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1. 02:36 AM - Re: UK pilots - online GAR submission being trialled (Hitchflight)
2. 11:51 AM - Re: Socket size of wheel nut (Bud Yerly)
3. 02:17 PM - Re: Re: of interest (Bud Yerly)
4. 02:42 PM - Re: Socket size of wheel nut (Mike Christine Duane)
5. 07:33 PM - Re: Socket size of wheel nut (William Daniell)
6. 08:16 PM - Ground plane question... (Jeffrey Williams)
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| Subject: | Re: UK pilots - online GAR submission being trialled |
Hi Richard
No GAR required when leaving the U.K.
Except
If going to Isle of Man, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands
If you are travelling to those European Countries such as The Netherlands who fully
re-adopted the GAR system a few years ago. In this context your Skydemon
effectively helps populate the inbound Dutch document. A return outbound document
is also required. Keep electronic receipts. Cleverly the Sky Demon recognises
the extra need EU GAR need and when needed. It is not U.K. specific.
The Irish Republic have introduced a GAR: From my perspective there is a lack of
consistency of application of the rules within the Republic of Ireland. I am
certain the Irish would acknowledge that themselves. They are endeavouring to
remedy. Example Weston requires 24 hours notice and the compiling an Irish GAR
in addition to the U.K. GAR for both out bound and inbound. i.e. like we now
experience for The Netherlands. There is no exemption for the Common Travel Area.
The confusion comes about from different rules prepared in 2016 and now increasingly
applied. Initially these new proposed Irish rules did not take fully into
account that some Irish airports are publicly owned and some are privately owned.
Furthermore remember a lot of this reappraisal has occurred in readiness
for Brexit from the perspective of the Irish Republic.
That being said the Irish are incredibly welcoming and understanding.
The advice is to speak to the intended airfield of arrival and or use the forms
on the selected airfields website or indeed manual document creation.
The Irish officials themselves are grappling with the changes coming in.
Skydemon would normal automatically prompts the correct form for all countries.
The exception being Ireland where a manual download of an Irish Republic GAR
is necessary, at the moment (to be fair to Skydemon, the product assumes consistency).
Links below.
Official sources:
https://www.revenue.ie/en/tax-professionals/tdm/customs/Aviation-and-Marine/civil-aviation-manual.pdf
The new Republic of Ireland GAR
https://flyinginireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IrishGARForm.pdf
Looking forward. Further changes expected in 2020. And of course potential Brexit
may impact detail. Good idea to keep under review. As there may be changes
depending on which of the three types of airport/airstrip you use:
A. U.K. DESIGNATED: e.g. , Biggin Hill, Cambridge, East Midlands Airport. Noting
that these airports have a requirement to notify to book out.
B. GENERAL AVIATION AGREEMENT AERODROMES: e.g. Elstree, Tatenhill
C. PRIVATE AIRFIELDS AND AIRSTRIPS (Everywhere else) e.g. Coal Aston Airstrip
Each have a specific advance notification time or combination.
Trust that helps?
Will you be in Portugal when the Europa formation passes through in September?
Or maybe you may join our group led by David Park? Five Europas in the formation
to date. (Noting Spain now requires an AUTORIZACION VUELO EN ESPAA)
Regards
Bob
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| Subject: | Socket size of wheel nut |
A lovely old tool worth having on a trigear is Ford Wrench with the extende
d jaw, but hard to find since it went out of production in the 30s. A simi
lar wrench that works great is a parallel jaw, adjustable wide grip wrench
used by plumbers. Works the same just the handle is radial rather than par
allel. With a shaft/pipe inserted into your wheel, you can=92t get a socket
on the Matco nut. With one of these wrenches, it is easy to adjust and re
move the axle nut on both the new nose gear axle and then slide the nut/was
her, and whole wheel off the spindle, then block the spindle with a couple
4x4 blocks. See above how the jack and pipe into the spindle setup works.
Here is the radial wrench: Typically around $15.
