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Re: Europa-List: Re: MGL EFIS and autopilot

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: MGL EFIS and autopilot
From: Max Earnshaw <maxearnshaw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 12:27:51
Thanks for the reply I will check out MGL forums. I was proposing to use
MGL servos so maybe should work ok. My plane flies very true so hopefully
that will be ok too.

Cheers
Max

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 1:46 AM AirEupora <AirEupora@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
> I had the MGL Vogager EFIS  and used the Trio Servos.  I could not get
> them to work correctly.  MGL Torrance sold them to me, but they told me
> that Trio was the problem and Trio told me that the problem was with MGL.
>
> Before you buy an autopilot system for the Europa you need to determine if
> your plane flies straight  & level.  How much force is needed to bring the
> nose up or down once it leaves altitude.  For whatever reason by plane took
> more force to bring it back to level than the Trio servo could deliver and
> would trip and shut down after a few minutes of trying.  If you go back
> into this Forum you find a lot of question on how to get them set up.  The
> roll axles worked and it was easy to install in the co-pilot seat area.
> The big problem is the pitch servo and how it connects to the pitch torque
> tube.  I had to manufacture a clamp with a horn on it.  Europa now makes a
> pitch tube with the horn welded to it.
>
> I know that the MGL servos worked very well with the later models of the
> MGL EFIS .  You might check out their forum.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=498158#498158
>
>


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