---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 08/23/21: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:39 PM - Re: Final Aileron Adjustment Question (William Daniell) 2. 07:01 PM - Tri gear firewall cooling optimisation (Brian Phillips) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:39:35 PM PST US From: William Daniell Subject: Re: Europa-List: Final Aileron Adjustment Question I second this - I followed the guide and it worked William Daniell LONGPORT +1 786 878 0246 On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 10:17 PM Richard Scanlan wrote: > Bud Yerly guide on the club website is a good guide to aileron setup > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 23 Aug 2021, at 02:04, Jeffrey Williams > wrote: > > One of the last things I needed to do before my first flight was to make > sure the ailerons are properly adjusted. > > My biggest question concerns the neutral position of the bell crank at th e > wing root. > > When adjusting this, should I have the trailing edges of ailerons align > with the trailing edges of the wing tips, as the build manual suggests, o r > should they be aligned with the trailing edges of the flaps, which make u p > a huge portion of the wings=99 actual trailing edges? > > The trailing edge of the flaps - in the hard =9Cup=9D positio n - are slightly > lower than the trailing edge of the little wing tip. So, as I see it, I > cannot align the ailerons to both. > > It would seem to me to make more sense to align with the flaps. But that > is NOT what the build manual says to do. How critical is this? Given that > the manual says ailerons go up 23.5=C2=B0, it seems this could make a > difference. > > Aligning with the flaps, I meet the tolerances in Annex E based on the > wing tip. > > Any thoughts? I would appreciate any helpful comments. > > Regards, > > Jeff Williams > Builder A157 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:01:11 PM PST US From: Brian Phillips Subject: Europa-List: Tri gear firewall cooling optimisation I'm building an XS Trigear, and am trying to work out the firewall install, Bud recommends the repositioning of the nose gear aft of the trigear trapeze, to provide 100 square inches of air exit area, which greatly helps with cooling. I am thinking of incorporating it in into the xs trigear cockpit module bulkhead. Not sure if I should use ACS firewall 2000 kit, or 0.4mm Stainless sheet or both. Does anyone have any shots of what they have done? I'm not really sure what to do here. Brian Phillips Downunder || ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.