---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/14/21: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:26 AM - Re: Securing the aircraft (Hal Carpenter) 2. 11:52 AM - Re: Mandatory U.K. LAA permit directive. Shoot-Bolt stop (budyerly@msn.com) 3. 12:22 PM - Re: A List Contribution - It's Your Personal Squelch Button... (Matt Dralle) 4. 01:18 PM - Oil temperature issue during climb (HB-YNK) 5. 03:47 PM - Re: Oil temperature issue during climb (rparigoris) 6. 05:38 PM - Re: Oil temperature issue during climb (Bud Yerly) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:26:34 AM PST US From: Hal Carpenter Subject: Re: Europa-List: Securing the aircraft I'm interested. On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 12:02 AM fklein@orcasonline.com < fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote: > > > On Nov 28, 2018, at 3:38 PM, William Daniell > wrote: > > Has anyone got a clever solution for securing the aircraft doors - for > example in a strange airport overnight? > > > Will, > > Under some guidance from a locksmith, I=99ve installed those cylind rical key > locks often seen on vending machines. > If you=99re interested, I=99ll pull the interior cover plates and take some > photos of the catch which prevents retraction of the shoot bolt. > > Fred > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:52:58 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Mandatory U.K. LAA permit directive. Shoot-Bolt stop From: "budyerly@msn.com" Im about to upset everyone, but Ill be the bad guy. Many of us have expressed opinions about the latest LAA Mod 15833 from the LAA and the directives mandatory time frame to install. Some have complained the Europa door loss has disturbed the controlling agencies quiet bureaucratic life thereby forcing engineering solutions to be implemented on the double. My desire is not to upset everyone, Im not intending to, but more of a reminder of pilot responsibilities and training. The UK Europa fliers have lost 8 doors in roughly the last year. In the US, I see or hear of about one door lost every other year or slightly longer. This is a real problem for the Europa community. If we were teenagers, it is like taking the family car out and riding around and you are driving a bit too fast for the T intersection and hit a curb and wall damaging the right front wheel and suspension of the car also. Costing the family perhaps thousands and increasing insurance rates (perhaps loss of insurance) and weeks of downtime. The curb you hit is in the historic district of your town. So, you get grounded, no car privileges and out money as Dad insists you learn the lesson and pay for your mistake. The mayor has had 8 traffic incidents in this area and directs the city hall to make a law forbidding traffic in this area unless a special collision avoidance equipment system is purchased and installed on all vehicles transiting the historic district. I know that is a bit much of an example, but lets take a rather subjective view of objective data from the Europa door loss incidents. Ill condense this down to the vitals and put out a pdf on my website and perhaps the Club will pick it up. If Andys and my data are correct, this may be an essential for our second hand owners to review. No pilot worth his salt ever turned down training about his aircraft. If you care to, read the attached draft pdf in work that has more of the details. None of us have all the answers. But our cumulative collaboration may drastically reverse a current trend. Best Regards, Bud Yerly Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=504345#504345 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/europa_door_loss_compressed_431.pdf ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:18 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Re: Europa-List: A List Contribution - It's Your Personal Squelch Button... There was a bug in the Squelch function, which I fixed yesterday. Should work from now on. Matt Dralle At 11/13/2021 11:10 PM Saturday, you wrote: > >So, I made a contribution but keep getting theses? > >www.quintadocobral.com >935840448 > > > On 13 Nov 2021, at 19:51, Matt Dralle wrote: > > > > > > There is an automatic "squelch button" of > sorts for the Fund Raiser messages. Here's how > it works... 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For example, if someone > replies to one of the messages, when using the > List Browse feature, or when accessing List > message via the Forum. The system keys on the > given email address and since most of these are > anonymous public access methods, there is no simple way to filter them.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:18:01 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Oil temperature issue during climb From: "HB-YNK" Hi all, I'm having some trouble with my oil temperature during climbing. The oil temperature rises quite fast into yellow arc and would rise further without interrupt the climbing phase. During horizontal flight everything is good. I do have an Rotax 914, with the lowered oil radiator and a small lip at the outlet behind the radiator. Last flight was below zero degrees and still a big issue. I guess it all comes from the angle of attack, that gives turbulence's into the main air channel. Do you have any ideas how I could improve this issue? How about removing the oil thermostat? Many thanks Marcel __________________________ XS Mono, Rotax 914, HB-YNK -------- _____________________________________ Marcel Bodmer Europa XS Monowheel HB-YNK Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=504349#504349 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:47:26 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Oil temperature issue during climb From: "rparigoris" Hi Marcel I'm sure others will chime in, but here's some info from someone not yet flying XS Mono with 914: If you didn't already do so, read Bud's excellent Cooling 101 on Club Website. Let's start at the radiator intake: Did you smooth out just inside cowl? Foam and glass is what we did. As far as radiator duct, it needs to be sealed really well. We used Mcfarland Cowl Saver Baffle seal which has a Teflon coating on opne side, you can score it to allow for better bending. You can score both X and Y for compound curves. We needed to glass better contact surface in a number of areas to get good sealing. We used Silicone foam to seal radiators to duct and radiator to bottom cowl. We sealed the oil lines to the radiator duct by installing 2 layers for firesleeve. We have a cowl flap that completely closes and opens with bottom at a 30 degree angle hanging down from cowl in down position. We have the radiator duct sealing really well to cowl on their 3 sides. https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9V0necoDcgMalF8veN https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9V0z_WjtOJmsdYoYhf https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9V3HOK0271vAgyWHMQ https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah1S270Nwg9V02UKAAsv6tfJCRbh Good Luck Ron P. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=504351#504351 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:38:59 PM PST US From: Bud Yerly Subject: RE: Europa-List: Oil temperature issue during climb Marcel, If you have dropped your Mocal oil cooler supplied by Europa, as Ron said, ensure you seal your duct bottom, and sides. As you know the oil cooler is not as wide as the glycol cooler. The gaps between the metal duct and the fiberglass cowl must be closed or oil cooling is ineffective. If you shine a light you should only see light coming through the fins. No where else. Also, as a reminder, please check your oil temperature sender. I use a separate thermocouple or infrared thermometer to verify the sender/gauge is working correctly. You can swap the oil and cylinder sensors if you suspect the oil temp probe is not working. See my troubleshooting manual on my website www.customflightcreations.com If the ducting is tight, and the sender is good, you potentially have a supply or return blockage. If you have an oil thermostat in the line, it may be not working properly or closed so the return line is blocked by the thermostat. It is possible to incorrectly hook up the oil lines creating a restricted flow. Also check your oil tank vent line is clear and not holding pressure. Personally, my 914 even in hot climates never runs over 250F degrees on a hard climb. Normally the glycol will climb to 245F (roughly boiling point in the heads) well before the oil gets to the limit. I hope you find the issue. Best Regards, Bud Yerly -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com On Behalf Of HB-YNK Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 4:18 PM Subject: Europa-List: Oil temperature issue during climb Hi all, I'm having some trouble with my oil temperature during climbing. The oil temperature rises quite fast into yellow arc and would rise further without interrupt the climbing phase. During horizontal flight everything is good. I do have an Rotax 914, with the lowered oil radiator and a small lip at the outlet behind the radiator. Last flight was below zero degrees and still a big issue. I guess it all comes from the angle of attack, that gives turbulence's into the main air channel. Do you have any ideas how I could improve this issue? How about removing the oil thermostat? 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