Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:46:40
Rob I wish the Brussels mob were as prudent as you suggest. We pay very high taxes whereas perhaps your mob just print extra dollars. The result is similar Graham
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:09:20
Jos you need to copy Pauls radiator ducting, make sure no air can get round the sides of the radiators and that the wide part of the prop blades passes over the inlet {{;-) Graham -- Graham Singleton
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:47:43
Jos Paul is right, don't do any serious taxi testing, unless you still have a couple of feet of ice on your lake. I guess it's melted by now. Certainly not on tarmac. Are you going to make Ivan an of
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:56:32
Bill A three blade prop will balance both mass and yaw forces. A two blade won't. There will always be a yawing vibration with a 2 blade whenever there is significant angle of attack. (Downgoing blad
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:05:02
Alexander there is a gearbox. It has two crankshafts which need to be geared together. It's like the old Junkers Jumo (??) engine of WW2 but horizontal instead of vertical Graham -- Graham Singleton
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:19:45
Alex far as I know the prop runs at crankshaft speed although I guess it could be geared. The engine has flown on an airship I believe. It first flew on a Luscombe Silvair but the aircraft was damage
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:02:29
If anyone needs a balance within reasonable distance of Derbyshire give me a shout, I have Mark's balancer. Graham Graham Singleton Tel: +441629820187 Mob: +447739582005
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:06:21
Hi Tony Is that your own Europa, and when will you fly it, or do you still have the Airmaster one? Graham btw we hope to move in in a couple of weeks, although it might be a bit like camping indoors!
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:24:08
Niels good to see you here! I suspect that some monos ARE prone to ground loop and some aren't. Similarly some pilots are and some aren't. Two variables equals four times the risk, if you see what I
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 00:36:09
Paul That was Jon Tye's I think. He did exactly what you said. Incidentally he was the launch customer, he built kit no 1,( a Classic of course.) His instrument panel weighed around 17 lbs. Most come
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 01:05:05
Niels You are too hard on yourself! (and thank you for making me smile again) You and I learnt to fly taildraggers later in life than the ideal, I do so envy the young ones their ability to learn so
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 01:25:38
Sure read the manual, at least three times! Graham I had no dificulty in balancing the NSI prop on my Classic and would recomend the equipment to any one.
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:31:42
thanks Fred Graham high, (not just Europas) we spend all our waking hours thinking and doing the build and tend to neglect our flying skills. Then we try and fly an aircraft with unknown characterist
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:16:34
Niels Certainly I recommend that pilots need to be checked out on a Europa at least once. My other point is that for first flight, because the airplane may not be exactly typical of Europas, a pilot
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:27:46
Carl Mike is right, I used virtually the same technique, As soon as positive rate of climb is confirmed at around 2 to 300 ft unlock the indercarriage and start slowly retractiong the flaps allowing
Author: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:37:24
Ira I agree. I don't believe buffet is any good as a stall warning anyway because in the typical scenario of high workload and difficult urgent decision making the pilot won't notice the buffet. Stal