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1. 01:21 AM - Re: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel (Steven Pitt)
2. 01:33 AM - Re: Mod 73 (jonathanmilbank)
3. 06:22 AM - Re: Fixed Aileron Trim Tab (phillik747)
4. 10:44 AM - Re: Fixed Aileron Trim Tab (Alan Carter)
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| Subject: | Re: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel |
Tim,
If you have the plastic ends to your struts then Europa have metal ends
as replacements. Mine work fine after the change.
Regards
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: houlihan
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel
You Devil You !!
Hi Nev.
Any news on the tin filler pipe for the classic ?
I am looking for real world advice about the cockpit door gas struts,
mine is the very original system and now the passenger door strut is
starting to pop off so I need to fix it, what is the best way forward ?
regards
Tim
On 1 October 2012 21:08, Neville Eyre <neveyre@aol.com> wrote:
With no tube, and only 18psi in the tyre, I would be concerned the
tyre might pop the bead if presented with any sort of side
load....................... just being the Devil's advocate..........
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Churchill-Coleman <richard.churchill-coleman@sky.com>
To: europa-list <europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:49
Subject: RE: Europa-List: beringer wheel & brake for monowheel
For those who expressed an interest in the Beringer system weight
saving, I asked the UK agent, Brad Goodfellow of Pioneer Aircraft UK
(through whom I have bought a kit) if he could set out the
manufacturer's calculations for the weight saving. I don't have the
comparisons to hand that others have posted on the forum to do a
comparison, but the figures that Brad gave me and asked me to post on
the forum are as follows (in kg) and Brad was keen to emphasise that his
experience of Beringer is that they are meticulous in calculating their
weight saving statistics, with a large chunk of the savings here coming
from a heavy inner tube which is now redundant:
Beringer Original Europa System
Rim
7.85
10.58
Disc
Tyre 7.00-6=94 AirTrac 6 Ply 7.00-6=94 Condor 6 Ply
Tube NO TUBE TUBE
Caliper
0.78
Fixing Plate
Axle
0.85
1.36
Washers
Total 8.7 Total 12.72
Brad's details are below and he is happy to be contacted if anyone
has follow on queries:
Brad Goodfellow
Managing Director Pioneer Aircraft Ltd
Tel: +44 1873 851116
Mob: +44 7851 287662
Email: brad@pioneer.aero
Website: www.pioneer.aero
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My Europa Classic mono-wheel has been flying for 15 years since I completed building
it and all mandatory mods are up-to-date.
The answer to your question is "Yes, no doubt at all, lengthen the holes circumferentially
in both the top and bottom of the torque tube".
A tip I can offer is to use two little pieces of tape (masking tape perhaps) to
stick on to the torque tube a couple of millimetres beyond the edge of the original
round pip-pin hole. The edges of the tape pieces will give you a reference
limit up to which to file the elongations.
Having done the filing and before removing the bits of tape, check with the pip-pin
inserted that it will move all the way along the elongated hole up to touch
the edges of the tape pieces. If it doesn't, the radius of the elongations
is too small and a little more filing will be needed.
The mod is an excellent conception in that a ridge/step/joggle is created to obstruct
the edge of the bush should it become dis-bonded, so that the tailplane
cannot slide span-wise off it. I've seen this put to the test recently and I'm
convinced that provided the pin is properly inserted, then that potential catastrophe
can't happen.
Even so and before this mod was issued, I had bonded a little piece of plywood
into the bottom of each pip-pin recess on the inboard sides, butting against the
pip-pin heads so that it would be impossible for the tailplane to migrate span-wise
in the event of a bush dis-bonding.
Talk about belts and braces !
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| Subject: | Re: Fixed Aileron Trim Tab |
Alan,
My plane is still in the process of being built so I haven't the real-world experience
with this fix. If you look at the photo in the link it is showing the
flap tube on the port side of the aircraft. You will see this when you remove
the wings. The next photo shows the flap adjustment screw. By adding a shim
to the tube or the inside of the rear bulkhead of the lower baggage bay (the
part that comes in contact with the flap tube) you are forcing the port flap to
not retract all the way. This would cause an increase in lift on the port side.
From what I understand it doesn't take much since the flap is so large compared
to the aileron.
Just my thoughts here, again no experience. The screw is probably a better solution
for tuning the amount of deflection needed due to just adjusting the amount
the screw protrudes and rests on the flap tube verses adding shims.
If I were you, just taking ownership of a finished aircraft, Id follow Buds instructions
from step 1 (found on the link above). Try to determine what is causing
the right yaw movement and see if there is a more efficient fix before creating
more drag the counter the other.
Kyle
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Kyle
Europa Tri-gear (under construction)
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| Subject: | Re: Fixed Aileron Trim Tab |
Thanks Kyle.
Hope your building is going well.
I will have a look at the flap bar next time i am up at the field, I see the photo,s
now, Think this Flap adjustment screw is a mod and not on my aircraft, and
it would would work well, but a shim stuck there would be easier i guess.
If it all looks to complicated i will fix a tab at least it will hold the wings
level.
All the best
Alan
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