---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/06/06: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:44 PM - Dallas area builder (rlborger) 2. 05:06 PM - Re: 914 fuel pumps (Jan de Jong) 3. 05:30 PM - Re: Europa Club Events 2006 (Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com) 4. 05:55 PM - Re: Dallas area builder (Paul McAllister) 5. 05:59 PM - Sun n Fun. Meet-up days (Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com) 6. 08:06 PM - A P-51 Fly-by Story Retold (Steve Crimm) 7. 11:23 PM - Re: Sun n Fun. Meet-up days (Steven Pitt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:44:59 PM PST US Cc: rlborger Subject: Europa-List: Dallas area builder From: rlborger --> Europa-List message posted by: rlborger Eric & Steve, I am a builder in the "Dallas" area, if you draw a pretty large circle. My contact info and my build web site are in the signature block. You are welcome to drop an e-mail, call (try the cell number first) or, if you'd like, welcome to arrange a visit some time. Good building and great flying, Bob Borger Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL (85%) tail kit done, wings closed, cockpit module installed, pitch system in, landing gear frame in, rudder system in, outrigger mod in, Fuselage Top on, lift/drag/flap pins in, wing incidence set, tie bar in, flap drive in, Mod 70 done. Baggage bay in. Working in - 24 Instrument Panel, 25 Electrical, 28 Flaps, 29 Main Gear, 30 Fuel System, 32 Tail, 34 Door Latches & 35 Doors, 37 Finishing. Airmaster arrived 29 Sep 05. Seat arrived from Oregon Aero. Preparing ROTAX 914 for installation. 3705 Lynchburg Dr. Corinth, TX 76208 Home: 940-497-2123 Cel: 817-992-1117 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:06:49 PM PST US From: Jan de Jong Subject: Re: Europa-List: 914 fuel pumps --> Europa-List message posted by: Jan de Jong Hi Gilles, >Let's do a small "thought experiment" : if we have an adjustable valve >at the end of the fuel line, couldn't we adjust fuel flow by screwing in >or out the valve knob ? > I don't know where you want to go with this, but a restriction after the pump would certainly decrease the generated flow. The combination Pierburg pump plus restriction would constitute a new pump with a graph of similar shape as the original. A lower maximum flow at zero delivered pressure, the same maximum pressure (1850 hPa) at zero delivered flow. A restriction that lowers maximum flow (0 pressure) from 120 l/h to 53 l/h will not explain the huge difference between actual and published though. Such a restriction drops 1500 hPa at 53 l/h (operating point of the published pump) or 28.3 hPa per l/h At 39 l/h the published pump delivers about 1650 hPa, the restriction then subtracts 39 * 28.3 = 1104 hPa. Leaves you with 550 hPa at take-off fuel flow. The fuel regulator needs up to twice that. Again - according to published figures. Still don't know what to think. Regards, Jan de Jong ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:30:03 PM PST US From: Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europa Club Events 2006 --> Europa-List message posted by: Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com Thanks fot that William. Bryan ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:55:56 PM PST US From: "Paul McAllister" Subject: RE: Europa-List: Dallas area builder --> Europa-List message posted by: "Paul McAllister" Hi Bob, I was looking at your WEB site and I was wondering how much the alternator cost. Also, I noticed that you have fitted 4 EHT's. What did you do about the front starboard sensor. On mine the threaded fitting is right in the air inlet window. Thanks, Paul ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:59:24 PM PST US From: Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com Subject: Europa-List: Sun n Fun. Meet-up days --> Europa-List message posted by: Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com Hi Folks, Sun n Fun runs for a week, 4th to 10th April. Whilst I will be in Florida during that time I do not think that my family would appreciate me spending every day at Lakeland, so it is likely that I will only be there for 2 or 3 days. It seems to be generally agreed that a daily 11am rendezvous at the Europa tent is acceptable, this still leaves me a less than fifty percent chance of meeting up with others, because they could be there on a totally different day. It would be nice I could narrow this down a bit. With that in mind I wonder if some of the days are going to be less popular than others. Conversely, are there any days in that week when we are all likely to be there. Perhaps we could even target a couple of days. With this in mind I wonder if I could solicit the advice of Florida locals, and regular attenders. Could it be that there are some days when they would advise us not to go, or some not to miss? If they could visit the event for only one or two days, which ones would they choose? Cheers. Bryan Allsop ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 08:06:14 PM PST US From: "Steve Crimm" Subject: Europa-List: A P-51 Fly-by Story Retold --> Europa-List message posted by: "Steve Crimm" While off topic, we all can just imaging being on the tarmac and watching the air show. Steve > Below was sent by an Air Force friend. Don't know who > this P-51 veteran pilot was in the story, but the > article was written by a Canadian named Lea MacDonald > who recalled witnessing a P-51 takeoff when he was a > young 12 year old boy. The story is woven with > language that if you just close your eyes you can > imagine that you can hear the whine of that powerful > Merlin engine! Enjoy. > > By Lea McDonald ( at www.rense.com) > > It was noon on a Sunday as I recall, the day a Mustang > P-51 was to take to the air. They said it had flown in > during the night from some US airport, the pilot had > been tired. I marveled at the size of the plane > dwarfing the Pipers and Canucks tied down by her, it > was much larger than in the movies. She glistened in > the sun like a bulwark of security from days gone by. > > The pilot arrived by cab paid the driver then stepped > into the flight lounge. He was an older man, his wavy > hair was grey and tossed . . . looked like it might > have been combed, . . say, around the turn of the > century. His bomber jacket was checked, creased, and > worn, it smelled old and genuine. Old Glory was > prominently sewn to its shoulders. He