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1. 02:52 AM - Mono landing gear (Mike Gamble)
2. 04:56 AM - Re: Blocked fuel filter (tennant)
3. 05:37 AM - Re: fuel pressure problem, urgent (tennant)
4. 05:50 AM - Re: Denmark suspends ..Schengen Agreement....? likley effects on (tennant)
5. 06:18 AM - Crimping wires (Fergus Kyle)
6. 06:26 AM - Re: fuel pressure problem, urgent (europapa)
7. 07:56 AM - Re: Mono landing gear (JonSmith)
8. 09:39 AM - Bus bar (William Daniell)
9. 10:02 AM - Re: Bus bar (David Joyce)
10. 10:17 AM - Re: Bus bar (Michel AUVRAY)
11. 11:09 AM - Re: Bus bar (Alan Burrill)
12. 12:19 PM - Re: Bus bar (rparigoris)
13. 04:07 PM - Re: Bus bar (Frans Veldman)
14. 06:22 PM - Re: Bus bar (Kingsley Hurst)
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Subject: | Mono landing gear |
On assembly The M8x100 bolts and their nyloc nuts were tightened to
bring
the upper and lower plates LG05 and07 together until their upper and
lower
bushes were 5 =BC=92=92 apart. I now notice that, with the aircraft
weight on the
wheel, there is a gap of about =BD=92=92 between the lower plate and the
nut. I
suppose that this is to be expected as the polyurethane block compresses
but
are others seeing the same amount of slack here?
Mike
XS Mono
G-CFMP
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Subject: | Re: Blocked fuel filter |
Hi Mike & Remi,
Mike, I am sorry but I have been traveling. You got your answer from Remi though.
Remi, Good to see that you are using the self rounding hose clamps like me. The
"Jubilee clips" that the works supplied were pretty useless!!
Have a good weekend.
Barry
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Barry Tennant
D-EHBT
At EDLM - Germany
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Subject: | Re: fuel pressure problem, urgent |
Hi Juergen,
Where are you living & where is your plane.
Barry
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Barry Tennant
D-EHBT
At EDLM - Germany
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Subject: | Re: Denmark suspends ..Schengen Agreement....? likley effects |
on
Hi Bob,
It will still be easier to get into Denmark that the UK.
At least they do not have the B.S. of registering with the CAA every time & counting
the number of days the aircraft is in the country.
But you are right about our pols. ignoring the problem.
Barry
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Barry Tennant
D-EHBT
At EDLM - Germany
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Cheers,
I began crimping with this project because I had been told that my
last airliner was almost exclusively crimp-worthy. Too late I discovered the
fastest and most secure (a feeling) method for signal; wires - of which I
have several pleths (a plethora) - and the easy use of D-sub connectors and
BandC solid pins and sockets.
While vibration prevention is still a challenge, I found the
connecting through, say, DE-9s was fast and efficient using the RCT-3 was
the quickest and most accurate tool. As well consideration of manipulating
AWG#22 wires is still a problem. I'm sure there must be equivalents on the
eastern shore......
BandC Specialty Products/Electrical/Tools/RCT-3
Ferg Kyle
PS: I admit to having an investment in the above firm (they kept sending
tools I ordered) but nothing more.....
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Subject: | Re: fuel pressure problem, urgent |
Hi Barry,
I live near Ulm Donau and my D-EBOA is located at EDPA.
Juergen
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Subject: | Re: Mono landing gear |
Hi Mike, this sounds totally normal I think. When you set up the rubber block
assembly to the quoted distance (the later xs manual now states 79mm between the
faces of the retraction plates - this is the equivalent of the earlier method
of measuring but easier to measure) there's no weight of the aircraft on the
assembly of course so the block is fully extended, constrained to it's maximum
extension of 79mm by the 2 nuts and bolts. When it's all assembled and the
aircraft is sitting on it's wheel the rubber is compressed (the reaction plates
come closer together) and this movement is catered for by the bolts sliding
up/ down through the holes in the upper and lower reaction plates. As soon as
the weight comes off the wheel then the block will extend to it's maximum amount
again as limited by the bolts. When I bought my Europa (didn't build it)
the first time I looked up inside the wheel well and saw these two bolts loose
and apparently "nearly undone" I thought the whole assembly was falling apart
until I realized how the system worked.
On my plane I replaced the rubber block this winter as age was taking it's toll
and the plane was sitting a bit low. Once dismantled I compared the old and
new blocks (uncompressed) side by side and the old one was at least 1 cm shallower
than the new one due to years of compression and loss of elasticity I guess.
My plane now sits that much higher on it's wheel and so the distance between
my nut/ bolt heads and the plates is correspondingly less.
Cheers, Jon
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G-TERN
Classic Mono
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Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.
The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic
terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals
(Crimped not soldered ;-)).
the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight
copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was
not crimped and I had to redo it.
Thanks
Will
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William, Mine are brass bars pre-drilled to take bolts for ring terminals.
The positive one has a plastic cover over it. The system has worked well.
Unfortunately I can't remember where they came from! regards, David
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Daniell" <wdaniell@etb.net.co>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Bus bar
>
> Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best
> option.
>
> The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic
> terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals
> (Crimped not soldered ;-)).
>
> the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight
> copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections
> was
> not crimped and I had to redo it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Will
>
>
>
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Le 13/05/2011 18:36, William Daniell a crit :
> --> Europa-List message posted by: "William Daniell"<wdaniell@etb.net.co>
>
> Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.
>
> The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic
> terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals
> (Crimped not soldered ;-)).
>
> the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight
> copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was
> not crimped and I had to redo it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Will
>
>
Will,
I send to you a PDF drawing of my bus bar off this forum
Good evening
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Michel AUVRAY
mau11@free.fr
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I bought some brass bar from the local DIY Store B&Q, in UK, drilled and tapped
them myself.
Alan
On 13 May 2011, at 17:36, William Daniell wrote:
>
> Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.
>
> The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic
> terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals
> (Crimped not soldered ;-)).
>
> the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight
> copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was
> not crimped and I had to redo it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Will
>
>
>
>
>
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Hi Will
Some bus info:
http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30683
Worth looking here too at flat thin copper wire, connectors and port negative
inter ground wire connector/bus:
http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30710
Ron Parigoris
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On 05/13/2011 06:36 PM, William Daniell wrote:
> Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.
I just put a few bolts through the firewall. One bolt is connected to
ground, another to the 12 Volt power. On these bolts I can hook as many
ring terminals as I want, on the engine side as well as on the cabin
side. The amount of connections is only limited by the length of the
bolts. ;-) And the maximum current is determined by the diameter of the
bolt. An AN3 will transfer more than enough current.
It is simple, economic, fail proof, light weight, it solves the problem
to get the power through the firewall, etc.
> the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight
> copper bar would eliminate this -
A bolt is just as good as a bar. And to fix the bar you need two bolts
anyway. ;-)
Frans
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Will,
As with so many things in life nowadays, there are many alternatives.
I chose the Bussmann fuse block as depicted in the following link. This
unit
has its own bus bar (dual bus if required) that feeds up to 32 fuses. Mine
is the 20 fuse model. Only one wire needs to come through the firewall or
two if separate feeds are required for the dual bus.
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Fuses_and_Current_Limiters/Bussman/15710_Fuse_Panel.pdf
I fitted mine as per the attached.
Cheers
Kingsley
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