---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/02/05: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:32 AM - Airmaster Prop Tool (irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) 2. 07:43 AM - Re: Airmaster Prop Tool () 3. 02:17 PM - CALLING all machinists (Fergus Kyle) 4. 08:13 PM - Re: CALLING all machinists (N55XS) 5. 08:54 PM - Re: Mylar Gap Seals (Thomas Scherer) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:32:32 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Airmaster Prop Tool From: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 07/02/2005 09:30:54 AM, Serialize complete at 07/02/2005 09:30:54 AM --> Europa-List message posted by: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Greetings All, Does anyone in the NE US have an Airmaster C-Spanner prop blade ferrule wrench that I can borrow for a day? I'd like to inspect my hub. Failing that, does anyone have an engineering diagram of it so I can fab my own? Many TIA!! Ira N224XS ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:43:36 AM PST US From: Subject: RE: Europa-List: Airmaster Prop Tool --> Europa-List message posted by: Hi Ira I think I have one in California... Tom Mono/XS/Jab/Airmaster N96V -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Subject: Europa-List: Airmaster Prop Tool --> Europa-List message posted by: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Greetings All, Does anyone in the NE US have an Airmaster C-Spanner prop blade ferrule wrench that I can borrow for a day? I'd like to inspect my hub. Failing that, does anyone have an engineering diagram of it so I can fab my own? Many TIA!! Ira N224XS -- -- ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:17:46 PM PST US From: "Fergus Kyle" Subject: Europa-List: CALLING all machinists --> Europa-List message posted by: "Fergus Kyle" Ah, well.............. Having conquered a furious battle with alu - the production of Ted Gladstone's exemplary Door Openers - after having made only four of each of four samples. That's right - 16 faulty samples - a simple misread each time. In one case I made two faulty samples one after another - and each a copy of the original mistake..........! FINALLY, after correcting these egregious errors, and coming out with perfect silhouettes and holes all in one line, I have but to drill with 4mm in order to thread with 5mm. Out came the treasured metric tap/thread set, bought with hard-earned Canuck pennies in emerging German industrial toolmaking in Munich, 1956. Narex the trade name was. I knew I would need them one day. Then in a fit of completion, I bought a Swedish 5mm tap and on inspection, discovered it said in TINY print, "WS" and down in one corner, "Coarse Thread". Oh-oh. I drilled 4mm on a scrap alu plate, brought out my 5mm tap, and threaded a perfect hole. The supplied door closer gas springs (anent "GS 8699-1 2 off") plus what I call 'pivot balls', came in kit 'FUSELAGE SMALL' according to my shipping records. You guessed it - the pivot balls won't thread into my test plate. I can only surmise that they are of the "fine" persuasion. Can anyone confirm this? I am only too pleased to discover this anomaly before I've tapped the 5th and final TG openers. Ferg Europa A064 sanding, sanding, glass cockpit and 914 to go ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:13:43 PM PST US From: N55XS Subject: Re: Europa-List: CALLING all machinists --> Europa-List message posted by: N55XS Ferg, I'll check my tap, in the morrow and let you know... Jeff - N55XS Taxi testing while waiting for inspection... Fergus Kyle wrote: >--> Europa-List message posted by: "Fergus Kyle" > >Ah, well.............. > Having conquered a furious battle with alu - the production of >Ted Gladstone's exemplary Door Openers - after having made only four of each >of four samples. That's right - 16 faulty samples - a simple misread each >time. In one case I made two faulty samples one after another - and each a >copy of the original mistake..........! > FINALLY, after correcting these egregious errors, and coming out >with perfect silhouettes and holes all in one line, I have but to drill with >4mm in order to thread with 5mm. Out came the treasured metric tap/thread >set, bought with hard-earned Canuck pennies in emerging German industrial >toolmaking in Munich, 1956. Narex the trade name was. I knew I would need >them one day. > Then in a fit of completion, I bought a Swedish 5mm tap and on >inspection, discovered it said in TINY print, "WS" and down in one corner, >"Coarse Thread". >Oh-oh. I drilled 4mm on a scrap alu plate, brought out my 5mm tap, and >threaded a perfect hole. > The supplied door closer gas springs (anent "GS 8699-1 2 off") >plus what I call 'pivot balls', came in kit 'FUSELAGE SMALL' according to >my shipping records. You guessed it - the pivot balls won't thread into my >test plate. > I can only surmise that they are of the "fine" persuasion. Can >anyone confirm this? I am only too pleased to discover this anomaly before >I've tapped the 5th and final TG openers. > Ferg >Europa A064 >sanding, sanding, glass cockpit and 914 to go > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:54:44 PM PST US From: "Thomas Scherer" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mylar Gap Seals --> Europa-List message posted by: "Thomas Scherer" I have Mylar seals on N81EU. I installed them during a clean-up action and found them not to improve performance in any measurable manner. The real improvement were wheel fairings and leg fairings. BTW, I am preparing for my next trip which will take me to Anchorage, Nome (possibly with a short visit to Providenya, Russia), Fairbanks, Edmonton, Oshkosh, Los Angeles. Anybody who wants to join in for parts of the trip ? Sincerely, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan McFadyean" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mylar Gap Seals > --> Europa-List message posted by: "Duncan McFadyean" > > > I've seen them fitted to the ailerons of a UK-registered Europa, but have > no > idea how well they performed. Would be interested to find out; perhaps if > you have any useful responses to your message you could forward them on. > > Duncan McF