David A DOTH has already been proposed for tomorrow at Brimpton, see Bryan and Nigel's recent emails, and I was hoping to join the festivities there or wherever ! regards Tim Houlihan
Information for Europa Club members who will be in the UK on 20th January 2007. In previous years we have had a Christmas dinner for UK members. This year your committee has decided to offer a relaxi
Hi Carl Believe Fred he is completely correct on this issue. I recall doing a training course on the then new transistorised IFF coder whilst in the RAF a considerable number of years ago. From memor
My reading of the info on the Europa web site is that a Classic when fitted with mod 74 including the tie bar but not the rest of the mod 52 will not have its weight increase to 1370 lbs. This seems
Hi Jos You can blame me, at least in part, for the Golf cart tyre supplied in the early kits. Many years ago I happened to be at Kirkbymoorside when Ivan was trying to contain escalating costs during
Hi A friend and fellow Europa builder has asked me to help with a problem he is having with his propeller. He has a need for a left hand warp drive prop either a complete propeller or just the blades
Hi Alasdair. A very good idea BUT at this moment my aircraft is in Germany awaiting a replacement prop after I "dinged" coming back from Berlin so I'm out of it for a while ! Having said that if anyo
Karl. I have rarely read so much incorrect and misleading information in one email on the forum. I and lots of other owners I know operate our monowheel Europa's out of grass strips in farmers fields
Clive. My understanding is that the stall strips are there to ensure the pilot gets tactile warning of airflow breaking up just prior to stalling. As far as I know they do not make the actual stall m
Karel and David The Belgium issue is rather worse than you suggest. A friend checked with the Belgium authorities prior to planning a visit to a Belgium Fly-in. He was advised that they did have a re
Hi John Your comments about power output are correct, but you have to include in your calculations that the AM comms radio transmitts for as long as you press the PTT wich could be for several tens o
Hi John Thanks for you very informative reply I was obviously wrong in assuming that cell phones are like real phones and carried two way conversations, but your description does explain those missin
to UK Hi. At 9 o clock this morning I received a phone call from Robin James asking for assistance to recover his Europa from France. Last weekend Robin flew to EDNY FRIEDRICHSHAFEN , on his way home
Karl. I may be wrong on this as I am working from my memory which can be very suspect. My understanding of the Mono undercarriage is that the rubber bungee's are there to assist with lifting the whee
Hi It seems that the Scottish 1/2 mill is due to be replaced in early July. I am due to fly up there 10-16th June and, as it seems a bit strong to buy a new chart with a life of only a couple of week
Hi Would this solution work in the Classic original setup ? assuming you run the vent pipe to the top of the filler pipe in the alloy receptacle Tim Houlihan.
Hi Graham That sounds like a good idea. What wall thickness do you think would be required to allow the fuel hose to be clamped to the alloy tube at the elbow? Tim
Hi Where did this theft occur?, I ask this because a 912S was stolen some weeks ago from an aircraft at a strip in Worcestershire UK. Tim of 22 Saturday. tails in the dirt with engine cowls placed to
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ursula_____H=E4nle=27s_Petite_Plastic_Pla?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ne_Patch_Primer? Hi Robert I note with interest your comments about politics and personal opinion. Are you commenting on the