---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 11/16/12: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 0. 12:17 AM - Who is Matt Dralle & What Are The Lists? (Matt Dralle) 1. 05:24 AM - Europa Classic Monowheel Fight Test Report (Jeffrey J Paris) 2. 05:49 AM - Re: Europa Classic Monowheel Fight Test Report (Max Cointe) 3. 08:18 AM - Re: heavy left wing (William McClellan) 4. 01:34 PM - Across UK Stanstead zone (graeme bird) ________________________________ Message 0 _____________________________________ Time: 12:17:03 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Europa-List: Who is Matt Dralle & What Are The Lists? Dear Listers, Who is Matt Dralle and what exactly are these Lists anyway? 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Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:24:18 AM PST US From: "Jeffrey J Paris" Subject: Europa-List: Europa Classic Monowheel Fight Test Report Europaphiles, =C2- Yesterday was a breakthrough day for myself and our Jabiru powered Europa Mo nowheel Classic kit #A012. =C2-After making some changes in the cowl my CH T issues have improved greatly enough for me to take the aircraft and to fin ally experience what can only be described as a delightful flying machine. =C2-I flew for 1.2 hours and took our "Gladys" (In honour of my English Gr andmother) up to 5000 feet to get more familiar with the handling characteri stics of the aircraft. =C2-I am pleased to report that I was able to trim the aircraft =C2-and fly hands off and the airplane flew like she was on a rail! =C2- In a best rate climb from 4000' to 5000' =C2-she climbed at 1600 fpm. =C2 -I also saw 126 knots indicated 123 ground at 2750 RPM burning 6.2 gallons an hour. =C2-Control forces are balanced and responsive. =C2-Slow fligh t, S-turns, turns around a point all very predictable. =C2-My landings are getting better and i'll leave it at that... =C2- Pulling the cowls today and going to give the aircraft a real close inspecti on and hopefully the weather and winds allow me to get up this weekend. =C2- Cheers, =C2- Jeff Paris N127ZP=C2- Rochester NY =C2-Williamson Sodus Airport, NY ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:49:44 AM PST US From: "Max Cointe" Subject: RE: Europa-List: Europa Classic Monowheel Fight Test Report Hi Jeff, Congratulations and Welcome to the club of Europa lovers! It=99s just the beginning of a long story I=99m sure J Max Cointe F-PMLH Europa_TriGear Kit #560 912ULS Airmaster 450 hours mcointe@free.fr ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:18:48 AM PST US From: William McClellan Subject: Re: Europa-List: heavy left wing Something to check for with your "heavy wing problem". I had a similar problem with my plane following a major wing repair, not my Europa but my Citabria. It sure seemed that one wing had notably more lift than the other. The incidence was equal wing to wing with no visible or measurable difference between wings but it would not fly straight without input pressure on stick and rudder, it wanted to roll. Because it seemed to be a wing problem, I proceeded to adjust the washout/washin to correct the difference in lift, this can be done with a high wing by adjusting the struts. I could get it to fly hand off but then one aileron was 1 inch up and the other down. Needless to say, I sure didn't like the stall characteristics with unequal washout. Scratching my head and deciding to look outside my box, the problem turned out to be a misinstalled tail wheel spring inputting rudder pressure to one side. This was not an intuitive place to look for me but it sure was the problem. Correcting the spring and rudder, it was then easy to get the plane tuned up and flying hands off straight and level. So you might check if your rudder linkage is inputting pressure to one side. Bill McClellan -----Original Message----- >From: AirEupora >Sent: Nov 15, 2012 5:36 PM >To: europa-list@matronics.com >Subject: Europa-List: heavy left wing > > >I have finally figured out my overheating problem with the Jabiru engine. Mostly it is the MGL EMS unit telling me that the engine is 36 C hotter than it really is. > >I have now been able to fly for longer times and distance and one of the first things that got my attention is the heavy left wing. The aileron tip is down about 1 to 1 1/2 inches is straight and level flight. The right is up about 1/4 to 1/2" . I had been thinking since I weight in at 250 pounds that was the cause, but today I added 150 pounds to the PAX seat, Sand Bags!. It helped, but not my much. > >Bud had sent a picture of adding a pencil to the bottom of the aileron. This bought the aileron up, but the turning increased. > >I'm thinking that I don't have enough lift on this wing or too much on the right wing. > >I remember reading a couple of months ago about making the flap stay down by placing a block on the up side of the slot. > >Is this really a good way to add lift to this wing? > >Or is there a better way? I remember when I set the Angle of Incidence and even took pictures of both sides. > >What do I do now? > > >Read this topic online here: > >http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=388012#388012 > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:34:31 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Across UK Stanstead zone From: "graeme bird" I used to frequently get permission to route across Luton, London City and even Heathrow (Ascott - Burnham) zones but haven't tried since the Olympics. 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