I am of course referring to the original Europa standard design, single
string, rubber bungee. To achieve the necessary tension on this, to do the
job, required considerable effort and required exposure to some degree of
danger. For the tri gear there is of course no need to remove the fire
bulkhead as they are located differently from the Mono.
Using multiple loops of rubber or even better the steel springs overcomes
this particular problem.
Pete
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Karl Heindl
Sent: 20 November 2009 16:59
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Re-tensioning undercarriage bungees, monowheel.
Hi Pete, you said:
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Re tensioning the Mono bungee is easy easy compared with tightening the tri
gear bungee.
I wonder whose trigear you are referring to. The tri bungee is fully
accessible from underneath, and re-tensioning it is a 20-minute job, but it
is a 2-man job, unless one of the other solutions is used, i.e. springs or
multiple separate loops.
Karl
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Richard Lamprey
Sent: 20 November 2009 10:46
Subject: Europa-List: Re-tensioning undercarriage bungees, monowheel.
Greetings to all from Kenya.
Kenya Europa classic monowheel 5Y-LRY has been flying 10 years now (550
hours), and the retract bungee is getting tired. After takeoff and climbout
at 70 knots the pressure on the flaps helps the retract process, but the
retract lever needs a good shove into the forward recess. It would seem
that changing the bungee is really quite a nightmare, and perhaps I can
stave this off for a year or two by retensioning them (I have never done
this before). Has anyone tried this? How much life can I expect on
retensioning?
All the best
Richard
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