I would also like to put my 2 pence in , it strikes me that a lot of members/owner don't appreciate the work that Europa 04 does and waste an awful lot of time trying to reinvent the wheel so to spea
It may seem a long way to go but you couldn't do much better than Mick Allen & Sons Ltd . Turweston Airfield, Brackley, Northants. They are in a purpose built building right next door to the PFA offi
Fred Have a word with Roger at E04 [He is in the office Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays] before you glue it up for good, the one thing I have learnt building my Europa is that as soon as you have put s
Hi, relax you have in effect shrunk the bush into the hole and made a good engineering fit. What you need to do now is ream out the bush to the size of the shaft that fits it. If you don't have a rea
Hi I am still building my XS Tri-gear with a long way to go. I have just finished fitting the tie bar and rear wing mounts etc. I picked up an angle drill attachment complete with flexible drives 2 o
To my mind the most important thing about positioning the aileron brackets in the module is to insure they line up correctly with the mating bellcranks on each wing. Before doing anything else mount
Hi I don't know about the club reamer but you are welcome to borrow mine. I live in the midlands close to Daventry, contact me at r.collings@onetel.net Regards Richard -- Original Message -- From: "f
Hi David, I hope to be able to fly in if other commitments allow so please let me have any special joining instruction. I will be flying a C172 as my Europe's still a pile of bits! -- Original Messag
Hi . I was not sure weather to lubricate the tufnol bearings myself so I backed two horses. I made provision to oil both ends by drilling 1mm dia holes into each bearing and a small access hole into
Carl Hi. Its not a dumb question at all, but one that you will have answered to when you have completed the PPL licence endorsement cause for complexes aircraft, i.e., those fitted with a variable pi
Hi I was advised by Nevel Ayres to first complete the reinforcement of the cockpit on both sides, then cut and shape the 4 ribs for each undercarriage leg using some stiff cardboard to make templates
I had the same problem and was told to remove the foam locally from the inside of the fuselage where it was contacting the torque tube and then patch over the exposed area with 2 ply of bid there by
Hi David , I am not interested in buying your prop as you can see I am along way off across "the pond" but your email has prompted me to ask the question "which prop and how many blades" ? You obviou
Hi, Have you tried adapting a sash clamp to press the tube into the hole. This is how I fitted mine but before mounting the frame in the fuselage which made the job easer. You would need to cut the s
Paddy, Just a short note to thank you for initiating the DOTH to Turweston last Saturday, although sans plane and medical I was able to drive there and catch up with a few of you and meet some new me
I am just about to embark on doing this mod, [I have yet to inform my inspector poor chap!] . I have the kit of parts and subject to my inspectors approval should start work in a couple of weeks. If
I have fitted 5/16 aluminium pipe for all my pipe runs except the tank drains which are in 1/4 and use 2 of the same type of fittings as supplied with the tri-gear brake kit . I have used AN fittings