In preparation for glassing in the gas tank into the cockpit module today I was cleaning out the tank when I discovered a hole on the top seam, left hand side, just before the corner. It appears that
Yes. I've installed the Whelen 600 Strobe/Nav/Position combo on mine. This light takes care of strobe, nav, and position lighting in one neat package. There might be a better way, but what I did seem
I'm happy to announce the replacement tank has arrived, 3 days after I discovered the flaw in the original tank UPS was knocking on my door. Kudo's to John Hurst in Forida and Andy Draper in the UK f
And don't be surprised if you have to stop at Agricultural Inspection Station when you cross the Florida line if you drive your rental truck into Florida. I didn't know I was supposed to stop when I
Greetings to the new forum host. I was working on fitting my wings to the cockpit module today in prep for bonding spar cups in place and I can't seem to get the wings to pin to the cockpit module. T
Thanks to all for the responses. I'm wondering if it's possible to heat the bush, mount the wings and tap the bolt through while the bush is hot and the Redux plyable thereby "reseating" it. Since I'
Thanks again to all forum folks for the input. Today, with a little help from my girlfriend Susan, I was able to get both pins in and the spar cups bonded. She wiggled the wing up and down, fore and
Has anyone installed an aileron trim servo? John Hurst tells me it's a nice addition if you fly alone frequently. I'm at the point where I'd need to install it. Comments? John Lawton Dunlap, TN A-245
Greetings all. In recent days I've been trying to join the Europa club, but the e-mails keep coming back as undeliverable. If the club secretary is reading this forum, please drop me an e-mail with i
Greetings all. I've been pondering whether or not to use a fuel sight guage, using a mechanical guage mounted in the top of the tank instead. And whether to just forego the guage altogether and use a
Any idea how he gets the guage to read the contents of the tank below the level of the bottom of the guage? I think these bead type guages have to be even with the tank and the same length as the tan
While I'm a long way from needing a trailer, I have been giving it some thought. My plan is to use a commercially available covered trailer. (For those on this side of the pond think Wells Cargo, Hau
Greetings all, I was doing some planning regarding routing of wires yesterday, particularly in the area where the installation of my main gear (tri) will be, and I noticed that the manual flow chart
We had a guy come through our field (sailplane guy) last spring with a very neat wing stand that captured the wing by the LE and TE, pivoted the wing --From the horizontal to the vertical, and had wh
Duane, One of my ailerons, pre-skinned from the factory, was 5/8" longer than the other one and wouldn't fit the corresponding wing. Comparing it to the wing by holding one end in place, then the oth