If you are anywhere near Cambridge there is a very skinny engineering
lecturer/PPL here (colleague of Mike Gregory) who volunteered to
crawl down my fuselage to change my mass balance arm (mod 70?) in
exchange for a flight. In the end I did it myself via the inspection
hole in the classic style of a vetinary surgeon....
Cheers
Willie
On 2 Dec 2007, at 12:03, David Joyce wrote:
> <davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>
>
> David, I would go for enlarging the panel, but if you can't face
> that then I
> suggest trying to find a slim youth, probably female, with skinny
> arms, who
> can be briefed and bribed to do the needful! If my 6ft 2" oarsman's
> arm will
> go through the 5" one (albeit with the loss of the occasional bit
> of skin)
> then there ought to be someone built like a fashionable clothes
> horse who
> can access your panel!
> Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David.Corbett" <david.corbett5@btinternet.com>
> To: "Europa Forum " <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:17 AM
> Subject: Europa-List: Europa Aircraft - Service Bulletin 15
>
>
>> Service Bulletin 15 requires application of Loctite 603 (after
>> degreasing)
>> to the surface of TP4 in certain places.
>>
>>
>>
>> My aircraft, serial 265, was built according to a Manual dated
>> January
> 1996.
>> Chapter 24, page 24-3, required an inspection panel of 4"
>> circumference at
>> the rear of the fuselage, and that is what I built into my aircraft.
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how I can carry out SB 15 through this 4" hole,
>> which
> is
>> of course reduced in internal diameter by the tabs that hold the
>> retaining
>> screws? There is no way that I can reach TP4 and its fittings,
>> even with
> my
>> very skinny arms.
>>
>>
>>
>> I could, of course, climb into the fuselage, lying on multiple
>> cushions,
> etc
>> - but I doubt if I would ever get out again! I had quite enough
>> trouble
>> doing that when I did Mod 70 a few years ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> How are other owners with 4" inspection holes carrying out this SB?
>>
>>
>>
>> I know some aircraft have 5" holes there - including one here at
>> Shobdon
>> which is much older than mine.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas will be most welcome - thank you all.
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>> UK 265 G-BZAM 460 hrs
>>
>>
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