Am I missing something here? If you have a door warning circuit that brings a red light on when the door is open why do you need a test circuit? Standard check on ground Door open, red light on Door
"Another solution is to monitor the change of state of the lights while closing the doors. A red light should be lit and then go out while closing the doors, or a green light should be off and then c
Sorry Nev, I am not with you on this one. This happened over 10 years ago and an attempt was made, and lost, to get magazine editors to boycott his material at that time. I also think this is the wro
That is OK if you only use one type of fuel. If you calibrate it with Mogas and then use Avgas you will get an inaccurate reading. Brian Davies Hello Alan, I did MOD60 on my last Europa and used the
Thanks David, There is a great deal to do to bring the LAA into the 21st century without destroying all that is good about our association but I enjoy a challenge! Regards Brian Congrats Brian on you
The latest issue of the UK CAA document CAP747 removes the blanket prohibition on the use of fuels with Ethanol so the LAA will be issuing a Technical Leaflet giving guidance on the use of fuels with
Dave, That particular battery is a golf cart battery with a max. peak current rating of only 90 amps. Compare that to an Odyssey PC680, commonly used in Europas, with 520 amps peak. If you want a lit
Hi George, If you remove the wings on a Mono and do nothing else, it falls over. If you do the same thing on a Trigear or conventional, nothing happens! I think this makes a significant difference to
Hi John, I have had almost the same problem on my aircraft (Trigear 912ULS). My fuel smell seems at its worst soon after take off and at initial throttIeback at about 1000 ft. I thought I had narrowe
Hi Gilles, I know it is good aero practice to have a gas tight FWL but on the Europa, with rudder cables passing through it, it is actually impossible to achieve. Also the external airflow from the e
Hi Tim, I thought it must be coming from the areas you suggest, based on the history of fuel smells in a Europa. I filled my tank until the cobra pipe was completely full and sat the aircraft on its
Thanks Tim, I will check that again. I did have a small leak from there after initial build and resealed it but maybe somethings moved. Regards Brian Brian, My fuel smell came from the Redux join bet
Hi Gilles, I think leather bellows is probably the way to go. I have been chasing higher than normal CO levels on my aircraft, hence the research into airflows from the engine compartment. I have bee
Hi Richard, I am not sure I understand what you intend to do regarding sealing. The large diameter pitch control tube passes through the area you are talking about and would require some form of bell
Graeme, The first four aircraft in the trials do not include a Europa. Once the process has been agreed with the CAA, based on experience of the first four, we will be trialling a further group of te
Hi Graeme, You would have to talk to Andy Draper to get more detail. Although the Europa has not been specifically tested it is expected to be no problem on the flying qualities side but this has to
Fuel hose compatibility is a minefield since they introduced ethanol into Mogas. The hose you are looking at seems to meet the basic standard of DIN 73379-B, which is nearly equivalent to the America
Jan, That is Gates 27304 Barricade hose that meets just about every requirement you could think of. Manufactured to meet the California emission regulations for low permeability hose. It is very hard
Hi Ira, In the more regulated UK world I suspect Europa did quite a bit of flight testing to arrive at the take off flap setting of 18 deg. quoted in the section 5 of their Owners Manual. Regarding C
Alan, Although the revised version of BS EN228 (2012) allows up to 10% ethanol in fuel the maximum currently being used is 5%. This is technically described as E5 fuel but I have never seen it descri