---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 01/11/11: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:05 AM - Aussie floods (GRAHAM SINGLETON) 2. 01:38 AM - ELTs, tailwheel bearings, carb problems (Richard Lamprey) 3. 03:02 AM - Re: Bounced messages (Ron Jones) 4. 03:42 AM - Re: Bounced messages (Ron Jones) 5. 04:53 PM - Door shootbolt rod material (Tony Renshaw) 6. 06:12 PM - Re: Aussie floods (craigb) 7. 06:48 PM - Re: ELTs, tailwheel bearings, carb problems (keith hickling) 8. 06:53 PM - Re: Door shootbolt rod material (Robert Borger) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:05:11 AM PST US From: GRAHAM SINGLETON Subject: Europa-List: Aussie floods Kingsley & Lance,=0AI hope you didn't get washed away by the floods. Are yo u OK. Any news?=0AGraham=0A ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:38:17 AM PST US From: "Richard Lamprey" Subject: Europa-List: ELTs, tailwheel bearings, carb problems Greetings from Kenya. I've saved up a few questions for the network, perhaps someone out there can help. 1. New regulations here dictate that we must now all fly with 406 ELT, and especially recommended is the Artex 406 (PLBs will not do here). This requires that for composite aircraft, the skin of the aircraft must have radial metallic strips, 1 inch wide, in the shape of a 6-point star, extending out for 24 inches in all directions. Seems a bit excessive for a Europa, where can we find that space? Behind bagage bay is obvious best bet. Will alumnium strips work (I have sticky aluminium tape, 2" wide). Has anyone fitted this arrangement? Does anyome have a mod approval, STC or something for the Artex 406 installation in a Europa, that I can wave at aviation officialdom here? 2. My tailwheel goes through bearings at the rate of knots, must be our dusty runways. But it is costly to fit new tailwheels, when the tyre itself is fine. Has anyone tried to fit the bearings available from Aircraft Spruce into the Europa tailwheel? 3. Two weeks ago I got into the Europa (Classic, 912UL), started up, and had very rough running. Under the hood, found that the left carb was leaking back through the connection to the plenum chamber, theres a small hole for water clearance, and fuel was pouring onto the ground. Further investigation revealed that all this seems to be because of an overflowing float chamber. The float 'needle' (with viton tip) looks absolutely clean, no grooves on its face, but no adjustment of the float bracket will stop the flow. The floats are fine. Has anyone had this problem after just 500 hours of flying? The fuel goes through an Andair gascolator upstream, so I am not sure what contamination caused this. Thanks, and all best to all for the New Year! Richard Europa 168, Kenya. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:02:55 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Bounced messages From: "Ron Jones" Thanks, Ira, for your message. I'll try this in future. Regards, Ron. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=326459#326459 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:42:33 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Bounced messages From: "Ron Jones" Hi Matt et all, An e-mail sent earlier to the forum has bounced with this comment. (The yellow highlighting is not mine!) I only recently re-subscribed to the list having been moving house but in all the years previously, I had no problems posting or receiving! Regards, Ron. The following message to was undeliverable. The reason for the problem: 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 554-'Service unavailable; Client host [out1.ip06ir2.opaltelecom.net] blocked using Barracuda Reputation; http://bbl.barracudacentral.com/q.cgi?ip=92.26.183.172' Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=326460#326460 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:53:55 PM PST US From: Tony Renshaw Subject: Europa-List: Door shootbolt rod material Hi, In the process of attempting to nominally increase the length of the aft shootbolt throw, I cut the rod and sleeved it, but it now catches within the sill as it actuates. I think I might just replace the pushrod with new material, hopefully sourced locally. I know it doesn't have to be very strong, so maybe hardware grade aluminium might be OK for the 10 mm rod replacement? I could also possibly source the flattish rectangular product Europa uses on the door sill shoulder width mod, but I don't know its dimensions or what it is made of. I am open to an requesting any ideas/suggestions on how I should overcome this without international postage on a 1 m long item, a fortune. Thanks. Reg Tony Renshaw P.S. The 10 mm diameter is an issue of itself, as I don't seem to be able to get that size locally, but I do have a mate with a lathe, so if I bought 1/2" we could turn it down. