Hi Bud=2C Thanks for your input again. It will be interesting to see what Europa will come up with. I especially like your attachments.At the moment I am still learning to fly this thing properly=2C
Alex=2C If the holes increase drag=2C then it is the last thing I should be doing ? I guess I'll find out by experimenting. Karl Speed brakes such as those fitted on a Caravelle was full of holes=2C
J=FCrgen=2C That is a very nice Europa=2C and I don't see anything wrong with the noseg ear.If you look at the build manual=2C you should tighten the top nut enoug h to allow a sideways force of appr
It sounds like a simple case of fuel starvation. Maybe a blockage in the fu el line=2C clogged filters=2C debris in carburetor. The first thing I would check is the fuel flow=2C with engine off=2C di
A heat shield below the carb bowls is not essential but highly desirable. O therwise the fuel will boil when taxiing on a hot day.You can easily make t hem yourself out of something like firewall mat
I don't remember the seller's details=2C but expect to pay about $200 in to tal. You can buy several sets of perfectly good hoses for that money from E uropa. Karl ich == == == ==
Has anyone come across this ignition problem before ? : In my usual runup I noticed that the engine is vibrating like mad on one (L ) magneto and there seemed to be some backfiring going on. The engi
Hi John=2C Bud=2C Pete=2C Thank you for all the hints. I am going this afternoon to check all that ou t. On my way I am also picking up a set of spark plugs. If I don't need the m now=2Cthen I will n
Remi=2C I tried just that. It does not work. The fuel flow at that point is not smo oth and you get very erratic readings. Only John Wigney managed to get it t o work with a pulsation damper.I tried
Hi=2C I found myself stranded with an engine that would not start. There was only a click from the relay=2C but no movement up front. I got the aircraft hom e on my trailer=2C it was to be my last fl
Is mist on the windscreen really a problem ? I am asking because I never no ticed any on mine. Cheers=2C Karl Message body Graeme=2C I followed the others and installed a ~2=94 computer fan aligned i
I should have known that it was something simple=2C but I just couldn't bel ieve that it was an electrical problem=2C because I tried a different power source and cables.Anyway=2C it was the ground c
I don't usually have a problem with getting the oil pressure back after an oil change=2C but this time I seem to have an airlock.I was going to bypass the tank and connect the in/out hoses together a
Hi Kevin=2C I think you meant SI-912-10. But it doesn't tell me what to do in my case. I did drain the oil from the hose coming out of the bottom of the engine=2C but have always done that before. I'
Kevin=2C Yes=2C that is more like it=2C and it has a nice diagram also. I don't have a compressor and will make a fitting using a bicycle valve.The oil pressur e reading was fine just before the oil
Hi Bud=2C My total flight time is 13 hours in 19 flights. Modification was made to th e airbrakes as I had reported to you earlier. Results are as expected: easi er airbrake handling and elimination