Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:43:46
I did this using my mates Bridgeport Mill and it took about 700 grams out. on the subject of weight savings, I can't help but notice how heavy the mono swingarm is. I noticed in Germany one builder h
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:50:30
David, 833 lb is very impressive. Do you have wet wings? 833 lbs is fantastic. My XS Mono/914/Airmaster came out weighing 50 lbs more! Thinking about that lighter mono wheel and brake to shave off, h
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:29:06
Hi Rowland, I did something similar to what Fred did. Take a look at http://www.europa.net.nz/363/2001/images/flange_in_instrument_panel.jpg Cheers, Paul Have I been issued with a mis-matched instrum
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:15:30
Hi Bruno, Would you happen to know how Walter Binder achieved putting fuel tanks in the wings ? In particular did he substitute the Blue for something impervious to fuel ? Paul Hi Phil, Walter Binder
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:10:36
Hello everyone, At about 800 hours my 914 developed a crank case leak from fretting. I sent the engine into Leading Edge and they split the case and fortunately they were able to repair the fretting
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:10:51
Richard, If the radio has an embedded microprocessor it may be a product defect. I have had experience where something will work fine in a metal or C/F aircraft but not in a fiberglass aircraft. The
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:51:51
Andrew, since you are writing code you might like to incorporate compensation tables for the shape of the tank so you get a linear scale. The system I have is a variant of Tony K's that weights the f
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:34:47
Hi Nigel, I have a couple of questions: Could you tell me if there is an increase in ground clearance over the mono? Where in are the wheels in relation to the MAC ? Are the brake lines internal to t
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 12:46:42
Hello everyone. There has been a lot of discussion about flying the Europa IFR on the forum so I'll toss in my 2 cents worth. I have both and ILS and GPS approach set up in my aircraft. My experience
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:25:46
Ha ha Graham..... that would be me that took a hit in clear VFR. As a result I became an early adopter of the XM weather system. To this day I don't know why my aircraft wasn't turned into a burn't p
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 09:49:17
Hi, Is there anyone on the forum that happens to have a 912S starter that they wish to sell ? Thanks, Paul Rotax has a description of this. What I understand is that the new flywheel has the timing l
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 19:45:47
Hi Dean, where did you get yours refilled. I couldn't find anyone to do it and ended up buying new ones. - Paul I just refilled mine. They were at about 38lbs and saging. I filled them to about 1400p
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:47:33
Hello everyone, I documented my incident on my WEB site http://www.europa.net.nz/363/ If you go to the left hand side of the page and expand open the =9CFlying Experiences=9D tab you find a page titl
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:51:14
Hi Pat, could you tell me where are you located and how much you are looking for? Thanks, Paul Hello I have a pair of unused wing tip lenses, as supplied by Fred Klein. I no longer require them so if
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:49:03
Hi Gert, I had a problem with the tail pipe coming loose no matter how tight I made the clamp. I have a TIG welder but I didn't want to weld on the aircraft due to the high frequency voltage that is
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:06:36
Hello Everyone, Although slightly off topic, I did go down the route of replacing all of my hoses with AN fittings and very flexible steel braided hose from Pegasus Racing. Frans did the same but he
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:55:40
I have a similar system as Ira describes based off Tony K's design using a PIC micro that drives a 10 segment LED display. Its calibrated to take care of the shape of the tank and each segment is a l
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:23:07
I removed my coolant tank and TIG welded on some 10g aluminum, cut a thread and installed the sensor. It sounds like a lot of messing around but it isn't really and it's in the ideal place. Installin