Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 22:33:44
Thanks Jim There are some guys who bought one with no involvement in the build and I hear that the rate of climb is only 300 fpm and it overheats at that. Something badly wrong there. I'll chase up F
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:58:14
Raimo Justin's Europa is outstanding , in several ways. You should copy it, especially the wing root fillets, door struts and undercarriage retract lever. Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:38:09
John I would very much like to see your photos when you're back in Tennessee. Up to now I've had very little to do with Jab's but have lived with a Lycoming for a while in my Long EZ. The EZ crowd ha
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:55:22
There is a resin system made by MG Scheufler in Germany, on the market in the US as MGS, The grade you want is R285. This is used by most of the glider manufacturers and is much less toxic than the o
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:07:51
William have a look at Gary Hunter's comparison list. I'm not familiar with the US names and brands so you need to do your own research. http://www.airheart.on.ca/index.html are the US stockist of MG
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:47:14
Andrew that might be a tedious way to do it, I would stick with the plans method, I only had to drill 2 or 3 holes to balance. Long time ago that was and my memory is not reliable after a few days ?;
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:56:26
Hi Jim Hope your project has gone well? Do you have the glider wings fitted yet? If so expect me in Michigan some time this year to beg a ride! I used tungsten carbide grinding dust for the weight to
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:30:01
Andrew It's a good question. Unfortunately I don't know the answer. Rutan had us add a limited amount of any extra weight to the outboard end of the elevator only (Long EZ) but didn't explain why. Mu
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:41:04
Will n0ot really difficult at all, except that you need a flaring tool for the joints. Best to beg or borrow one. I have one but that's in Derbyshire. Bending is done by hand, the 3003 Versatube from
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:17:50
Gilles & all I'm not familiar with 914 but I do remember that the return flow from the regulator must be unrestricted otherwise the back pressure will cause rich mixture? Because of the high flow rat
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:55:11
Alan look for evidence that something punctured the tank, rudder cables? lump off flox or whatever under the tank gradually working through. Only one I've seen was a small piece of tobacco embedded i
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:44:46
Alan reminds me, I have seen the screws on the inspection panels rubbing on the tank, take a while to wear thu but could be a cause. Graham to be where the two FPA903B screw into the two F09C at the
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:57:25
Let us know how it goes, Kingsley. You might try and get a pik of a Europa in front of an gray haired 707! I have one of my Long EZ in front of Concorde, (with a few gray hairs) Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:45:19
Rutan chose it because it was used for gliders in Germany. Probably still is, 92125, it's made by Interglas and it's a 2 by 2 twill (for drape). The UNI we use is 92145. I recently ( 4 years ago!) bo
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:24:47
Karl it probably is, but there was some suspect cloth around a few years ago. The important thing is the weight, 280gms/sq meter, the sizing, (treatment to make the resin wet out the cloth properly)
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:54:59
William I never realized you were in Colombia, I remember being at SnF the day Ivan sold three kits to a Comobian family, farmers I think. Interglas are in Ulm, Germany. www.pd-interglas-technologies