---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 07/05/11: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:14 AM - Re: Throttle slip (Bud Yerly) 2. 08:16 AM - Re: Aeroexpo follow up (rampil) 3. 08:51 AM - Re: Re: Aeroexpo follow up (Steven Pitt) 4. 12:22 PM - Re: Aeroexpo follow up (rampil) 5. 03:59 PM - Peter Kembers contact e-mail address? (Bob Harrison) 6. 05:58 PM - Tire /tyre landing incident /accident (Raimo Toivio) 7. 06:56 PM - Tire /tyre landing incident /accident (Raimo Toivio) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:14:50 AM PST US From: "Bud Yerly" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Throttle slip John, Please adjust the friction in the throttle quadrant. I have made a throttle friction adjuster and found it acceptable, but not necessary (another 20 hours of tweaking). Simply adjust the AN 4 nut on the Euro 23 threaded screw until the friction easily holds the throttle. I have seen vernier throttles, locking throttles and simple friction throttles and frankly after 10 years of clients trying everything, the simple wrench into the throttle box is the best fix. Be sure to inspect the Euro 23 and the stop nut are tight otherwise it will rotate regardless. Regards, Bud Yerly Custom Flight Creations, Inc. www.customflightcreations.com (813) 653-4989 ----- Original Message ----- From: John Greenhalgh To: europa-list@matronics.com Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 4:21 PM Subject: Europa-List: Throttle slip > I wonder if you could assist with a slight problem on my new build. When the throttle is on tick-over it tends to increase Revs slowly due to vibration. I realise that the throttle spring at the carburetter needs to spring open the throttle in the even of a broken cable, but is there a way of balancing the friction so that my throttle does not vibrate slowly open. I would welcome any advise. Regards John http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:16:11 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Aeroexpo follow up From: "rampil" Hi Steve, I am certainly delighted that sales are being made! It is a good thing for all of us. I looked at the brochure and I saw the bit about three kits, but nowhere did the brochure mention or even hint at what event this Post-Event flyer was describing. I assume it was in the UK, it that a fair assumption? Ira Just passing 300 airframe hours as I start Annual Condx Inspection #7 -------- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=344964#344964 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:51:47 AM PST US From: "Steven Pitt" Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Aeroexpo follow up Ira, Good to hear from you - yes the event was called Aeroexpo, a trade show aimed in its original format at the Cessna/Piper brigade of GA but recently infiltrated by the homebuilts etc. This year it was held for the first time at Sywell in Northamptonshire (http://www.expo.aero/) and Swift/Europa had a prominent stand at the entrance to the show. There is also a Post-event brochue for the Swift/Slingsby venture which was alongside the Europa marquee. As you can see from the Post-event brochure we had my aircraft (G-SMDH) plus the in build fuselage from Ian Rickard and Ian had been able to show the many modifications that have been approved by our LAA - there is no doubt that it drew a crowd and we forget the fascination in part built aircraft. Keep flying safely, Regards to all, Steve Pitt ----- Original Message ----- From: "rampil" Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:13 PM Subject: Europa-List: Re: Aeroexpo follow up > > Hi Steve, > > I am certainly delighted that sales are being made! It is a good thing > for all of us. > > I looked at the brochure and I saw the bit about three kits, but nowhere > did the brochure mention or even hint at what event this Post-Event > flyer was describing. > > I assume it was in the UK, it that a fair assumption? > > Ira > Just passing 300 airframe hours as I start Annual Condx Inspection #7 > > -------- > Ira N224XS > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=344964#344964 > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:43 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Aeroexpo follow up From: "rampil" Hi Steve, Thanks for the remedial education for the colonist!! I was hoping to catch up with the Europaphiles at KOSH in a few weeks, but the family wishes to go southwest on a bearing of 210 rather than due west. Best regards, Ira -------- Ira N224XS Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=344999#344999 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:59:47 PM PST US From: "Bob Harrison" Subject: Europa-List: Peter Kembers contact e-mail address? Hi! It seems my address book is incorrect for Peter Kember. Any one who knows it please forward it to me. Or if you prefer not to give his address please advise him to e-mail me soonest since I have information for him? Regards Bob JHarrison. ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:58:37 PM PST US From: "Raimo Toivio" Subject: Europa-List: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident From: Raimo Toivio Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:21 AM Subject: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident Dear All, it is a long time since I have been here. Today it happened something and I got an Europa Energy Burst (aka ENB) to write on the list. I think this could be useful info for most of you Europa (or any GA plane) operators. Let me tell you what was it and how it went: *** I have worked couple of years to make an Europa story to the largest All and Universal Technical Scandinavian Magazine which is published in the Scandinavian countries. I have had several flying experiences with their very speciall aviation editor. Today we decided to fly to one very remote airfield. Everything went as normally. Please notice I have a Monowheel, The Most Sexy GA ever built. *** Just after a touchdown I - smelled a well burned rubber and then after - noticed immediately a strong autobrakeing - noticed immeadiately the position of the aircraft is not normal (too low and too leveled) - noticed a rumbling noise - noticed it is not *very* well steerable or att all and so we went out of the runway to the port side of the grass area We went out of the runway. That concrete runway 33 was quite narrow, just 6 metres or about 20 feets only. I understood at once what was the name of the game. During first seconds I was wondering if it (tha plane) will be inverted. The brakeing effect was so hard. After seconds I was wondering if I will lose only my prop (and engine) at least. It took only seconds. We stopped and I ask the editor how about if I will now switch off the fuel pump, electrics, engine, are you ok and how do you feel now? What a story for a newspaperman! The landing was very normal before the touch down. Let me say, I had completed 416 pcs of an Europa Monowheel landings and this was better than 8 (0-10) just before touch down . I (we) assume the tire/tyre was empty before landing. Not a big bang when landing at all, no no. *** During the years we (Europa Operators) have speculated what will happen when landing a mono with an empty tire /tyre. Now I /we know: If lucky nothing! My prop was still a virgin (configuration: Warp Drive blades with a wonderful Airmaster hub from NZ). The soil out of the runway was quite soft. There was still a clearance between the mother ground and the blades about 50 mm /2 inches. I kept the stick hard back during the landing. Some of you may remember I do love high speed landings like on final 70 knots and during a touch down around 60 knots. The brakeing effect was very strong because of an empty main (and only!) tire /tyre: it took only less than 100 metres /300 feets from touch down point to the final stop. Zero winds. Runway is a bit upphill. *** After I checked I am ok and my co-pilot was also ok and my plane was about ok I called bureacrats as they call to do in Finland immediately. The Police came and people from The Air Accident Investigators called me. That was an Finnish Army Airbase also. They came and tried to help us by giving some air to my empty wheel but do not succeeded because the inner tube was totally destroyed during the landing (just 300 metres from us they =93 Finnish Army - were launching unmannned planes by steam catapult). *** I called my loving (and sooo beautiful) wife and she took immediately the spare inner tube with her from our hangar and was heading by car with a trailer 200 km /125 miles to us. Without a special jacking block which I always carry with me it would have been impossible task to lift the Mono upp and take the wheel out and change an inner tube for a new one. All together it took 6 hours until we were flyable again. Let me say The Editor still wanted to fly with me back to EFTP. We completed some touches and goes to check would it be again empty or not. It was not. What a smile. Attached a pic =9Can accident place, my plane, my Wife and Mr Editor doing tire /tyre changeing jobs=9D. *** Fuck! I have operatored my Europa 4 seasons and this was my 4th case of an empty and a broken main wheel! This was a first experience during a landing. All the other cases have been during taxiing or so. Why?! I have an original size and a brand of an inner tube which is 8.00 =93 7(6) which means it is ok for a size 7 and 6. They say so. I had two years an original outer tyre /tire which was like from a colf car but after earlier incidents I changed it for a real aircraft tyre /tire (brand name Air Trac). Always the hole has been in the side of the inner tyre. It has always been let me say about 10 mm /0,4 inches) long crack. I (I point *I*) assume that is the question of the bad quality of the Deli (made in Indonesian) innner tyres. *** Let me and we all know the source for the high quality inner tubes please! Let me and all know is there any clever stuff to put inside of the inner tube *before* accident to prevent this kinds of accidents. We all know there are stuffs to put inside the inner tubes to make our day *after* it is empty. That is not a solution and nothing to do with a catastrophic failure when the crack is 10 mm or wider. I /we need a possibility to prevent this kind of (very stupid) not-so-purpose-to-happend-accidents. *** Monowheels pilots =93 please do not ever fly far away w/o a lifting block. That is a sensation. Thanks for Mr. Dirk van Oyen from Belgium (first time in use a day after a Maiden Flight =93 that was 30.04.2007). *** Thanks for this wonderful chance to share and make my day. I have many topics to talk with you. Many questions to answer. Many things to do since the end of the last summer. I will come back. Thanks you are there. All of you. *** Specially Mr Kingsley from Oz and Mr Fred Klein from US. I am happy you are there. Cheers, Raimo Toivio Europa XS Mono OH-XRT #417 Updated flight hours /landings: 214,2 /418 37500 Lempaala FINLAND p +358-3-3753 777 f +358-3-3753 100 toivio@fly.to www.rwm.fi ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 06:56:47 PM PST US From: "Raimo Toivio" Subject: Europa-List: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident Dear All, it is a long time since I have been here. Today it happened something and I got an Europa Energy Burst (aka ENB) to write