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1. 01:27 AM - Trailer (John Wighton)
2. 02:29 AM - Re: Engine Bolts (Kingsley Hurst)
3. 03:14 AM - Re: Engine Bolts (John Wighton)
4. 03:40 AM - Re: Trailer (Roland)
5. 05:03 AM - Re: Re: Engine Bolts (Martin Tuck)
6. 11:42 AM - Re: Nose Wheel Bearing (Alan Carter)
7. 01:11 PM - Re: Engine Bolts (John Wighton)
8. 01:33 PM - flap deflection question (Rowland Carson)
9. 03:49 PM - Re: Re: Engine Bolts (Martin Tuck)
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Roland,
Have you details/drawings of the trailer? Or details of the supplier?
My Europa is based at EGSL in a new steel hangar with 7 other aircraft, it is very
nice but also costly (GBP225+20%VAT per month) making it the most significant
fixed/variable cost. In a typical year (50 hours) this amounts to GBP64.80
of the total hourly cost.
Ideally l would trailer the aircraft from Oct to Apr each year and use the hangar
at other times. But such is the demand for hangarage in Essex this option
is not possible (l waited nearly 2 years for a hangar space) unless l parked it
outside in the summer.
Regards
John
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John Wighton
Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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Subject: | Re: Engine Bolts |
Martin,
I inserted mine from the rear. SO much easier as you suggest. Have to wonder why
it wasn't called out in the manual??
Best regards
Kingsley in Oz.
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> On 9 Apr 2015, at 11:55 am, Martin Tuck <MJKTuck@cs.com> wrote:
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> I'm changing out the rubber engine mounts and performing Mo 72. I had a terrible
job getting the split pins out of the two lower engine mounting bolts. I was
thinking, is there anything preventing me from reinstalling these lower bolts
backwards so I can easily get the split pins back in? Good idea or not advisable?
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Subject: | Re: Engine Bolts |
Martin,
There should be no structural reason why the bolt needs to be aligned in a particular
direction, as they are fore-aft the 'normal' convention (for vertical bolts)
does not apply.
Reading the manual (XS 912 installation) it states that the AN5-41 should be mounted
lower two pointing forward and upper two pointing aft. This applies to
the MT05 mount.
But for the Classic with the MT01 mount the orientation shows the lower bolts as
pointing aft.
Regards
John
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John Wighton
Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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Hi John,
it's the same at my homebase EDLE - 340 incl. tax/month.
My trailer is from Anschau in Germany http://www.anschau.de/englishversion.htm
It was originally built for a MCR 01, then modified for a Dallach Fascination when
I bought it (for 7000 ) and then converted (for another 4000 ) for my Europa
by the factory. Axel Anschau is also prepared to design a purpose fit trailer
from scratch for the Europa and I guess the basic price for a similar model
is about 16-17k . That sounds expensive first but the trailer pays off in a few
years.
Rigging and de-rigging is extra effort but on the other hand one avoids hangar
rash and is completely autarkic also when doing maintenance at home or transporting
the plane anywhere independent of the weather when needed.
Bob Harrison (G-PTAG) and Steve Pitt (G-SMDH) also have closed trailers in the
UK.
Regards
Roland
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Subject: | Re: Engine Bolts |
Thanks John, they must have changed the manual at some point. I would have used
the first set of instructions ( pre-official manual).
Martin
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> On Apr 9, 2015, at 5:14 AM, John Wighton <john@wighton.net> wrote:
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> Martin,
> There should be no structural reason why the bolt needs to be aligned in a particular
direction, as they are fore-aft the 'normal' convention (for vertical
bolts) does not apply.
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> Reading the manual (XS 912 installation) it states that the AN5-41 should be
mounted lower two pointing forward and upper two pointing aft. This applies to
the MT05 mount.
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> But for the Classic with the MT01 mount the orientation shows the lower bolts
as pointing aft.
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> Regards
> John
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> John Wighton
> Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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Subject: | Re: Nose Wheel Bearing |
Hi Bud,
Change of topic, I am not a builder but I look closely how things are made, and
I will say I think I could have made a better job of some design components.
I have 25000 hour and are not going to damage anyone's aeroplane by giving it a
little wiggle, which I have found a number of common wear and tear, just little
things like the wear In the stablator hinges, and plastic cups on the control
arm. seems to wear more on the port side.
Wish some one produced a list of common wear in components one could check.
However I have also noticed on a few planes a small hair line crack some Europa's
have it on both sides and some one only one side, running up from the corner
of the fusalarge of wear the spare slides into the fuselage, I would say it
just a crack in the jell coat and of no structural relevants caused by flexing
of the skin,
Have you come across this before.
Regards
Alan
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Subject: | Re: Engine Bolts |
Martin,
They are all online now.
See: http://www.europa-aircraft.com/assistance/manuals.php
Regards,
John
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John Wighton
Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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Subject: | flap deflection question |
I spent most of today fiddling with the flap actuating pushrod, trying to get an
acceptable range of movement in the flaps. Eventually got to the state where
the port flap was travelling 26.3 degrees and the starboard one 26.9 degrees.
They both looked pretty well-aligned with the wing/flap template when retracted.
I wondered if this is an acceptable amount of differential.
Then I thought I ought to check the movement with the outrigger legs fitted. After
fitting them, the extended angles of both flaps are closely similar to those
recorded before I fitted the outriggers, but the retracted positions are both
drooping somewhat. The travel now is 25.3 degrees (port) and 26.0 degrees (starboard).
Pushing down on the outrigger legs causes the flaps to droop a bit more, and pulling
up on them allows the flaps to adopt the previously-observed fully retracted
position.
I think I have assembled the outrigger mechanism correctly and the outrigger legs
are locking down very securely. Is there something I might have missed that
causes this droop? Will air loads pull the flaps into the fully retracted position
when aloft? What, if anything, can (or should) I do about it?
All input welcomed.
in friendship
Rowland
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Subject: | Re: Engine Bolts |
Thanks John, never knew they were there!
All the best,
Martin
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> Regards,
> John
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> John Wighton
> Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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