Sue and I need to decide on our panel soon, essentially, although both we and the Europa are limited to VFR operation, we want a full panel if only as a get-back-safely option. Cost is a factor for u
Robin & Rowland, I think there must be more than a few female Europa builders/pilots - Sue, for one, is a builder and is a wizz with layups- I just get to help- and I don't get to hog the P1 seat whe
You could always try a chandlers There are quite a range of larger plastic fuel cans available. (for instance; http://www.force4.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Dinghy_Accessories___P umps__Tanks__Sl
Free to Good Home! We have (at last!) finished with our cradle and would like to pass it on to the next lucky owner. It is an excellent wooden Chuck Popenoe type cradle, plus wheels, which we acquire
Sue and I are approaching time to bond the windows in (which probably means we're no where near it, but just haven't realised how much more there is to do first!) It would seem like a good time to ge
Well it was news to me. I was summoned by Her Majesty's valiant Customs and Excise investigation team to explain my temerity in seeking to reclaim duty paid on exported fuel, depriving Mr Brown of th
Carl has a good point- Like so many others I lost out from the demise of EMIL not nearly so badly as some, perhaps if I had I would be more angry and like most people. I simply don't know any of the
Paul, I was interested in the XCOM which seemed to be ideal for our purposes and reportedly rather better than the Microair. I wrote to Michael Coates at XCOM who replied thus: -- Hello Bill, the UK
Do you mind telling us how much the carpet cost you Steve? We're not ready for the trimming yet, but the kits do seem surprisingly expensive. Or am I missing something? Cheers Bill & Sue
Plan A was to go with the 912s and a CS prop. Now it looks like we are about to become the owners of a 80Hp 912 in excellent nick with 300-odd hours on it because the it has run out of life (years no
If you push a suitable rod (small screwdriver) up through the drain hole it will retract the locking balls and push the pip-pin up without needing any special tools. This way you can make the pip pin
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:50:38
The recent discussion on propellers has been really illuminating but inevitably I now realise how little I know about propellers in general. I had in mind the Woodcomp for our trigear -but inevitably
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:39:45
Does anyone have an Autocad drawing of the panel they'd be prepared to post please? I was intending to potter about with an Autocad drawing of my panel partly because I'm a bit limited on what I can
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:01:59
Alfred, Thanks Alfred, that's exactly what I need but, despite your extremely swift response, Vaughn Teegarden just beat you to it!- I've just responded to a similar offer from him. So it's very kind
As it happens, Sue and I will be in NZ too 18/2 to 22/3. No schedule yet but happy to meet up if our paths cross and this turns into a Europa convention! we are en-route already so best contact is em
Frans, Your experience sounds familiar. Sue and I found cheap bifocal sunglasses to be the best flying accessory we ever bought (from about 10 here and not very trendy to be honest, but I did buy som
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:49:18
You may already be aware that Ampreg 20 is no longer produced and the replacement is Ampreg21. (I was not !) I spoke to Martin Armstrong at Gurit (Ne SP Systems) who was very helpful and informative,
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:21:15
David, If you are anywhere near me (Aylesbury, so must be closer than Ferg!)) I'm happy to turn out and provide some hands-on help if you think that would be useful. I suffer from the delusion that I
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:24:11
Dave, I'm afraid I can't help much with the length either as I haven't put the antenna in our our Europa yet ( I should be filling right now!) and anyway I ignored the Europa design (not that there i
Author: Bill & Sue <Billandsue@billbell.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:54:19
Rick, you can (sort of) get it in a transit- see the photo! But as Bob said, a 7.5 Tonne box van (with a tail lift) is just perfect - about 100/day. Take a friend and lots of straps and carpet or bla