on the list. I think this could be useful info for most of you Europa (or any GA plane) operators. Let me tell you what was it and how it went: *** I have worked couple of years to make an Europa story to the largest All and Universal Technical Scandinavian Magazine which is published in the Scandinavian countries. I have had several flying experiences with their very speciall aviation editor. Today we decided to fly to one very remote airfield. Everything went as normally. Please notice I have a Monowheel, The Most Sexy GA ever built. *** Just after a touchdown I - smelled a well burned rubber and then after - noticed immediately a strong autobrakeing - noticed immeadiately the position of the aircraft is not normal (too low and too leveled) - noticed a rumbling noise - noticed it is not *very* well steerable or att all and so we went out of the runway to the port side of the grass area We went out of the runway. That concrete runway 33 was quite narrow, just 6 metres or about 20 feets only. I understood at once what was the name of the game. During first seconds I was wondering if it (tha plane) will be inverted. The brakeing effect was so hard. After seconds I was wondering if I will lose only my prop (and engine) at least. It took only seconds. We stopped and I ask the editor how about if I will now switch off the fuel pump, electrics, engine, are you ok and how do you feel now? What a story for a newspaperman! The landing was very normal before the touch down. Let me say, I had completed 416 pcs of an Europa Monowheel landings and this was better than 8 (0-10) just before touch down . I (we) assume the tire/tyre was empty before landing. Not a big bang when landing at all, no no. *** During the years we (Europa Operators) have speculated what will happen when landing a mono with an empty tire /tyre. Now I /we know: If lucky nothing! My prop was still a virgin (configuration: Warp Drive blades with a wonderful Airmaster hub from NZ). The soil out of the runway was quite soft. There was still a clearance between the mother ground and the blades about 50 mm /2 inches. I kept the stick hard back during the landing. Some of you may remember I do love high speed landings like on final 70 knots and during a touch down around 60 knots. The brakeing effect was very strong because of an empty main (and only!) tire /tyre: it took only less than 100 metres /300 feets from touch down point to the final stop. Zero winds. Runway is a bit upphill. *** After I checked I am ok and my co-pilot was also ok and my plane was about ok I called bureacrats as they call to do in Finland immediately. The Police came and people from The Air Accident Investigators called me. That was an Finnish Army Airbase also. They came and tried to help us by giving some air to my empty wheel but do not succeeded because the inner tube was totally destroyed during the landing (just 300 metres from us they =93 Finnish Army - were launching unmannned planes by steam catapult). *** I called my loving (and sooo beautiful) wife and she took immediately the spare inner tube with her from our hangar and was heading by car with a trailer 200 km /125 miles to us. Without a special jacking block which I always carry with me it would have been impossible task to lift the Mono upp and take the wheel out and change an inner tube for a new one. All together it took 6 hours until we were flyable again. Let me say The Editor still wanted to fly with me back to EFTP. We completed some touches and goes to check would it be again empty or not. It was not. What a smile. Attached a pic =9Can accident place, my plane, my Wife and Mr Editor doing tire /tyre changeing jobs=9D. *** Fuck! I have operatored my Europa 4 seasons and this was my 4th case of an empty and a broken main wheel! This was a first experience during a landing. All the other cases have been during taxiing or so. Why?! I have an original size and a brand of an inner tube which is 8.00 =93 7(6) which means it is ok for a size 7 and 6. They say so. I had two years an original outer tyre /tire which was like from a colf car but after earlier incidents I changed it for a real aircraft tyre /tire (brand name Air Trac). Always the hole has been in the side of the inner tyre. It has always been let me say about 10 mm /0,4 inches) long crack. I (I point *I*) assume that is the question of the bad quality of the Deli (made in Indonesian) innner tyres. *** Let me and we all know the source for the high quality inner tubes please! Let me and all know is there any clever stuff to put inside of the inner tube *before* accident to prevent this kinds of accidents. We all know there are stuffs to put inside the inner tubes to make our day *after* it is empty. That is not a solution and nothing to do with a catastrophic failure when the crack is 10 mm or wider. I /we need a possibility to prevent this kind of (very stupid) not-so-purpose-to-happend-accidents. *** Monowheels pilots =93 please do not ever fly far away w/o a lifting block. That is a sensation. Thanks for Mr. Dirk van Oyen from Belgium (first time in use a day after a Maiden Flight =93 that was 30.04.2007). *** Thanks for this wonderful chance to share and make my day. I have many topics to talk with you. Many questions to answer. Many things to do since the end of the last summer. I will come back. Thanks you are there. All of you. *** Specially Mr Kingsley from Oz and Mr Fred Klein from US. I am happy you are there. Cheers, Raimo Toivio Europa XS Mono OH-XRT #417 Updated flight hours /landings: 214,2 /418 37500 Lempaala FINLAND p +358-3-3753 777 f +358-3-3753 100 toivio@fly.to www.rwm.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.