RE: Europa-List: Re: Mod 73

[Karl Heindl <kheindl@msn.com>]

Hi Alan=2C
Your points about access are very valid. You can just about get to the pins
=2C pull out the cotter pins etc. via the access window and viewing window 
every Europa is supposed to have=2C but it is a real bitch.My idea was to r
eplace the round access hole with a larger rectangular opening=2C suitably 
re-enforced=2C but I was unable to get any engineering support on this. The
 idea of having to crawl into the fuselage for maintenance and mods is abso
lutely absurd.Craig's and my ideas about the solid core are just common sen
se. I will do my fix just as I described=2C but it is not on the top of my 
list at the moment. If you can get the faulty TP14 pin out=2C then you can 
do the same=2C but you probably wouldn't be able to tighten the pin or bolt
=2C because there is no space at the back of the tube for a locknut=2C just
 a washer and cotter pin (at least on my Europa). You can still remove any 
play by turning the insert hard against the pin before the redux has cured.
 You are then as good as new and don't have to tell anyone about it.
Cheers=2C
Karl


> Subject: Europa-List: Re: Mod 73
> From: alancarteresq@onetel.net
> Date: Tue=2C 16 Oct 2012 14:48:52 -0700
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
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> Craig.
> Slugs over here are pests in the garden =2C but i know what you mean=2Cal
l good ideas.  
> Lots of solutions have been posted=2C But here in the UK the only options
 we have are Resizing the pins=2C Fitting Bob Harrison or Pat Tunny=2Cs cla
mps=2C
> Re Loctite use=2C or fitting one of Europa=2Cs updated tubes.
> Anything about inspection panel and access to the pins would be really us
efall to UK owners=2C as the tube has to come out.
> Alan
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