---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/13/17: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:26 PM - Re: MOD sheets? (clivesutton) 2. 02:34 PM - Mouse in mono (graeme bird) 3. 02:54 PM - Re: Mouse in mono (Karl Heindl) 4. 03:00 PM - Re: Mouse in mono (Robert Borger) 5. 04:16 PM - Re: Mouse in mono (jonathanmilbank) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:26:56 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: MOD sheets? From: "clivesutton" Hi Nev, many thanks for your reply - i've emailed you a reply direct/off list Clive Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467255#467255 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:34:54 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Mouse in mono From: "graeme bird" Found some droppings on the passenger shelf in my mono and a bit of head set nibbled, just cant fathom how it could have got in there. No issues for 5 + years n the hangar. Anyone else had this occur? -------- Graeme Bird G-UMPY - Mono Classic/XS FFW 912S, Woodcomp 3000/3W CS, trutrak Gemini 2 axis ap, pflarm, ads-b out, 8.33khz, mode S, FP 5, Aera500 & SD on Nexus, 250 hours & 4 years on the Mono, 880 total g(at)gdbmk.co.uk Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467259#467259 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:54:11 PM PST US From: Karl Heindl Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mouse in mono I can do one better than that: had a (I think) squirrel's nest under the ba ggage area, where one must have been hibernating for the winter inside my g arage. Was quite a job to clear that out. Also, before I had a cockpit cover, parked at the airport, I found a bird's nest with young ones on top of the oil reservoir. ________________________________ From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com on behalf of graeme bird Sent: 13 March 2017 21:34:12 Subject: Europa-List: Mouse in mono Found some droppings on the passenger shelf in my mono and a bit of head se t nibbled, just cant fathom how it could have got in there. No issues for 5 -------- Graeme Bird G-UMPY - Mono Classic/XS FFW 912S, Woodcomp 3000/3W CS, trutrak Gemini 2 a xis ap, pflarm, ads-b out, 8.33khz, mode S, FP 5, Aera500 & SD on Nexus , 250 hours & 4 years on the Mono, 880 total g(at)gdbmk.co.uk Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=467259#467259 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:00:10 PM PST US From: Robert Borger Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mouse in mono Graeme, When my Europa was still a mono I had some mouse incursions. They have no problem climbing up the mono and into the fuselage. Once in there, they can get into the cockpit through any number of ways. They are able to squeeze through very small openings. Openings which you would never think a mouse could go through. Depending on the configuration of your rudder and sternpost, they may enter through the tail as well. I initially solved my problem through the use of poison placed at the corners of the hangar door along the walls. It is the first thing they encounter when they enter. I can see when the poison blocks have been chewed upon. This specific poison block causes the mouse or rat to become very thirsty so they depart the premises in search of water and die elsewhere. I don=99t like poison, but it was that or traps. There=99s no way to seal the main door to keep rodents out. The final solution was when I converted to tri. No way they can get in to the aircraft now. But I still worry about them climbing the nose gear and getting into the engine where they can wreak havoc with wiring and hose. Blue skies & tailwinds, Bob Borger Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop (75 hrs). Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP 3705 Lynchburg Dr. Corinth, TX 76208-5331 Cel: 817-992-1117 rlborger@mac.com On Mar 13, 2017, at 4:34 PM, graeme bird wrote: Found some droppings on the passenger shelf in my mono and a bit of head set nibbled, just cant fathom how it could have got in there. No issues for 5 + years n the hangar. Anyone else had this occur? -------- Graeme Bird G-UMPY - Mono Classic/XS FFW 912S, Woodcomp 3000/3W CS, trutrak Gemini 2 axis ap, pflarm, ads-b out, 8.33khz, mode S, FP 5, Aera500 & SD on Nexus, 250 hours & 4 years on the Mono, 880 total ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:16:35 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Mouse in mono From: "jonathanmilbank" Back in the day when my Classic was still a mono and worse still had to be parked outside under covers, I discovered a rodent nest consisting of grass and blue foam pieces next to the fuel cock in the tunnel. The little blighter seemingly gained access by shinning up the outrigger leg, or the rope connecting the outrigger hinge to the ground anchor, scampered along the aileron push-rod tunnel while appreciating the abundance of blue nesting material under its paws and selected a convenient central location to set up residence. By the time that I became aware of its property development scheme, a considerable excavation in the blue foam had been achieved about halfway along the push-rod tunnel. However the furry squatter must have scarpered, perhaps while the aircraft was in flight, so I was never able to give it a piece of my mind. The repair involved removing the wing to gain access by means of "keyhole surgery" techniques and the underside of the wing still has a slight ripple in the skin, bearing witness to an unintended slight exotherm from resin too generously applied using a home-made bamboo syringe. You have my sympathy and may I propose that you adopt the best solution to any Europa's ills, by fitting three "training wheels". 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