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Subject: Europa-List: Re: Europa-List Digest: 4 Msgs - 01/20/21
From: Terry Akeroyd <cardinalman@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:11:27

I would like you to remove my details from your database please, I no longer 
have
any need for any information on Europa aircraft. Kind Regards Terry Akeroyd.

Sent from my iPhone

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>     1. 12:36 AM - Re: Europa aircraft is open?  (olihqt)
>     2. 01:54 AM - Re: tacho ballast resistor question  (Bill &amp; Sue)
>     3. 06:50 AM - Re: Instrument Panels  (n7188u)
>     4. 08:31 AM - Re: Aerodynamicist question - Bud Yerly  (n7188u)
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> Subject: Europa-List: Re: Europa aircraft is open?
> From: "olihqt" <Olivier.hequet@neuf.fr>
> 
> 
> it's ok, I was able to join Karen.
> 
> thank you
> Olivier
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=500349#500349
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> ________________________________  Message 2  
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> Subject: Europa-List: Re: tacho ballast resistor question
> From: "Bill &amp; Sue" <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
> 
> 
> Quite so, using the 220 resistor will do no harm at all, and I'd be surprised
if
> there was any discernable difference between that and the 270 resistor.
> 
> 
> DuaneFamly@aol.com wrote:
>> Roland, go ahead and use the resist do you have. Theres  no concern with 
>> harming
> the meter as the resistor is simply dampening the input signal a little bit.
> The difference between the two will only make a minor difference in your 
> reading.
> If you have access to an optical tachometer, you can verify your meter
> reading, as meters do tend to vary a bit. 
>> Mike Duane N377EA
>> Europa XS Conventional Gear
>> Chandler, AZ, USA
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> 
>>> On Jan 19, 2021, at 2:20 AM, Rowland Carson  wrote:
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> Im wiring my Europa XS with a 912ULS engine. I have fitted the 
>>> factory-supplied
> UMA tacho and am also taking the engine tacho output to a MGL E-3 engine
> instrument and a Smart Avionics CSC-1 prop controller.
>>> 
>>> The UMA manual calls for a 270 resistor across the engine tacho output (if
> the readings are erratic). The MGL manual calls for 220 (and one is supplied).
>>> 
>>> With no electronics shops open nearby in lockdown, its going to be awkward
> buying a single 270 resistor. Does anyone know if using the 220 resistor Ive
> got would make the UMA tacho unhappy? And conversely, would using a 270 make
the
> MGL instrument unhappy?
>>> 
>>> in friendship
>>> 
>>> Rowland
>>> 
>>> | Rowland Carson          ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
>>> |             http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk
>>> | Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson      Facebook: Rowland Carson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Subject: Europa-List: Re: Instrument Panels
> From: "n7188u" <chmgarb@gmail.com>
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> 
> great idea Alan. Make me wonder if using a more robust 3D printing process 
> such
> as the HP multifusion an actual useable 3D printed panel could be made. I 
> think
> I would like to give that a try. So yes, if you can share the files I would
> appreciate that. Can you export them to DWG or DXF ? (so that they work with
> the CAD packages I have).
> 
> Best Regards,
> Chris Martin
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> ________________________________  Message 4  
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> Subject: Europa-List: Re: Aerodynamicist question - Bud Yerly
> From: "n7188u" <chmgarb@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> As I approach the point were the first flight of my Europa will happen I 
> really
> appreciate the information you posted in your last message.
> 
> Unfortunately for me my taildragger (a Kolb Firestar) is not a three point 
> landing
> aircraft since in the ground it's attitude is well beyond the stall point
> (and the high drag to low weight ratio of the plane killing the speed in a 
> second).
> Trying to three point my Kolb always results in very hard landings.
> 
> When I got my endorsement I was trained by a CFI that absolutedly hated two 
> point
> landings (he flew Pitts and discouraged landing that airplane two point). 
> When I used to fly gliders it was very common and a joy to plant the tail 
> first
> in the ground before the main touched. But this was so because there was such
> a good margin between the attitude that allowed the tailwheel to be lower than
> the main before the airplane stalled. I was hoping for that to be the case
> for the Europa but per your posting I guess that may not be the case although
> I have to say I have seen pictures of Europas landing with a significant tail
> low attitude on short final. I guess that is as you refer to some people 
> coming
> in slow on approach but I can see why that would not be the ideal case on a
> first flight. Well, I'm getting ahead of myself since not quite ready to fly
yet.
> Good posting though. I will for sure talk to you when the time comes.
> 
> I include a picture of my plane when I took it out for some engine running and
> taxi test this weekend. I'm so happy its getting there!
> 
> Chris
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