projected a > quiet air of proficiency and pride devoid of > arrogance. He filed a quick flight plan to Montreal > (Expo-67, Air Show) then walked across the tarmac. > After taking several minutes to perform his > walk-around check the pilot returned to the flight > lounge to ask if anyone would be available to stand by > with fire extinguishers while he "flashed the old bird > up . . . just to be safe." Though only 12 at the time > I was allowed to stand by with an extinguisher after > brief instruction on its use -- "If you see a fire > point then pull this lever!" I later became a > firefighter, but that's another story. > > The air around the exhaust manifolds shimmered like a > mirror from fuel fumes as the huge prop started to > rotate. One manifold, then another, and yet another > barked -- I stepped back with the others. In moments > the Packard-built Merlin engine came to life with a > thunderous roar, blue flames knifed from her > manifolds. I looked at the others' faces, there was no > concern. I lowered the bell of my extinguisher. One of > the guys signaled to walk back to the lounge, we did. > > Several minutes later we could hear the pilot doing > his pre flight run-up. He'd taxied to the end of > runway 19, out of sight. All went quiet for several > seconds, we raced from the lounge to the second story > deck to see if we could catch a glimpse of the P-51 as > she started down the runway, we could not. There we > stood, eyes fixed to a spot half way down 19. Then a > roar ripped across the field, much louder than before, > like a furious hell spawn set loose---something mighty > this way was coming. "Listen to that thing!" Said the > controller. In seconds the Mustang burst into our line > of sight. Its tail was already off and it was moving > faster than anything I'd ever seen by that point on > 19. Two-thirds the way down 19 the Mustang was > airborne with her gear going up. The prop tips were > supersonic; we clasped our ears as the Mustang climbed > hellish fast into the circuit to be eaten up by the > dog-day haze. > > We stood for a few moments in stunned silence trying > to digest what we'd just seen. The radio controller > rushed by me to the radio. "Kingston radio calling > Mustang?" He looked back to us as he waited for an > acknowledgment. The radio crackled, "Kingston radio, > go ahead." "Roger Mustang. Kingston radio would like > to advise the circuit is clear for a low level pass." > I stood in shock because the controller had, more or > less, just asked the pilot to return for an impromptu > air show! The controller looked at us. "What?" He > asked. "I can't let that guy go without asking . . . I > couldn't forgive myself!" The radio crackled once > again "Kingston radio, do I have permission for a low > level pass, east to west, across the field?" "Roger > Mustang, the circuit is clear for an east to west > pass." "Roger, Kingston radio, we're coming out of > 3000 feet, stand by." We rushed back onto the > second-story deck, eyes fixed toward the eastern haze. > The sound was subtle at first, a high-pitched whine, a > muffled screech, a distant scream. Moments later the > P-51 burst through the haze . . . her airframe > straining against positive Gs and gravity, wing tips > spilling contrails of condensed air, prop-tips again > supersonic as the burnished bird blasted across the > eastern margin of the field shredding and tearing the > air. > > At about 400 Mph and 150 yards from where we stood she > passed with an old American pilot saluting . > .imagine . . . a salute. I felt like laughing, I felt > like crying, she glistened, she screamed, the building > shook, my heart pounded . . . then the old pilot > pulled her up . . . and rolled, and rolled, and rolled > out of sight into the broken clouds and indelibly into > my memory. > > I've never wanted to be an American more than on that > day. It was a time when many nations in the world > looked to America as their big brother, a steady and > even-handed beacon of security who navigated difficult > political water with grace and style; not unlike the > pilot who'd just flown into my memory. He was proud, > not arrogant, humble, not a braggart, old and honest > projecting an aura of America at its best. That > America will return one day, I know it will. > > Until that time, I'll just send off a story; call it a > reciprocal salute, to the old American pilot who wove > a memory for a young Canadian that's stayed a > lifetime. > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 11:23:43 PM PST US From: "Steven Pitt" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Sun n Fun. Meet-up days --> Europa-List message posted by: "Steven Pitt" Bryan Just to advise that I will be there with William Mills for most of the show although I do not know which days in particular (we are assisting Andy and John with the Stand) and Peter Grant will be there for 7th to 9th and I expect will attend all days given his short visit span. By all means lets see when are the most popular days and the consensus seems to be 11.00am on each day will be the 'official' meeting time. Steve Pitt ----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: 07 March 2006 01:58 Subject: Europa-List: Sun n Fun. Meet-up days > --> Europa-List message posted by: Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com > > Hi Folks, > > Sun n Fun runs for a week, 4th to 10th April. Whilst I will be in Florida > during that time I do not think that my family would appreciate me spending every > day at Lakeland, so it is likely that I will only be there for 2 or 3 days. > > It seems to be generally agreed that a daily 11am rendezvous at the Europa > tent is acceptable, this still leaves me a less than fifty percent chance of > meeting up with others, because they could be there on a totally different day. > It would be nice I could narrow this down a bit. With that in mind I wonder if > some of the days are going to be less popular than others. Conversely, are > there any days in that week when we are all likely to be there. Perhaps we could > even target a couple of days. > > With this in mind I wonder if I could solicit the advice of Florida locals, > and regular attenders. Could it be that there are some days when they would > advise us not to go, or some not to miss? If they could visit the event for only > one or two days, which ones would they choose? > > Cheers. Bryan Allsop > >