Hi Rowland
I am active with Jag regarding Nev's cowl moulds and am going to help him
with the layup of the cowls. In fact I asked the question of the number of
layers of bid. I think it is probably 2 with reinforcements in certain cr
itical areas.
Regards Phil George
X'S mono G-EORJ
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From: Rowland Carson <rowlandcarson@gmail.com>
Date: 26/08/2017 18:02 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Who has Nev's cowlings
On 23 Aug 2017, at 13:49, spcialeffects <spcialeffects@aol.com> wrote:
> I thought it might be of interest if we put together a post of who has ne
v's cowls, what engine mount was used and what engine.
For some reason this original post did not reach me - I=92ve only seen repl
ies to it. Anyway, here is my contribution.
There are pictures of Neville with one of his cowls fitted to an anonymous
tri-gear with his own engine mount on the Europa Club website at:
http://www.theeuropaclub.org/building/cowl-and-cooling/neville-eyer=92s-rev
ised-cowl
NB I note that the webmaster will need to amend the text of that page in th
e the light of Neville=92s untimely death, not to mention getting the spell
ing of his name right - but he has been rather busy getting new content man
agement tools and hosting arrangements in place recently.
I have an XS kit and am installing a Rotax 912S with a Woodcomp high-twist
variable-pitch prop. From my conversations with Neville, it sounds as thoug
h I am the only one fitting his cowl with a Woodcompp prop. I am using the
standard Europa factory mount and firewall (although I am having trouble ge
tting that to fit - it looks as though it would be much easier if I could g
et one of Graham Singleton=92s composite firewalls - anyone want to take ov
er manufacture of them?).
I persuaded Neville to cut out & fold for me the horizontal baffles that se
parate the upper & lower parts of the cowl, and also to supply new side pie
ces for the duct underneath the engine that houses the radiators. (The stan
dard factory items could have been extended to fit his cowl, but I felt it
was nicer to have one-piece duct sides.) The aft part of the baffle I desig
ned and made myself following instructions from Neville, as he only had tem
plates for that to suit his own engine mount.
Here are some links to pictures of the various relevant items.
A test assembly of the cowl and propeller:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/cowl_assemble_e.php
Cowl fitted:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/cowl_screws_tempo.php
Horizontal baffle fitting:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/semicircle_cut.php
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/baffle_fit_a.php
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/baffle_fit_b.php
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/baffle_fit_c.php
Aft baffle card template:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/aft_baffle_template_a.p
hp
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/aft_baffle_template_b.p
hp
Aft baffle:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/aft_baffle.php
Fitting radiator duct:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/duct_fitting_1.php
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/duct_fit_c.php
I had a phone call recently from Jag Chaggar. He says he has acquired the m
oulds for Neville=92s cowl and wondered if I had any idea how many layers o
f layup were needed on them. I think he has a 914 installation, on an airfr
ame imported from USA, but I=92m not sure if he is on this forum.
LAA mod 13452 refers to G-RICS which has an Airmaster prop and a 912S. I th
ink it is using the standard Europa factory engine mount. It appears to be
a conventional taildragger.
Hope some of the above is of use/interest.
in friendship
Rowland
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