---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 04/05/12: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:40 AM - Re: The Europa Club Membership Subscriptions (Brian Davies) 2. 09:22 AM - New Europa owner (phillik747) 3. 09:28 AM - Re: New Europa owner (jimpuglise@comcast.net) 4. 11:08 AM - Re: New Europa owner (Robert Borger) 5. 11:26 AM - trim link rod fouling sevo bellcrank (Rowland Carson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:40:14 AM PST US From: "Brian Davies" Subject: RE: Europa-List: The Europa Club Membership Subscriptions Hi Mike, Anyone who paid in advance is a winner! There is no need to make an extra payment. Regards Brian From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Michael Davies Sent: 05 April 2012 06:41 Subject: Re: Europa-List: The Europa Club Membership Subscriptions Hi Brian You may recall last year I made two payments for subs. does this mean I need to pay =A310.00p for this years subs Best Regards Mike On Apr 2, 2012 9:37 PM, "Brian Davies" wrote: The Europa Club Annual Membership Subscriptions Europa Club members who pay their annual subs by credit card, using our online service, will be aware that the system is not working at the moment. The payment system resided on our old Europa Club website and the hosting service was withdrawn without warning and before we were able to build a new system that would reside on our new website www.theeuropaclub.org We have encountered technical difficulties in getting the payment system back on line and it could take some weeks to finalise and test the new hosting arrangements. In view of this I am asking all members who normally pay online by credit card to hang on to their money for a few weeks. I will send out another e-mail to notify you when you can make your payments. We are also developing a Paypal member subscriptions system that will act as a fall-back if the technical problems persist. Just a little reminder - the annual subs are now =A325. Best regards Brian Davies Membership Secretary The Europa Club arget="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Europa-List tp://forums.matronics.com _blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:22:44 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: New Europa owner From: "phillik747" Just wanted to stop by and say I have joined the ranks of Europa owners and recently purchased an Europa kit that has been in the building process form around 2000. It was tucked away in a hanger in FL. I hope to get her flying in a couple of years. Right now she is a monowheel but I will be turning her into a tri-gear soon. I already have the tri-gear kit minus a few parts (MG02, main gear sockets, and some nose gear fork components). I'll be also looking for a 912USL soon. A little of my background, I'm Kim Prout's nephew and helped him build N111EU back in '96. Flew to Oshkosh and meet Ivan Shaw there where he picked up the some of the first new tail wheels for conversions. I have spent many hours in 111EU and fell in love with her. It was amazing and a huge learning experience to watch my Uncle and Grandpa come up with ideas while building 111EU. I'm an ERAU graduate that flew in the Navy for a few years and now hopes to return to the air soon. Kyle Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=370097#370097 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:28:38 AM PST US From: jimpuglise@comcast.net Subject: Re: Europa-List: New Europa owner Kyle- Welcome to the group. One of the greatest advantages of the Europa is our Builder Community. I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as you will your airplane. Glad to have you. Jim Puglise N283JL Punta Gorda, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "phillik747" Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 12:21:21 PM Subject: Europa-List: New Europa owner Just wanted to stop by and say I have joined the ranks of Europa owners and recently purchased an Europa kit that has been in the building process form around 2000. It was tucked away in a hanger in FL. I hope to get her flying in a couple of years. Right now she is a monowheel but I will be turning her into a tri-gear soon. I already have the tri-gear kit minus a few parts (MG02, main gear sockets, and some nose gear fork components). I'll be also looking for a 912USL soon. A little of my background, I'm Kim Prout's nephew and helped him build N111EU back in '96. Flew to Oshkosh and meet Ivan Shaw there where he picked up the some of the first new tail wheels for conversions. I have spent many hours in 111EU and fell in love with her. It was amazing and a huge learning experience to watch my Uncle and Grandpa come up with ideas while building 111EU. I'm an ERAU graduate that flew in the Navy for a few years and now hopes to return to the air soon. Kyle Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=370097#370097 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:08:05 AM PST US Subject: Re: Europa-List: New Europa owner From: Robert Borger Kyle, Welcome to the Europa group. With your background, you will probably be providing as much assistance to us as we provide to you. Keep us posted on your progress. Or, better yet, set up a build web site on EuropaOwners.org so we can follow your progress. Hope to see you at Rough River or KOSH one of these years. Blue skies & tailwinds, Bob Borger Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop. Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP 3705 Lynchburg Dr. Corinth, TX 76208-5331 Cel: 817-992-1117 rlborger@mac.com On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:21 AM, phillik747 wrote: Just wanted to stop by and say I have joined the ranks of Europa owners and recently purchased an Europa kit that has been in the building process form around 2000. It was tucked away in a hanger in FL. I hope to get her flying in a couple of years. Right now she is a monowheel but I will be turning her into a tri-gear soon. I already have the tri-gear kit minus a few parts (MG02, main gear sockets, and some nose gear fork components). I'll be also looking for a 912USL soon. A little of my background, I'm Kim Prout's nephew and helped him build N111EU back in '96. Flew to Oshkosh and meet Ivan Shaw there where he picked up the some of the first new tail wheels for conversions. I have spent many hours in 111EU and fell in love with her. It was amazing and a huge learning experience to watch my Uncle and Grandpa come up with ideas while building 111EU. I'm an ERAU graduate that flew in the Navy for a few years and now hopes to return to the air soon. Kyle ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:26:28 AM PST US From: Rowland Carson Subject: Europa-List: trim link rod fouling sevo bellcrank Just finished filing out the slots in the side of the fuselage moulding for the trim link rod to connect to the trim tab drive pins. I was gradually driving the servo from one end of its travel to the other while filing to ensure the slot is OK for all combinations of stick position and trim setting. I am worried to discover that the fork of the servo actuating rod connected to the end of the trim bellcrank TS03 is contacting the trim link rod TS05 when full up trim and full up elevator are applied simultaneously. I observed these metics. Holding the tailplane at full up (about 14 degrees up from the neutral position in-line with the fuselage fairings) and driving the trim servo from neutral towards full up, results in the plastic fork making contact with the trim link rod as soon as the "full up trim" LED lights. If I let it run on, the trim motor slows slightly, sounding a bit distressed (guess how I found this problem!) and the bellcrank mounting trunnions and top of the aft bulkhead start to distort slightly. Driving the servo to full up trim with the tailplanes full down allows the trim to reach its end stop without distress. Now if the tailplanes are raised towards full up, the servo rod fork makes contact with the link rod at about 11 degrees up from neutral. Trying to move it beyond that causes visible movement of the aft bulkhead where the servo is mounted. I am attaching a couple of pictures to show the situation with full up trim set - first one (p1040971_small.jpg) shows how it looks with the tailplane TE nearly full up and the second (p1040973_small.jpg) shows it with the tailplane TE full down (rest position, as no mass balance installed yet). I did check carefully that the servo travel was correct with respect to the damper slot in the bellcrank mounting trunnions, and I used the template for positioning the trunnions according to the manual. Can anyone advise me what to do about this? 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