Rowland,
Sorry about that. Point well taken. Should have been a more forceful
notice put out to check the website for the latest manual changes, I'm
afraid I only saw the one notice. The new manual does call for the 350
mm length. I now use my downloaded builders manual for all my
operations because of those small and frustrating changes. You will
find small corrections and sometimes more accurate techniques in the
newer manual. I have the opposite problem, sometimes I have an old kit
and the parts have been upgraded, and it does take a review of the Tech
talk articles, Mods and such to ensure you have all the information you
need for a speedy build.
Good catch, it shows attention to detail and will result in a great
flying plane.
Keep on building.
Bud Yerly
Custom Flight Creations
(813) 653-4989
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From: Rowland & Wilma Carson<mailto:rowil@clara.net>
To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: when to attach spar strap
<rowil@clara.net<mailto:rowil@clara.net>>
>The exact time to do the spar strap is up to you
I've just done the spar strap layup, but had to repeat it. Why?
Because my paper manual calls for the strap to be 250mm x 90mm. When
I draped that on, it barely went around the back of the port spar and
the short flaps wouldn't stay in place at all without peel-ply
wrapped around. After I'd left it to cure, I checked the later PDF
manual on disc, and found it called for 350m x 90mm! So I rushed back
to the garage and pulled off the peel-ply & strap layup and quickly
did another to the larger measurements. Fortunately the bracket layup
wasn't disturbed too much by the ripping apart, and it was still
tacky when I draped on the strap for the second time.
Why didn't the factory make more of an announcement about such an
important error in the manual?
Has anyone else made a spar strap to the 250mm dimension & not
realised it is wrong?
regards
Rowland
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