I am looking for a second hand, hand held GPS unit, preferable a Garmin GPS MAP 195, but would consider similar units. Although I live in New Zealand, I will be travelling to the US and UK in the nex
I've been mostly just lurking here for nearly a year now, taking in the information and comments. I've also been doing the same on a couple of other kit plane mail lists, and following the progress o
This may not be of any use just yet, but the following may be of interest in general terms. A New Zealand company has recently developed a new anodising process that can be applied to magnesium alloy
I'm considering doing some study while waiting for my kit to arrive. I am considering a couple of books. These are: Composite Construction for Homebuilt Aircraft by Jack Lambie (1996) or Understandin
Chris, The new site looks great. A big improvement on the old one. Hopefully the new site will be expanded to include a resources section for builders and owners. Rob Waters kit 437 Tri-gear ZK-ROB
It's great to see so much progress with the Wilksch project. I see that another aero diesel engine flew in the UK in December in a Luscombe 8A. It was a 2 cylinder 100hp unit from Diesel Air. There i
Rowland, I can confirm that Norman's NZ based Europa is flying with the marking N13NM as Tony suspected. There was a photo of the aircraft in a local publication recently. Rob Waters
The detailed and well thought out responses to the Tail Twist occurrences are much appreciated by those of us yet to reach that point. Can anyone with later XS kits confirm that the factory corrected
Is anyone else having a problem accessing Europa Aircraft's web page at the moment, or am I just doing something wrong. All I get is: "europa-aircraft.co.uk Home Page Coming Soon." Rob Waters
Ferg, I agree with almost all that you say, but currently on the disadvantage side for the diesel you have to add purchase price. This may reduce with time. And I think they have a way to go yet befo
Bob, I picked up one of the new Jabiru 3300 spec sheets at Sun'n Fun. Apparently the major change is with the inlet manifold, and the result is higher power at lower rpm. Max hp of 120 is now shown a
I'm not sure if this will be of any use to anyone, but I picked up a flyer at Sun'n Fun this year from Kuntzleman Electronics in the US who manufacture light-weight strobe units and also sell some co
Carl, That thought has also crossed my mind. I'm glad that this issue is getting some discussion, and if anyone knows of a flaw in using this alternative method, they will let us know. I've seen what
I've mentioned this to Tony. He does get the messages, but somehow his second address at hotmail is linked in and the system doesn't seem to like it. I think that he's away on a trip at the moment. R
Alan, I don't believe that all Tri-gears have been grounded. Europa have issued an instruction to Tri-gear owners to check the specific weld that failed, and not to operate the aircraft if any cracks
A couple of months ago I visited Allan Bowden in Victoria Australia, who has what I believe is the first flying Europa fitted with a Jabiru 3300 engine (much to Bob's frustration). At that stage, the