---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 09/22/20: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:30 AM - Re: How to properly hoist a Europa Trigear (John Wighton) 2. 03:34 AM - Re: Re: How to properly hoist a Europa Trigear (Karl Heindl) 3. 03:50 AM - Re: Undercarriage (Justin Kennedy) 4. 08:15 AM - Re: Undercarriage & Flap Lever on the XS Mono Wheel (Erich Trombley) 5. 09:32 AM - Re: Re: Undercarriage & Flap Lever on the XS Mono Wheel (Pete) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:30:27 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: How to properly hoist a Europa Trigear From: "John Wighton" To supplement the taildragger modification we have developed (apologies to those who await more information on this topic), we developed a clamp on jacking stand. The problem with using the axle hole is that you cannot get the wheel and brakes completely off the aircraft. We have a design that clamps on, using the slight taper (of the original Europa legs or the Acroflight ones) to ensure it doesn't slide. Picture attached. It can be used with a trolley jack or small bottle jack. -------- John Wighton Europa XS trigear G-IPOD Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=498492#498492 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/europa_main_gear_clamp_001_262.png ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:34:42 AM PST US From: Karl Heindl Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: How to properly hoist a Europa Trigear Hi JOhn, A very neat design, but wouldn't work with leg fairings in place and requir es a certain amount of expertise and time to manufacture. The axle hole sol ution is very simple and cheap, and gets the wheel off completely in a matt er of minutes. Either way, it is useful to have a means of changing a wheel when touring. Karl ________________________________ From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com on behalf of John Wighton Sent: 22 September 2020 10:30 Subject: Europa-List: Re: How to properly hoist a Europa Trigear To supplement the taildragger modification we have developed (apologies to those who await more information on this topic), we developed a clamp on ja cking stand. The problem with using the axle hole is that you cannot get t he wheel and brakes completely off the aircraft. We have a design that clamps on, using the slight taper (of the original Eu ropa legs or the Acroflight ones) to ensure it doesn't slide. Picture attached. It can be used with a trolley jack or small bottle jack. -------- John Wighton Europa XS trigear G-IPOD Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=498492#498492 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/europa_main_gear_clamp_001_262.png ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:50:22 AM PST US From: Justin Kennedy Subject: Re: Europa-List: Undercarriage Hi Roddy, While our complicated retraction mechanism has stood the test of time the b ungie has reduced in its efficiency over time and while still easy to opera te it can be heavy when there is any additional G force. I now leave the U/ C retraction until further up the climb. Then a deft forward move on the st ick will produce a slightly reduced G and the U/C comes up really easily. I t takes a few goes to get this trick off without lurching forward but done right it makes light work of the retraction and is hardly noticeable to the spectator. I can=92t see why this would not work on the conventional arran gement. If one tightened the bungie so the lowering would require more forc e than the retraction then the skill would be to add a little G when loweri ng the U/C. Next time I have the firewall plates off I will tighten the bun gie like this though getting it exactly right may prove difficult. This mak e sense because as I approach the overhead I am climbing slightly to bleed off the speed. A timely lowering of the U/C as the speed reached U/C operat ing speed would use the additional G to assist the lowering. Yet another skill to set us mono pilots apart. Just my halfpenny=92s worth. Cheers Justin G-ZTED Mono Classic, 912S, Airmaster Prop, Warp drive blades. Kit No:15 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:15:50 AM PST US From: Erich Trombley Subject: Europa-List: RE: Undercarriage & Flap Lever on the XS Mono Wheel Hello James, If I understand your email correctly the issue you are having is with moving the lever out of the up gate in order to lower the gear. That being the case I offer the following suggestions, neither being a mod, however. First, try tightening the bungee. This greatly reduces the force necessary to not only raise the undercarriage, but also the forward force required to move the lever out of the up gate. Secondly, I have found that if I unload the wing by pushing the control stick forward, the undercarriage lever will float forward off of the up gate allowing easy extension of the gear. Typically, I perform this maneuver by first, pulling the power back and then raising the nose to maintain altitude, as speed drops below the flap extension speed push the nose over and at the same time lower the gear as you feel the lever move forward off of the up gate. Works a treat. Regards, Erich N28ET Classic Mono 914 ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more Romney's Decision All but Seals the Deal for Court Pick http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a14d68a0eb14d534fcst02duc1 Graham's Flip-Flop May Help Save His Seat http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a14d6aedaf14d534fcst02duc2 Utah Cop on Bodycam: 'It's Going to End in a Shooting' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5f6a14d6d52c914d534fcst02duc3 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:32:24 AM PST US From: Pete Subject: Re: Europa-List: RE: Undercarriage & Flap Lever on the XS Mono Wheel I concur on all points! :) -pete > On Sep 22, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Erich Trombley wrote: > > > Hello James, > > If I understand your email correctly the issue you are having is with moving the lever out of the up gate in order to lower the gear. That being the case I offer the following suggestions, neither being a mod, however. > > First, try tightening the bungee. This greatly reduces the force necessary to not only raise the undercarriage, but also the forward force required to move the lever out of the up gate. > > Secondly, I have found that if I unload the wing by pushing the control stick forward, the undercarriage lever will float forward off of the up gate allowing easy extension of the gear. Typically, I perform this maneuver by first, pulling the power back and then raising the nose to maintain altitude, as speed drops below the flap extension speed push the nose over and at the same time lower the gear as you feel the lever move forward off of the up gate. 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