Alan
Adding and extension, as Tim has done, is a great improvement.
Unfortunately owners experience is that the Europa supplied valve becomes
stiff to turn after about 150 hours. I replaced mine at 200 hours and
replaced the replacement with an Andair at 275 hours.
Replacement with an Andair is a Standard Mod and details are available on
the Club and LAA web sites.
http://www.theeuropaclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SM13342-1Andair.pdf
The example check list the club publishes on our site
http://www.theeuropaclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sample-checklist.pdf
does stipulate starting on Reserve for the reasons you have outlined.
Possibly we should give greater emphasis to this as some pilots may be using
check lists which have dropped this requirement.
Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours
Europa Club Mods Specialist
e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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