Just remember to take a pee before you take off ;-) BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } On Tue 14/02/12 10:21 , "Martin Olliver" martflynut@aol.com sent: Thank you all f
An interesting thought process Kevin and coincidentally, the same path that the designers of the =9CHindenburg=9D followed, reaso ning that it would give the envelope protection from lightening and U
Here you go guys, If you haven't already seen it, here is a nice animation of the new 912iS. It does use twin electric pumps housed in a neat stainless box within the engine compartment. Nigel http:/
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Hi Bob, .... and what happens to your C of G as you burn off your 9 gallons of "ballast" in flight? Nigel ;-) -- Snip ........... If you need to adjust the C of G of your =9Cbird=9D then put a 9 gall
Bud, A fascinating article - thanks. It would seem that I have spent the last God knows how many years researching the same data as you (mostly 1940's and 50's NACA papers) and come up with much the
Hi Fred, Kevin, Bob and Max, Thank you all for your kind words, worth all the more coming from people whose opinions I respect and appreciate. Fred, I've answered your questions below. Nigel Not as m
I would recommend anodising all alloy parts and powder coating steel parts (that don't need a precision fint into some other component). When powder coating, ask for bead blasting NOT grit blasting (
Hi Raimo, This is a nice looking bit of kit. Curiosity took me to the FDS website for more info and having downloaded the manual, I notice that they specify a second FT-60 "red cube" flow transducer
Hi Max, Thanks for this, I was unaware of the FAA mod approval (though building under the auspices of the UK's LAA, I'm not sure how relevant this is). To expand your question to Raimo, it would be i
Hi Ian, Thanks for this. I was tipped off that it was one of yours and I've just been reading it - nice work. It answers my question of how to accurately monitor fuel flow with a return line and just
Sage advice Jim. If anyone has any doubts as to what tailplane flutter can do, take a look at the NTSB report on the "Galloping Ghost" incident at Reno last year. http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2
Kevin, I think Rob Seaton may be on the money with this one. A year or so back, I experienced a dead cut while flying a friend's 914 powered Europa on a hot day. Nifty application of fuel pump restor
A good bit of advice from Craig and Bud. All resins continue to cure (allbeit very slowly) over the years and as they do, they shrink a little The longer you can leave it between filling and sanding,
Hi Fred, Yes. I bought a three gallon kit at Sun-n-Fun, used the first gallon, opened the second tin and discovered a faulty mix (lumpy), took it back to the SpuerFill agent in the UK, who replaced t
A pdf copy of the "Classic" manual can be found at the font of all Europa knowledge - The Europa Club website. Here is a link to the "Wing Build" section: http://www.theeuropaclub.org/wp-content/uplo
My classic manual is issue 2 and dated 9th December 1994 and that makes reference to Bi-Axial. I seem to recall that the prototype was constructed using uni, but all production build instructions ref
Hi Graham, Don't forget that back then, each of the three construction "Modules" had its own manual. I bet you were looking at the first "Tailplane" manual that for some reason also includes some of
Yes I can confirm that. The classic used a short-and-fat one-piece aileron, whereas the XS uses a long and thin component construed out of two foam cores that need bonding prior to layup. XS ailerons