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1. 12:09 AM - Re: Flap Bracket Repaint advice? (spcialeffects)
2. 12:19 AM - Re: Airmaster AC200 Feather light on during flight (Max Cointe (Free))
3. 03:07 AM - Re: Preheating glass cloth (nigel_graham@m-tecque.co.uk)
4. 04:21 AM - Re: Airmaster AC200 Feather light on during flight (GBWFH2010)
5. 04:55 AM - Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures (Kingsley Hurst)
6. 07:34 AM - Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures (Robert Borger)
7. 08:51 AM - Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures (AirEupora)
8. 10:48 AM - Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Alan Carter)
9. 11:23 AM - Re: Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Robert Borger)
10. 11:41 AM - Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures (rampil)
11. 01:05 PM - Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Alan Carter)
12. 01:20 PM - Re: Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Robert Borger)
13. 03:30 PM - Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Alan Carter)
14. 06:42 PM - Re: Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 (Robert Borger)
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| Subject: | Re: Flap Bracket Repaint advice? |
I am having as much paint work of metal parts powder coated as this gives a harder
wearing finish, even parts that I have alocromed before hand.
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| Subject: | Airmaster AC200 Feather light on during flight |
Hi there,
To me this is normal as the controller tries permanently to adjust the pitch
and lights just indicate the way it moves. At least it's how our's works!
You can also refer to the user's guide or contact your local Airmaster rep.
Cheers,
Max Cointe
mcointe@free.fr
F-PMLH Europa XS_TriGear
Kit #560-2003 912ULS/AirmasterAP332 450 hours
F-PLDJ DynAro MCR 4S
Kit #27-2002 912ULSFR/MTProp MTV7A 1550 heures
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] De la part de Tim Ward
Envoy: mercredi 22 mai 2013 21:49
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Objet: Re: Europa-List: Airmaster AC200 Feather light on during flight
Hi Gordon,
If the prop is operating within its optimum range than the feather green
light should definitely not be flickering on.
The other flickering lights indicate which way the propeller is adjusting
to fine the best pitch to optimize the performance. Green light is the prop
is going to a finer pitch and the yellow light means it is trying to find a
coarser pitch.
Martin at Airmaster will be able to help. Contact him via the Airmaster web
site.
Maybe a connection problem. Does the RPM change with the feather light on?
If not then it is an indication problem.
Cheers,
Tim
Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street
Fendalton,
Christchurch, 8052
New Zealand.
ward.t@xtra.co.nz
Ph 64 3 3515166
Mob 0210640221
On 23/05/2013, at 6:16 AM, "GBWFH2010" <gaxuk2001@gmail.com> wrote:
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> When flying today the Airmaster propeller appeared to function perfectly,
however every so often at seemingly random intervals the green FEATHER lamp
would light for one or two seconds and then extinguish. The propeller did
not attempt to feather but it is somewhat disconcerting to see this
illuminated.
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> What I did notice was a very slight flickering of all the instrument
needles. Could this be coincidence or is this linked to the spurious prop
indication? I have checked all the earthing on the aircraft and could not
find any obvious fault.
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problem and what I should check?
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| Subject: | Re: Preheating glass cloth |
Tony, ideally you need to aim to achieve a stable working environment
(workshop and airframe) temperature of around 25c.
Both the resin and the cloth benefit from storage in warm dry
conditions. If the cloth is old or has been left in a damp atmosphere,
the sizing deteriorates with a result that it will not wet-out properly,
you will recognise this by the white "dry" areas within the filaments of
the laminate. That is why the build manual recommends heating the cloth
storage cabinet with a low wattage light bulb.
If in any doubt, buy some new cloth (and never fold it as the crease
will "set").
Trying to wet-laminate with viscous resin is a pain and usually results
in heavy "resin-rich" laminations, you can warm it to thin it, but this
reduces its pot life -- also a pain. Most of my experience has been with
the SP Systems (now Gurit) resin and I found that the slower hardener
was far less viscous, giving the double benefit of a longer working-time
and much more satisfying to work with. Check the West Systems datasheets
to see if less viscous hardeners are available.
Lastly, if you need to use localised heat, do so with care. The gentle
warmth from a hair dryer is fine but the vicious heat from a hot-air gun
or paint-stripper will almost certainly destroy or distort the
work-piece. At best it can cause localised exothermic reactions, which
will render the job unusable.
The trick is to prepare everything the day before - warm the workshop,
lay out everything you need. When you've finished, drop the brush into a
pot of vinegar (much cheaper than Acetone) and just leave everything
alone (don't attempt to clean up - you'll just spread the goo over
everything. Just walk away. The next day when everything had dried, you
can clean up easily.
Good luck!
Nigel
On 22/05/2013 23:26, Tony Renshaw wrote:
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>> Hi, I'm laying up here in Sydney in temperatures that have recently tu
rned towards our winter. I'm using West Systems which already does not we
t out the cloth as well as the SP Systems, and has a shorter pot life, al
beit in warmer weather. I'm preheating the job area, the Lift Pin externa
l reinforcement lay ups, and mixing the resin and hardener under workshop
spotlights that generate a lot of localised heat. The glass cloth though
is cold, and I am wondering about placing it in foil in the oven to heat
it up pre layup. I even thought of microwaving it, when my wife isn't at
home. Any thoughts on the wisdom or otherwise of doing this? I want to m
ake the cold cloth as conducive as possible to allow ingress of the resin
into the individual fibres of a single thread, as I occasionally have ha
d some small splinter strait ions in these layups that appear to be micro
dry areas along certain fibres, but the matrix between them is fully wet
ted out. Thanks in anticipation.
