Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:53:27
Having agonised long and hard over three years, I have finally decided to give-up my option on Wilksch Diesel WAM-120 No.23 which will be available very soon. Now that my Classic Trike airframe is at
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 12:03:44
I am currently agonising over whether to fit the Skydrive carburettor heat kit, but am concerned that it introduces yet more pipery to any already cluttered environment with even more chance of failu
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:00:09
I seem to recall reading that someone in the UK had converted an old large touring caravan to accommodate a trigear Europa. Can anyone out there help with information, or was I just imagining it?! Br
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 10:01:01
Kit 055 Classic Trigear G-OBJT finally took to the air between heavy showers at Old Sarum on Friday 3rd June at 1805 BST. Test pilot David Scouller made this, his first Europa, the 193rd type to grac
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 18:38:26
My humble apologies to the Forum for repeating my first flight news so many times yesterday. My mail system failed to show messages leaving the Outbox. Hence my repeated attempts to send. SORRY Incid
I would like to try using a Gurney Flap rather than a conventional trim tab to take out about one pound of stick force on the ailerons. Does anyone have suggestions on the size of such a device as a
Thanks Dave and Mike for the split pencil advise, will give that a try. Tim, my flaps were 0.4 degree out of alignment, but curing this didn't reduce the sideforce. The Gurney Flap is named after Dan
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:26:28
During the test flying programme of G-OBJT it became apparent that although the radio worked perfectly at the lower end of the VHF band, when we selected frequencies above 125.0 ground stations were
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:09:58
Having just read the last two days digests on this subject I am very surprised that nobody on the right side of the pond has raised the "real" issue of mode S transponders. Most European states have
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 09:37:42
The current high winds in the UK remind me of the problem which has = occurred to me twice this year after a crosswind departure from home = base (Old Sarum - a fairly bumpy grass airfield) with a su
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:18:05
Thanks to the words of Steve Vestuti on this forum last week I believe = we may have cured the nosewheel shimmy experienced on hard runways. The = British agent for Nye Lubricants Inc, (www.newgatesi
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:09:29
Having just completed the test flying programme for PFA approval with a Woodcomp "Varia" 1700mm mechanically adjustable VP propeller on my Trigear with Rotax 912S, I would be very interested to hear
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:08:16
Willie Many thanks for your Warpdrive figures. We have never coarsened ours --From the recommended Europa starting point of 19 degrees because the take-off performance from short grass strips was alr
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:22:16
Having just taken-up the offer of hangarage at Old Sarum, my converted caravan trailer is for sale. No beauty, but highly practical and well insulated, with wing cradles and electric winch. Your for
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:12:02
Hi David Sorry for the delay in responding to your request, but I only take the daily Matronics digest and seldom monitor the EuropaOwners site. Yes to your first question, you do have to look all ar
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:17:36
Does anyone know if we can fly from a non-customs airfield in one Schengen country to another without problems? I am planning to fly from Southern France to Spain this summer and cannot obtain this i
Author: Brian and Pat Tarmar <freefolk@screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:16:25
Many thanks for your collective thoughts on crossing borders between Schengen agreement states. I liked Jean Philippe Neel's the best!, so will take that as gospel. I am aware that it is necessary to