Graeme, I always run with at least 50% of the radiator sealed off with duct tape during the winter months down here in coldest (?) Kent on my monowheel/912S Dave Watts G-BXDY Thats very neat, thanks.
Richard, In the UK I have built a lot of trailers over the years for myself (well over 10, in fact I have 4 in use at the moment). Anybody can build a trailer in the UK and it doesn't have to be regi
Hi Frans, You say that you are over the 750Kg weight limit. That is a surprise. Assuming your empty aircraft with full fuel is somewhere around 450Kg (not unreasonable I would think), that leaves 300
David, You say that you cannot imagine a plane trailer without an over-ride system, buty the standard factory monowheel trailer has no brakes and it seems to tow fine by all accounts. Dave Watts, G-B
Hi David, Yes we are and I think Peter Kember will be contacting you shortly about it as we have only discussed it in the last 2 days. The date will be 17th August with a rain date of 18th. Dave. Dav
Graeme a) You don't need to wait for a code, just wait 1 hour or more and activate with someone like London Information when airbourne. b) Yes c) It would be best although there is still some debate
Alan, If you are staying with the UK issued CAA NPPL or even a PPL (which you are perfectly entitled to do with the restrictions that entails) you can continue without a Language Proficiency endorsem
No, there are no more details at the moment, other than has already been said. We will release details nearer the time. David Watts Dear Both, The Flying Programme is about to go to press. Do you hav
Danny, Just 5 to 10 years, why so few? My Europa first flew in 1997, 16 years ago and 2000 very enjoyable hours, and still loving every minute of it. I am 67 this year and hoping I can get another 20
Danny, I am self employed too, and yes, still working too. Dave hours in I used to. 5 to 10 years is a resonable expectation. but hopeing for a lot longer :-) .
Duncan, You've got me there. Surely if you have already pulled the throttle back to t he stop on the carb., pulling the lever any more will not make any differenc e at all. Unless I am missing someth
Svein, Your routing to Duxford is good and you will just have to stay below the Lon don TMA which is sometimes as low as 2000 ft on your route. No need to talk t o London/Heathrow but if you wanted y
Skydemon had the Powerflarm connected to an iPad through a Butterfly Connect and displaying on a large TV screen at Aero Expo and very impressive it was too, showing all the aircraft in the vicinity
I can't do Flarm test as I have not got it yet. As for the Bad Elf or even the iPad antenna needing to be spaced half metre apart --From other GPS antenna, I currently run 4 GPSs in my Europa, a pane
Jonathan, After I put 1000 hours on the 912UL in my classic, I replaced it with a 912ULS using the original classic starter plus a Skydrive Soft Start Module and their Carb Heat Kit too. I now have o
I bought a PowerFlarm Core from LX Avionics on Friday at the rally. I have been running SkyDemon on an iPad in the cockpit for over a year and having seen the imprssive traffic system on SkyDemon at
Alan The exclusion to training for initial issue etc applies to jointly owned aircraft as detailed in para 4 and all it's sub paragraphs. The earlier paragraphs (ie para 3) refer to solely owned airc
Alan It's not rocket science, even my grandchildren understood it when I ran it past them. If you are the sole owner you can train. If you own as a group you can't, thus avoiding the possibility of f
Mine too, and that is since 1997 and now at 2040 hours (and I didn't replace anything else in what I thought was an excellent kit). (But what do I know! !!) Dave Watts G-BXDY Classic Monowheel te: em
I do not have the highest houred Europa, as I know of one other with more an d there may be others. As for control play, there is no more now than there was at the end of the b uild although there ar