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Best Regards,
Bud Yerly
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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:43:06 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Socket size of wheel nut
Im being lazy. Does anyone know the size the main gear wheel nut? (In
recent maintenance involving several people mine disappeared, i suspect it
took a trip, as thing often do in that situation)
Many thanks will
William Daniell
+1 786 878 0246
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Chris,
Once a project is finished it is very difficult to go back and make changes
. Painting prep is prep. To get a good primer finish, you have to sand/fi
ll/prime anyway. That is 95% of the job. Putting a final coat on is just
like one more coat of primer but it is shiny. I have an EAA member that cl
osed his paint shop on his farm but he still has a paint booth. Look aroun
d your area. I=92ve found paint shops are happy to put on a final coat. T
hey don=92t want to do the prep either.
Small add ons are not difficult after final paint. Flap covers can be glue
d on, you can make stall strips and just tack them on with sealant and they
look very neat and can be removed for maintenance. I use Imron paint, and
sealant like cheap Kwik caulk or GE silicone, will stick well, but are eas
ily cleaned off. There are plenty of small things done without destroying
the new paint. Good paint is easily touched up in a day. Base clearcoat t
end to suck as clearcoat is a bit soft and is damaged easily.
Nobody is lazier than I am. I stare at stuff often and take excessive coff
ee breaks staring at my airplane. Tough to jump on it and just get it done
, but once you get motivated, you jump on it. I just added a spring rudder
trim and took it out, and am modifying it again. It is experimental. I s
wapped props, spinners, wheel pant fairings, wing fairings and the like. I
made the panel easy to remove, with G10 FRP plates for easy changes and re
pair. Looks nice too. It=92s a plastic airplane, put your antennas where
you want and add and subtract equipment as you see fit. Putting the ELT in
a really solid spot in the aft fuselage where you can=92t get to it is not
smart. Make everything accessible, inspectable and maintainable so there
is not damage. Same with the engine compartment. It looks neat when you h
ide the 912 fuel manifold down in the area behind the engine until you have
to get to it again to clean out the FS O2. If you use MOGAS, you should p
ump it out and replace with AVGAS for storage as the MOGAS can get nasty, s
o make the fuel line break easy to get to easily so you can just turn on th
e AUX PUMP and =93git=92er=92done=94.
On to LSA. An Experimental Amateur Built (EAB) airplane that meets LSA cri
teria can be flown by a pilot exercising his right to fly under the LSA rul
es. Today we have the =93pilots bill of rights=94 and one can fly under wh
at is called =93Basic Med=94. So LSA is dead as far as I=92m concerned. G
et a basic med exam (one should get a physical one or twice a year anyway),
take a test every couple years and you are good to go. If you aren=92t he
althy enough to pass a basic med exam, you probably shouldn=92t be flying L
SA either.
Back to LSA aircraft. The Kitfox and Europa can meet LSA provided during p
hase one the plane was documented properly and the ID plate does not exceed
1320 pounds on the placard Wt., the Phase one sheet indicates the aircraft
is controllable clean at 45 Knots, and does not exceed 120 KIAS at Sea Lev
el at max continuous it is an LSA. Of course the aircraft has to be fixed
gear, fixed prop.
NOTE: Your Phase One sheet and the log book must document the LSA min and
max airspeed limits are met, so it can be flown by a pilot exercising his
right to fly LSA. If the builder adds a constant speed prop, cleans off th
e VGs and logs it in the aircraft logs, then the aircraft technically canno
t return to LSA status EVER. However, I have had guys tell the FAA that th
ey didn=92t know that, and the FSDO authorized a change of the aircraft bac
k to LSA with another FAA DAR rechecking the aircraft (for a fee) and anoth
er Phase one fly off to clear up his logbooks.
Of course I would never do anything like that!
Referencing those flexible fliers called factory built LSA aircraft:
There are pilots with a Class III medical that had their ELSA aircraft modi
fied to full Experimental Exhibition Class and with a =93Program Letter=94
to the FSDO, he flies anywhere he wants. In Exhibition Class you have to c
all the FSDO for every flight, no FSDO wants that, so you do a program lett
er indicating where you fly (like the CONUS). Remember, an ELSA is an SLSA
and must not deviate from the SLSA factory requirements. You can change p
aint color, but you cannot modify it outside of the SLSA equipment list wit
hout express permission of the manufacturer. What a stupid rule, but the E
LSA is strictly a some assembly required airplane, not a 51% EAB therefore
it is not a REAL Experimental. Also the pilots of the LSA aircraft were as
sumed to be 20 hour wonders or old guys that couldn=92t pass a medical to q
ualify for Basic Med.
