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1. 12:54 AM - Re: Europa Cowl Resin (Remi Guerner)
2. 04:36 AM - Re: Re: Europa Cowl Resin (Kingsley Hurst)
3. 04:45 AM - For those of us worried about co... (William Daniell)
4. 04:55 AM - Re: For those of us worried about co... (Alan Burrill)
5. 10:12 AM - Re: Re: Europa Cowl Resin (Fred Klein)
6. 03:57 PM - Re: Europa Cowl Resin (Nigel Graham)
7. 05:22 PM - Re: Re: Europa Cowl Resin (Pete)
8. 05:30 PM - New Owner of a 2001 Europa XS (Robert Piskorski)
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| Subject: | Re: Europa Cowl Resin |
I remember reading somewere that non structural parts of the XS, including the
cowling, were made of polyester, not epoxy. I also suppose a high temperature
stuff is needed for those parts. Has anyone the right answer?
Remi
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| Subject: | Re: Europa Cowl Resin |
Thank you Pete and Frank and yes Frank, I do have the Classic cowls.
Strangely, the inside of my cowls are still a nice pale green colour with no
yellowing like other parts of the airframe. I have always been of the
opinion they might have some phenolic base in them and when I have cut them,
I reckon it smelt very much like polyester.
Thanks again men . . . . onwards and hopefully Upwards!
Kingsley
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| Subject: | For those of us worried about co... |
I was looking at a friend's sport cruiser. The "heater" is just engine
compartment air straight through a hole in the firewall.
Will
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| Subject: | Re: For those of us worried about co... |
Doesnt that compromise the purpose of the firewall as well?
Alan
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> On 28 Oct 2017, at 12:43, William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I was looking at a friend's sport cruiser. The "heater" is just engine compartment
air straight through a hole in the firewall.
> Will
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| Subject: | Re: Europa Cowl Resin |
> On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:35 AM, Kingsley Hurst <kingsnjan@westnet.com.au>
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> I have always been of the opinion they might have some phenolic base
in them and when I have cut them, I reckon it smelt very much like
polyester.
KingsleyI believe you=99re correct but have no way to
confirmF.
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| Subject: | Re: Europa Cowl Resin |
Remi is correct. All the grey coloured components supplied with the original kit
(cowls, doors, "D" panel and the speed kit) were manufactured with woven glass
and polyester resin.
If you need a heat tolerant polyester resin for cowling mods, use a "tooling" grade
product. These are designed to withstand autoclave temperatures and have
minimal shrink characteristics. I use "Optimould".
Hope this helps
Nigel
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| Subject: | Re: Europa Cowl Resin |
Thnks for that info! That means any door strut mods need to be done in poly and
not epoxy then? I've not heard that to date....or maybe i wasnt listening ;)
Cheers and thx,
Pete
> On Oct 28, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Nigel Graham <nigel_graham@m-tecque.co.uk> wrote:
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> Remi is correct. All the grey coloured components supplied with the original
kit (cowls, doors, "D" panel and the speed kit) were manufactured with woven glass
and polyester resin.
> If you need a heat tolerant polyester resin for cowling mods, use a "tooling"
grade product. These are designed to withstand autoclave temperatures and have
minimal shrink characteristics. I use "Optimould".
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> Hope this helps
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| Subject: | New Owner of a 2001 Europa XS |
Hello,
I=99m new to this forum and new to the Europa. Looking for
individual/s who know and/or fly the Europa XS Tri Gear in Arizona area.
As a new owner of a used Europa, I=99m looking for guidance to
help me understand its construction and maintenance. A sort of
=9Cmentor=9D if you will. I have never built a plane kit,
I=99m a fairly new low time private pilot that may very well be in
way over his head. But what I do know is that, I want to make my Europa
XS shine and be flying for years to come.
I purchased my Europa a little bit over a month ago and immediately
started to take it apart to learn about it. Since then I have managed to
fixed several wiring issues throughout the aircraft. However, now I
=99m getting into areas that I never worked with, example (such as
composite repair possibly de-lamination). Needless to say I have
questions on how to, what to use, etc..
If anyone here is willing to assist me by giving me advice or point me
to resources I can use through my project, please contact me.
Thank you
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