Paul/Carl,
Well all I can say is we need the means to repair punctures to get us home
somehow. I recently had a puncture and had to leave my trigear. For ease I
asked the local engineer, at the field I had to leave the plane at, to
repair it. I got the bill the other day and it was 143!
He charged 48 plus vat for the tyre which I get for 28 (including vat and
carriage), 36 plus vat for the tube, One and half hours labour at 28 per
hour oh yes then there is vat on that too!
143 odd. I could have done it for 65 maximum and it certainly wouldn't
have taken me anything like an hour and half!
Regards
Kev T
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From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
Subject: Re: SLIME
I've had poor luck using Slime on more than one occassion. No matter what I
tried I could not get the stuff to go into the tire. It keeps jamming
up...which is great if you have a leak but not so good when you're trying to
get the stuff into the tire. Yes I had the tire deflated and the valve stem
removed. I'll never buy the stuff again.
Paul Boulet, A212
Carl Pattinson <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:I know that there has
been quite a lot of discussion about Europa punctures
in the past and I have been given the subject some considerable thought
especially as I was unable to rotate my brake caliper from the standard
factory position - due to fouling the rudder cables (ie: pointing directly
downward).
As I understand things a puncture on a mono europa usually results in the
tube casing being shredeed by the brake caliper and also jacking the
aircraft up to change the tyre is not very easy. I had intended to modify a
trolly jack to enable me to lift the aircraft in such a situation.
Thinking back to my microlighting days I remember we used to use a compound
in our tyres that effectively made them self sealing (in the event of a
puncture) but couldnt remember where we got this stuff. Fortunately I came
accross a source of supply whilst surfing the internet. Cost 10.00 per
pack - enough for three microlight tyres (so presumably one Europa mono
wheel)
The URL is http://www.dadirect.co.uk/pages/enginemaint.htm
I would be interested to know if anyone else has tried this product on their
Europa but in any event I will probably be investing in a can of the stuff
unless someone knows why I shouldnt !
Looking forward to your comments.
Interestingly enough this product is sold under the trade name of "SLIME !"
Carl Pattinson
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