I agree that balancing the tail plane outside the aircraft is a lot better than doing it in situ. Doing it that way, I discovered that my tail planes were significantly overbalanced. I removed a tota
Graham, You are right. I forgot the effect of T bar weight too. I still believe the corresponding error is less than the error caused by the slightest bearing friction. The weight to be added to accu
Europa Aircraft - Service Bulletin 15 Does anybody know why the SB specifies to apply the Loctite on the inner edges only of the TP12 ?. Obviously it would be way easier to do it on the outer edges i
Jean Paul, I do not know about performances but the Arplast blades are more flexible and therefore should run smoother than the Warp Drive. Arplast blades leading edge is unprotected and will erode w
Hi Nigel, It would be of high interest for all monowheel operators to know the root cause of your mishap. As long as the reason is not identified it may happen to you again! I believe there should be
Peter, I had exactly the same problem a few years ago: voltage going up to 16 volts for a few minutes and then going back to normal for hours. I replaced the regulator and the problem never happened
Hi Nigel, I have replaced my GTX320 by a 328. In spite of being deeper, the 328 fits perfectly in the same place as the 320. Same panel cut out, too. However, a 90 degree elbow antenna connector is r
I fully agree that this is normal. This phenomenon is caused by the loss of pressure across the filter. In spite of the fuel tank level being higher than the pumps, the pressure between the filter an
Frans, Let's take this example: You are flying at full power at 16000 feet, ISA conditions. According to the Rotax Manuals, the air box pressure (absolute pressure) is 1,2 bars. The fuel pressure at
Hi Ira, In France, the only two accidents we had with Europas were due to fuel filter blocage. The two aircraft were destroyed and one pilot was killed. The many cases where the engine was restarted
Frans, Sorry to confirm you are wrong! The fuel pump is unable to supply 120 liters per hour and 15 PSI at the same time. The pump performance curve suplied by Rotax (914 Install Manual, paragraph 14
Frans, Have a look at the curve on paragraph 9.5 of the 914 Operator=92s Manual which shows the correlation between throttle position and airbox pressure (absolute pressure). This curve shows that ai
Hello Jerry The supplied drain kit (Mod 33) has one inconvenience: due to the length of the hoses from the tank to the drains, you must drain a lot of fuel before actually draining fuel from the bott
Svein, My aircraft has flown 620 hours and yes there is some play due to hinge wear on ailerons and trim tabs. I know some other Europas with less than 200 hours which have developped the same proble
Hi Steve, Could you please tell us what part of your exhaust is broken ? As your airplane has very few hours, this failure is surprising. May be there is something we can learn from that, especially
Thank you Steve, Apparently the cause is a defective weld. Best regards Remi ""The front port pipe on my 912S engine had the pipe and bell fitting (the flange that is bolted onto the engine) come apa
Kevin, Sorry for your mishap! It seems this could happen to all of us monowheel drivers and I am very concerned about that happening to me. The consequences could even be more serious than a broken p