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1. 08:27 AM - Airmaster failure (Europa)
2. 08:30 AM - radio (David Joyce)
3. 12:28 PM - Re: Airmaster failure (Bud Yerly)
4. 02:04 PM - UK Europa share. (Carl Pattinson)
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| Subject: | Airmaster failure |
Bud
Herre=B9s a couple of pics Hugh has taken. As you can see he=B9s been in contac
t
with Airmaster so no doubt they will respond next week.
Regards
Paul
G-GIDY
------ Forwarded Message
From: Hugh Carmichael <hughcarmichael@me.com>
Subject: Fwd: Hugh Carmichael, G-GIDY
Hi Paul,
Copied below is the E mail I sent to Airmaster in NZ. Feel free to forward
it to Bud, or indeed anyone else. As yet I have had no response. I am also
hoping to attach a couple of pics of the failed stud. Our inspector, Neil
France is happy for us to continue flying with the prop control wire
disabled and protected, and to use the prop in auto or manual mode, with a
cockpit placard stating that Feather Function is unavailable.
So there is no great rush to get the bits required to fix it so far.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Hugh Carmichael <hughcarmichael@me.com>
> Date: 19 February 2011 07:32:23 GMT
> To: support@airmasterpropellers.com
> Subject: Hugh Carmichael, England.
>
>
> Hello Mr Eskildsen,
>
> A group of four friends, we have recently completed the build of a Europa
XS
> Mono Wheel, with a 914 engine.
> This took us some time, twelve and a half years in fact, but we received
a
> Permit to Fly in November 2010.
> Due to poor weather etc, the aircraft has only flown a total of 12 hours.
> Our LAA Inspector is Neil France, who advised us to call you.
>
> We bought an Airmaster AP 332, Serial No 253 from Europa Aircraft way bac
k in
> 2003.
>
> A couple of days ago, I was doing circuits and became aware that the Prop
> Controller had lost all power. Even the Manual Function was unavailable.
>
> After landing, we discovered that the controllers thermal fuse/reset had
> tripped, as well as the 5 amp fuse in the main 12v supply. We could find
no
> fault in the wiring this side of the propeller, so took off the spinner t
o
> look further.
> The stud embedded in the slip ring plate to which the green Feather contr
ol
> wire should be attached, had sheared off. The remains of the stud and sti
ff
> nut must have been ejected from the spinner in flight, and the loose wire
> causing a 'short' which blew the fuse.
>
> It would seem that we need a new Slip Ring assembly in order to put the
> situation right. We would appreciate any help and advice you can give us,
and
> to dispatch whatever parts we may need.
>
> I am available in England for the next few days, and when we get to speak
I
> can supply you with payment details for the parts required.
>
> Home No. +44 1283 733922 Cell Phone +44 7977 457294 E mail
> hughcarmichael@me.com
>
> I will try to call you again on Monday. Sorry to disturb your weekend.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Hugh Carmichael.
------ End of Forwarded Message
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Dear All, I wonder whether anyone has an old radio and an old non mode S
transponder, that they might consider parting with at a bargain price for a
good cause. I am involved with a local consortium of schools (headed by
Marling) who are building a Rans S-6 plane provided by the Build a Plane
Project with volunteer supervisors (including me). The plane comes with
basic instruments but without a radio. The school has the flying of the
plane for 150 hrs after its completion, and in the local environment that
would be immensely safer with a radio, but school budgets being in a state
of meltdown, they are not best placed to buy a shiny new one!
So if you have just upgraded from a microair or similar to an
all singing/dancing Garmin SL30 etc, please get in touch.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
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| Subject: | Re: Airmaster failure |
Airmaster failureThanks
Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: Europa<mailto:europa@pstewart.f2s.com>
To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:21 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Airmaster failure
Bud
Herre's a couple of pics Hugh has taken. As you can see he's been in
contact with Airmaster so no doubt they will respond next week.
Regards
Paul
G-GIDY
------ Forwarded Message
From: Hugh Carmichael
<hughcarmichael@me.com<mailto:hughcarmichael@me.com>>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:59:15 +0000
To: Paul Stewart <paul@pstewart.f2s.com<mailto:paul@pstewart.f2s.com>>
Subject: Fwd: Hugh Carmichael, G-GIDY
Hi Paul,
Copied below is the E mail I sent to Airmaster in NZ. Feel free to
forward it to Bud, or indeed anyone else. As yet I have had no response.
I am also hoping to attach a couple of pics of the failed stud. Our
inspector, Neil France is happy for us to continue flying with the prop
control wire disabled and protected, and to use the prop in auto or
manual mode, with a cockpit placard stating that Feather Function is
unavailable.
So there is no great rush to get the bits required to fix it so far.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Hugh Carmichael <hughcarmichael@me.com>
Date: 19 February 2011 07:32:23 GMT
To: support@airmasterpropellers.com
Subject: Hugh Carmichael, England.
Hello Mr Eskildsen,
A group of four friends, we have recently completed the build of a
Europa XS Mono Wheel, with a 914 engine.
This took us some time, twelve and a half years in fact, but we
received a Permit to Fly in November 2010.
Due to poor weather etc, the aircraft has only flown a total of 12
hours.
Our LAA Inspector is Neil France, who advised us to call you.
We bought an Airmaster AP 332, Serial No 253 from Europa Aircraft
way back in 2003.
A couple of days ago, I was doing circuits and became aware that the
Prop Controller had lost all power. Even the Manual Function was
unavailable.
After landing, we discovered that the controllers thermal fuse/reset
had tripped, as well as the 5 amp fuse in the main 12v supply. We could
find no fault in the wiring this side of the propeller, so took off the
spinner to look further.
The stud embedded in the slip ring plate to which the green Feather
control wire should be attached, had sheared off. The remains of the
stud and stiff nut must have been ejected from the spinner in flight,
and the loose wire causing a 'short' which blew the fuse.
It would seem that we need a new Slip Ring assembly in order to put
the situation right. We would appreciate any help and advice you can
give us, and to dispatch whatever parts we may need.
I am available in England for the next few days, and when we get to
speak I can supply you with payment details for the parts required.
Home No. +44 1283 733922 Cell Phone +44 7977 457294 E mail
hughcarmichael@me.com
I will try to call you again on Monday. Sorry to disturb your
weekend.
Best Regards,
Hugh Carmichael.
------ End of Forwarded Message
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| Subject: | UK Europa share. |
Hi All,
We are looking for someone who would be willing to help with the running
costs and maintenance of our flying Europa in exchange for almost unlimited
use of the aircraft.
Due to my present job I have little time to fly the aircraft so it is
available most of the time. It's based at Bicester airfield in Oxfordshire
where there are virtually no restrictions on when you can fly.
Nominal upfront cost (to keep the arrangement legal) and a portion of the
hangarage/ insurance/ maintenance costs.
Would suit a builder (or anyone else) who wants to get their hands on a
flying Europa. Would also consider an outright sale (POA).
It's a mono wheel so conversion training would be required (and a PPL).
Please drop us a line if interested.
Carl & Dot Pattinson.
G-LABS
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