---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 11/07/08: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:14 AM - Time to Paint? (Erich Trombley) 2. 01:53 PM - Re: W26 lift pin blocks (craig bastin) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:14:15 AM PST US From: "Erich Trombley" Subject: Europa-List: Time to Paint? I chose to fly my plane in primer prior to painting it a year later. I used K36 Primer made by PPG, which is dark gray in color. The reason for flying in primer was the same as others; not wanting to make changes to a plane after it has been painted. Since I live in Las Vegas, NV which is a rather warm climate, I was fairly certain I would be making changes to the cowling (my own design) in an effort to keep it cool on the ground. I did not experience any warping of the flying surfaces or any part of the plane for that matter. However, it is more work to go this route than I originally though. I was under the impression I would be able to clean the primer and then prep it for painting. Not so. My mentor (Lynn Elsner )required that I first wash the old primer to remove as much of the surface contamination and then completely sand off all of the old primer and apply a fresh coat of primer prior to prepping it for paint. While it was a considerable effort to primer the plane effectively twice, flying in primer was the right call for me. Erich Trombley N28ET Classic Mono 914 _____________________________________________________________________ A New Way to Get Free & Discounted Offers -- FreeInternet.com! Visit http://offers.juno.com/TGL1111/?u=http://www.freeinternet.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:53:18 PM PST US From: "craig bastin" Subject: RE: Europa-List: W26 lift pin blocks I hadnt considered the wings being the issue, the inner rib on my wings are 12.5mm from the edge, but I would think that the distace from the spar bushing to the ring would be a more appropriate place to measure my port wing measures at 104mm rib to pin centre and the starboard wing at 111mm. Given the difference you could be correct. The extra 7mm would have made quite a difference. -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Flying Farmer Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2008 10:32 PM Subject: Re: Europa-List: W26 lift pin blocks Craig Thank you for your reply. I would be grateful of any pictures you have, Thank You. My situation is the same as yours!!! On the port side I would need to reduce the W26 by about 5mm and on the Starboard side need to be reduced by about 3mm to get the wing pins to fit as they should. At the moment Im waiting a reply from Roger at the factory who is getting in touch with Andy Draper. I have considered your option. Another suggestion from where the fault is, that the root rib has been built too far inboard or not gigged correctly when they have been manufactured. A clue is that your kit number is 554 and my kit number is 557 for the wings. I would like to know if kit no. 556 had the same problem!!!! Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 9:08 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.