more
> efficient. I am now 'on-ing' and 'off-ing' just for the satisfaction.
> If this is an original idea, where are the accolades?
> And if not, why didn't you mention this earlier?
Here are my accolades: Than you, thank you thank you!!!
I am at that point myself and have been cogitating on that exact
issue prior to starting the process of shedding skin. I appreciate
your solution and will prepare such a device the next time I am in
the shop.
> PS: Never heard of Binx before, but can we use them twice
> if they are altered in order to lock on? If not where does one
> get the spares (hate to bother John or Roger for this).
I never heard of one either.
From my experience, I'd guess they can not be used a 2nd time, but
that's speculation on my part.
I say bother John and Roger. At least that's what I did when one of
my "Binx" nuts came apart when I removed the engine mount from the
ring mount. Roger says he air-mailed me a new set over a week ago.
I still haven't seen them. I expect they'll arrive this week. I
plan to keep the new ones separate from the old ones and marked as
such. Then use the old nuts for the off and on fitting and not apply
the new ones till all is where it should be and the engine goes on
for the last time. Then, I'll order another set from E'04 to go in
the spares bin.
Giles,
We took the engine mount off the ring mount in order to apply the
Singleton Firewall in place of the stainless steel skin eater that
Europa supplies. The last pieces of the Singleton firewall are
fitted and attached over the engine mount. But the engine can't be
on the mount in order to do this. Therefore we have to remove the
engine mount from the ring mount, apply the engine mount to the
airframe, apply the firewall and, finally, apply the engine ring
mount to the engine mount.
I hope that was clear. It sure doesn't sound clear to me now that I
have read it again. Being a Yank, my English isn't all that great.
Let me know if it isn't clear and I'll try round of explanation.
Good building and great flying,
Bob Borger
Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S
http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL
(85%) tail kit done, wings closed, cockpit module installed, pitch
system in, landing gear complete, rudder system in with Singleton
Mod, outrigger mod in, Fuselage Top on, lift/drag/flap pins in, wing
incidence set, tie bar in, flap drive in, Mod 70 done, baggage bay
in. Completing the firewall-aft fuel system and fitting the
instrument panel.. Working on firewall forward fuel system,
Singleton firewall & engine mount. Waiting on Europa interior kit.
Working in - 24 Instrument Panel, 25 Electrical, 28 Flaps, 30 Fuel
System, 32 Tail, 34 Door Latches & 35 Doors, 37 Finishing. Preparing
for ROTAX 914 installation.
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