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| Subject: | Re: Airmaster AC200 Feather light on during flight |
Thank you for you replies. Just to confirm the FINE/COARSE green/amber indicators
seem to be working correctly as the propeller adjusts in flight.
I have been in contact with Martin at Airmaster and he has suggested cleaning the
slip rings and checking the brushes, which has been done recently but I will
do again. Also, he suggested it could be a faulty feather microswitch and I
have some additional tests to perform.
It could well be the controller is misinterpreting the signals, but this will be
more difficult to prove. Of course there could well be an underlying electrical
problem (I have a Rotax 912 UL), but I can't find anything obvious.
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Gordon Grant
G-BWFH
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| Subject: | Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures |
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> FWIW, my XS Trigear conversion with 914, Airmaster 332 straight blades, has been
doing ........
Thanks Bob. Hope everything is going well with you. Must be a hard decision deciding
which aircraft to fly!
Best regards
Kingsley
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| Subject: | Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures |
Hi Kingsley,
Things going reasonably well. Not difficult at all to decide right now. The Toot
is still under construction. I hope to have it ready to fly to Oshkosh in
2014.
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 May 23, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Kingsley Hurst <kingsnjan@westnet.com.au> wrote:
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> FWIW, my XS Trigear conversion with 914, Airmaster 332 straight blades, has been
doing ........
Thanks Bob. Hope everything is going well with you. Must be a hard decision deciding
which aircraft to fly!
Best regards
Kingsley
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| Subject: | Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures |
When I had the FAA inspect my plane I used the 1370 as the Utility weight and the
1450 as the Normal Utility weight. I used the attached letter as the basis
for the 1450 weight.
In the Utility category I can do the acrobatic maneuvers that I have demo during
Phase I flight.
My empty Weight is 974lbs
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Hi Bob.
Have you heard the dread full news of what happened over here.
300$ is 200
so it about 100 cheaper.
Alan
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Alan,
Yes, it's all over the news here. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/23/brave-woman-tried-to-reason-with-london-attackers/
Really ugly thing to happen.
So, your cost in is about the same as our cost in $? That sucks.
Do you think it would be worthwhile for someone to purchase it over here and then
send it on? I'm sure you'd have to pay import duties, etc.
Or, if you know someone coming over who could hand-carry it back?
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop.
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger@mac.com
On May 23, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Alan Carter <alancarteresq@onetel.net> wrote:
Hi Bob.
Have you heard the dread full news of what happened over here.
300$ is 200
so it about 100 cheaper.
Alan
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| Subject: | Re: Monowheel to trigear conversion - figures |
My Europa (A224) is one of those with a registered gross weight of 1450 Lbs.
The procedure was quite simple: after Discussion with Andy, Russell, and Bud, I
simply entered that number in the Program letter / Op Limits
document. It was not based on destructive testing, nor was it required to be.
I expect the GW of 1450 will be useful when I add the Glider wings in a few months.
Sadly, I do not expect the 9 yr flying experience of a US-registered AC to
be of use in the UK.
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Ira N224XS
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Hi Bob.
Wrote to my MP about three months ago, he did not bother to answer,
They live on a different plant, total wast of time.
I do know a pilot that fly,s to the states, but not the thing you find around the
airport.
I will try a second hand suppler first, see how i get on.
Its the right mag, so know from my posts it one of the 2 front coils,
Last time i swapped top to bottom, sod of a job, rotax manual , split and remove
inlet manifold to get at the nuts and bolts, crazy design, did that.
Then discovered little fingers and ball ended allen keys and a lot of cursing.
This time buy new mag , tape it in, connect supply and HT leads, start and test.
its one of the two.
Any comments you can think of,
Regards.
Alan
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Alan,
If your pilot bud comes through the DFW area and you have sufficient notice, time
for me to order and receive one, I can meet him with the module.
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 May 23, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Alan Carter <alancarteresq@onetel.net> wrote:
Hi Bob.
Wrote to my MP about three months ago, he did not bother to answer,
They live on a different plant, total wast of time.
I do know a pilot that fly,s to the states, but not the thing you find around the
airport.
I will try a second hand suppler first, see how i get on.
Its the right mag, so know from my posts it one of the 2 front coils,
Last time i swapped top to bottom, sod of a job, rotax manual , split and remove
inlet manifold to get at the nuts and bolts, crazy design, did that.
Then discovered little fingers and ball ended allen keys and a lot of cursing.
This time buy new mag , tape it in, connect supply and HT leads, start and test.
its one of the two.
Any comments you can think of,
Regards.
Alan
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Thanks Bob,
Dallas, i don.t know, that,s very kind of you, i will ask him ,
It would be a BA 747 , but i will give the second hand route a go first.
Alan.
PS, My new Permit came through today, now have the clamps on and the cir clips
and wires fitted, will be writing about it on the Europa Form when i get time.
did i send you photo,s ?
Alan
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| Subject: | Re: Right mag drop and rought running on 914 |
Alan,
Good luck. I hope you can work something out. If not, the alternate is always
there.
No, you have not sent photos. Please do.
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 May 23, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Alan Carter <alancarteresq@onetel.net> wrote:
Thanks Bob,
Dallas, i don.t know, that,s very kind of you, i will ask him ,
It would be a BA 747 , but i will give the second hand route a go first.
Alan.
PS, My new Permit came through today, now have the clamps on and the cir clips
and wires fitted, will be writing about it on the Europa Form when i get time.
did i send you photo,s ?
Alan
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