I'm at quite an early stage of a Europa rebuild project but am already
considering
the conventional taildragger mod. I've tried to contact Luc Job regarding
the hoop but with no luck.
With regards to the carbon undercarriage hoop, would there be any issues with
getting
it made elsewhere? I work for a company that does a lot of carbon lay
ups (it builds racing cars) and it also has a licence to do aerospace work (it
build radomes for aircraft and helicopters etc). If a lay-up manual was
available
and tooling could be borrowed / re-manufactured then a small run of hoops
could be made in the UK. I'm not sure what the requirements from the PFA would
be and whether new drop tests and certification would need to be carried out
due to a new supplier.
Please note the motivation for this would not be to take work away from the guy
in Switzerland but just to ensure a continued and maybe more reliable supply
of hoops for aircraft flying and new builds.
Let me know if anyone is interested and I can take things further at work.
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