Best Regards,
Bud Yerly
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onics.com> on behalf of n7188u <chmgarb@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 5:28:54 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Re: of interest
Bud,
You can tell I am bored :) I read the papers you posted and find the inform
ation fascinating. I always wondered if my Europa could be registered as an
LSA (not that I need to do that now but I am not getting any younger). it
seems from your write up that it should be possible to do. I still need to
read the whole in detail (at work now).
Can a plane that has been already registered as an experimental be changed
over to LSA? You mention in your paper that you can go for LSA at the begin
ning but what if you tell the airplane you are substantially modifying the
airplane and want to obtain a new Airworthiness Certificate?
Chris
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| Subject: | Re: Socket size of wheel nut |
I think they call that a Basin Wrench. Available at any Home Depot or Lowe
=99s.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 16, 2019, at 11:49 AM, Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
>
> A lovely old tool worth having on a trigear is Ford Wrench with the extend
ed jaw, but hard to find since it went out of production in the 30s. A simi
lar wrench that works great is a parallel jaw, adjustable wide grip wrench u
sed by plumbers. Works the same just the handle is radial rather than paral
lel. With a shaft/pipe inserted into your wheel, you can=99t get a soc
ket on the Matco nut. With one of these wrenches, it is easy to adjust and r
emove the axle nut on both the new nose gear axle and then slide the nut/was
her, and whole wheel off the spindle, then block the spindle with a couple 4
x4 blocks. See above how the jack and pipe into the spindle setup works.
>
> Here is the radial wrench: Typically around $15.
> <A08138C5550E42DD81FABDE48FCEA4BA.jpg>
> Best Regards,
> Bud Yerly
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
>
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@mat
ronics.com> on behalf of William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:43:06 AM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Europa-List: Socket size of wheel nut
>
> Im being lazy. Does anyone know the size the main gear wheel nut? (In
recent maintenance involving several people mine disappeared, i suspect it t
ook a trip, as thing often do in that situation)
> Many thanks will
>
> William Daniell
> +1 786 878 0246
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| Subject: | Re: Socket size of wheel nut |
Thats pretty neat....thank you. Up to now ive used an exhaust clamp on the
lower leg as a jacking point but your solution is much better.
Will
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 15:00 Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
> A lovely old tool worth having on a trigear is Ford Wrench with the
> extended jaw, but hard to find since it went out of production in the 30s
.
> A similar wrench that works great is a parallel jaw, adjustable wide grip
> wrench used by plumbers. Works the same just the handle is radial rather
> than parallel. With a shaft/pipe inserted into your wheel, you can
=99t get a
> socket on the Matco nut. With one of these wrenches, it is easy to adjus
t
> and remove the axle nut on both the new nose gear axle and then slide the
> nut/washer, and whole wheel off the spindle, then block the spindle with
a
> couple 4x4 blocks. See above how the jack and pipe into the spindle setu
p
> works.
>
>
> Here is the radial wrench: Typically around $15.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bud Yerly
>
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
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> *From:* owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <
> owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com> on behalf of William Daniell <
> wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:43:06 AM
> *To:* europa-list@matronics.com <europa-list@matronics.com>
> *Subject:* Europa-List: Socket size of wheel nut
>
> Im being lazy. Does anyone know the size the main gear wheel nut? (I
n
> recent maintenance involving several people mine disappeared, i suspect i
t
> took a trip, as thing often do in that situation)
> Many thanks will
>
> William Daniell
> +1 786 878 0246
>
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| Subject: | Ground plane question... |
Maybe this one is for Bud Yerly, but anyone can chime in.
I am installing instruments in my Europa XS and was told all transponders need
a ground plane. My research indicates a 12 inch circle of thin copper or aluminum
will do, but that the ground plane and the antenna should be outside the aircraft
so things like the engine and other metal stuff doesnt interfere with
the signal. I have a Mode C and a Mode S to deal withand a GPS and Comm antenna
too, but those dont seem to need a ground plane. I am being informed that these
antennas need to be at least 40 inches apart as well. Also, I have been told
that putting the antenna itselfoutside the aircraft and the ground plane inside
is a bad idea that screws up the signal.
Is any of this correct? What did you guys do?
Regards,
Jeff Williams
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