---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 06/24/12: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:38 AM - Re: Re: Contact detail & Help (Frans Veldman) 2. 03:39 AM - Bonding on the Fuselage Top (Dave Moore) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:38:23 AM PST US From: Frans Veldman Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Contact detail & Help On 06/23/2012 12:01 AM, Bud Yerly wrote: > Lovely design... Thanks! > However, my comments are based on an installation that is stock. Takes > 40 hours from openning the box to engine fully installed and ready for > start and is reapeatable with only the parts in the box. My solution would be even faster to build, if they would change the contents of the box of course. It puzzles me why the contents of the box has not been changed long time ago, when people started to complain about inadequate cooling. > Many do not care to have any auto systems such as heat exchangers which > may malfunction. There is no auto system involved. The heat exchanger is just two fluid channels thermo coupled to each other. No moving parts, no electronic parts, just similar to a radiator, but now with two fluid channels instead of one fluid and one gas channel. > By all means, an extra hundred hours and cost will get you those extra 9 > knots. It just costs money and time. This argument is silly. Then why applying a finish on the airplane and not painting the raw fabric? It just costs money and time to apply a finish, for only 9 knots of speed or so. 9 knots of speed: 1) The difference between a mono and tri gear. 2) equals to 10% fuel savings when flying with equal speeds. 10% fuel saving means: 1) About 10% lower operational costs. 2) About 5 Kg's (10 lbs) of weight saving for the same flying distance because you need to carry less fuel. 3) A 10% larger range on a full tank. > The airplane is 20,000 compromises flying in close formation....Choose > your changes wisely. If I wanted a stock airplane and didn't care about speed, I would probably be flying a Cessna 152. Frans ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:39:17 AM PST US From: "Dave Moore" Subject: Europa-List: Bonding on the Fuselage Top Hi, One of the most useful tips I was given when bonding on the fuselage top was to make a bundle of "bent hair clips" from fencing wire, i.e. 2-3 mm diameter wire. The clips can be clipped onto the flange of the fuselage top at intervals of about 300 to 400 mm, so that when the top is lowered onto the Reduxed flange of the fuselage bottom, the Redux is not wiped off. See attached photograph. As soon as the fuselage halves are together, the clips are removed and the cleco-ing / self-tapping commenced. Works an absolute treat. The other tips already offered are spot on - icing sugar bags to pipe the Redux on. Mix the Redux in modest batches, i.e. half a disposable plastic cup full at a time, definitely at least a two-person job, but pretty straightforward. Enjoy...! Regards, Dave Dave Moore Mono 550 24 North Square Aberdeen AB11 5DX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.