Paul,
I just tried to access your website but can't get to it. I hope you are
not shutting it down for good. It is a great resource for other builders
like me.
Actually I was looking for the information on how much Redux you have
used for closing one wing. I am finally getting there after
concentrating more on the fuselage before. (I built out of sequence.) I
have about a 1/2 can of the yellow paste left. Originally I thought to
substitute with the stuff from Aeropoxy but after the recent postings I
do not want to mess with the wine skin anymore. I suspect a lot of
flexing and sheering forces on the wings.
Regards
Michael Grass
A266 Trigear 914 Woodcomp 3/3000
Detroit
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul McAllister
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:25 AM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: WARNING - Europa/Rotax 912/914 Owners.
Hi,
If you take a look at http://europa363.versadev.com/ under January
2004 you can see a few pictures of what I did. I re routed one of the
oil hoses to run on the port side of the motor, across the back of the
engine mount and up into the oil container. I used Teflon braided
Aeroquip 666 hose.
So far this has held up fine for 600 hours.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Brian
Hutchinson
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:35 AM
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Subject: RE: Europa-List: WARNING - Europa/Rotax 912/914 Owners.
So... Has anyone got a satisfactory solution to this design
disaster??
Brian Hutchinson
Mike
Your timely warning reminds me of a similar but different problem
found on my 912ULS at last permit renewal. One of the coolant pipes was
found to be burnt by an exhaust downpipe. The damage was confined to the
heat shielding which had burnt right through and was about to burn
through the rubber hose. Basically, the hose routing was too close to
the downpipe - a previous owner had wrapped it up with heat shielding to
compensate. An extra reason why this was alarming was that a 912-engined
DynAir Banbi in the same hanger had recently suffered a complete loss of
coolant through an identical problem (the owner lived to tell the tale
but had his wallet lightened by an expensive engine rebuild). I believe
Mike Gregory has some gory photos of the damage.
Happy flying
Willie Harrison (G-BZNY)
On 8 Apr 2007, at 20:01, Mike Parkin wrote:
Hi Guys,
For all Europa owners with Rotax 914.
Just preparing to incorporate Mod 72 and took the opportunity to
have a good look around. I found one of the oil pipes badly charred by
No1 cylinder exhaust pipe. The pipe concerned is the one that connects
the oil cooler to the oil pump. Fortunately, when I installed the pipe I
fitted some heat shielding from 'Demon Tweaks' - the heat shield was
burned through and the pipe was just starting to be affected.
On initial installation the pipe did not touch the exhaust, so the
bend must have eased during use.
Looking at the installation, it seems that a slightly shorter pipe
after the bend where it connects to the oil pump should solve the
problem.
Hopefully, this is a one off and my aircraft is the only one
affected.
But I thought all you chaps might like to know. It is worth a quick
look - a burst oil pipe in this position could be very dangerous.
Kind regards,
Mike Parkin (G-JULZ)
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