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:12:44 PM PST US From: "craigb" Subject: RE: Europa-List: Aussie floods Not sure about them, but Brisbane is going to flood tonight and tomorrow, the dams are all at about 180% capacity So they have to do a big dump of water today ( the extra 90% was for flood mitigation built in after the 1974 floods) From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of GRAHAM SINGLETON Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 6:02 PM Subject: Europa-List: Aussie floods Kingsley & Lance, I hope you didn't get washed away by the floods. Are you OK. Any news? Graham ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 06:48:46 PM PST US From: keith hickling Subject: RE: Europa-List: ELTs, tailwheel bearings, carb problems Hi Richard, I have an Artex ME406 fitted behing the baggage bay, with the antenna inside the fuselage. I have copper strips curving up the side of the fuselage and longditudinally in a square for a groundplane. We have had a number of problems with this ELT in New Zealand: 1) The self-test routine seems to have been made over-sensitive to various problems, and many people have had a "failed" self test saying there is a problem with the antenna or groundplane. Artex finally admitted there was a problem and suggested using a longer length of coax to increase the impedance. Our local avionics man after extensive testing of my unit thinks there might also be a problem with radiation from the antenna supressing the unit from transmission if the antenna is mounted close to the ELT. Apparently the units supplied for helicopters have metal screening of the unit to prevent this. On metal aircraft with the antenna outside the fuselage this is not a problem. It took us many months to get my unit to pass the self-test. 2) There is a problem with the g switches becoming corroded, and several have failed to activate in a crash. We currently have an AD requiring regular checks of the gswitch. Artex are working on this problem. 3) Several helicopters with this unit fitted have had the antenna break off in a crash so the unit has been inoperative. This shouldn't be a problem with the antenna mounted inside the fuselage. In summary, this unit has not been trouble-free in New Zealand, though Artex are working on the problems. Might be worth asking them about progress if you are going to use this unit. Regards, Keith. Keith Hickling, New Zealand. -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Richard Lamprey Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:35 p.m. Subject: Europa-List: ELTs, tailwheel bearings, carb problems Greetings from Kenya. I've saved up a few questions for the network, perhaps someone out there can help. 1. New regulations here dictate that we must now all fly with 406 ELT, and especially recommended is the Artex 406 (PLBs will not do here). This requires that for composite aircraft, the skin of the aircraft must have radial metallic strips, 1 inch wide, in the shape of a 6-point star, extending out for 24 inches in all directions. Seems a bit excessive for a Europa, where can we find that space? Behind bagage bay is obvious best bet. Will alumnium strips work (I have sticky aluminium tape, 2" wide). Has anyone fitted this arrangement? Does anyome have a mod approval, STC or something for the Artex 406 installation in a Europa, that I can wave at aviation officialdom here? 2. My tailwheel goes through bearings at the rate of knots, must be our dusty runways. But it is costly to fit new tailwheels, when the tyre itself is fine. Has anyone tried to fit the bearings available from Aircraft Spruce into the Europa tailwheel? 3. Two weeks ago I got into the Europa (Classic, 912UL), started up, and had very rough running. Under the hood, found that the left carb was leaking back through the connection to the plenum chamber, theres a small hole for water clearance, and fuel was pouring onto the ground. Further investigation revealed that all this seems to be because of an overflowing float chamber. The float 'needle' (with viton tip) looks absolutely clean, no grooves on its face, but no adjustment of the float bracket will stop the flow. The floats are fine. Has anyone had this problem after just 500 hours of flying? The fuel goes through an Andair gascolator upstream, so I am not sure what contamination caused this. Thanks, and all best to all for the New Year! Richard Europa 168, Kenya. ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 06:53:27 PM PST US From: Robert Borger Subject: Re: Europa-List: Door shootbolt rod material Tony, I have an original 1m X 10mm length of boltshoot aluminum rod. It seems like 2024 or 6061 would be the most likely candidates. Probably worth all of $2. I'd be happy to forward the rod to you for the cost of shipping, but that probably exceeds the value by 3 or 4 times. It's up to you. Check six, Bob Borger http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL Europa XS, Short Wing, Intercooled Rotax 914 rlborger@mac.com Cel: 817-992-1117 On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Tony Renshaw wrote: > > Hi, > In the process of attempting to nominally increase the length of the aft shootbolt throw, I cut the rod and sleeved it, but it now catches within the sill as it actuates. I think I might just replace the pushrod with new material, hopefully sourced locally. I know it doesn't have to be very strong, so maybe hardware grade aluminium might be OK for the 10 mm rod replacement? I could also possibly source the flattish rectangular product Europa uses on the door sill shoulder width mod, but I don't know its dimensions or what it is made of. > I am open to an requesting any ideas/suggestions on how I should overcome this without international postage on a 1 m long item, a fortune. > > Thanks. > Reg > Tony Renshaw > P.S. The 10 mm diameter is an issue of itself, as I don't seem to be able to get that size locally, but I do have a mate with a lathe, so if I bought 1/2" we could turn it down. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.