If you join the europa club (via the website www.theeuropaclub.org ) you
can access the build manuals which will give you standard materials and
methods, and also all the technical articles in the Europa Flyer
magazines which will no doubt cover various ways people have chosen to
do the painting and filling and problems found. How to deal with a paint
finish and its problems is a different matter, without someone being
able to tell you what paint was used. Although there was a standard
filler supplied with the Europa kit, choice of paint was left up to the
builder.
Regards, David Joyce, GXSDJ
On 2017-11-18 16:08, Vlodek9 wrote:
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> graeme bird wrote:
>
>> You don't say whether you are building or its been completed a while, are you
sure it's not a paint or filler issue ? The fuselage is fibre either side of
foam so I'm not sure how you would see delimitation there.
>
> Thank you for your reply. The Europa XS was completed and got its
> airworthiness
certificate in 2001, I bought it 2 months ago or so as a third owner. It is
fully operational and has been flying. So far, most of the areas in question
seem like it is a filler/paint problem but I have not opened all of the bubbles
yet since I'm addressing other issues. Still, in a week or so, I will be
focusing
100% on all of the cracks and bubbles throughout the aircraft (mostly cosmetic
based on appearance). Hopefully they are all filler/paint issues but I
figured I'd ask about everything so I can further my knowledge and research.
Hope
for the best but prepare for the worst kind of thing.
>
> Thanks
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=475195#475195 [1]
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