RE: Europa-List: Flap operation - trigear

[Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com>]

Duncan,
Mechanically, I'm not a fan of the manual flap bar.  I also do not like a s
low actuator.
Attached is my aircraft flap drive modification.  Of course, you will need 
modification approvals and do some research on your own.  The Motion Indust
ries unit I use is fast, powerful, but I had to work with them to get the r
ear support hole the way I wanted it so I could use the basic Europa bracke
t to attach it to the floor.  I also had to cross drill the head to prevent
 it from unscrewing while being careful not to let Motion know it is in an 
airplane, they don't want to sell one even if it is experimental aircraft.

Ah litigation.  Anyway, I am happy with this type of fast servo.  Perhaps a
 bit of looking you may find one.  It is easier running wires than making a
 flap bar with all its supports and linkages.  Although it would be a fun e
xercise.

Good Luck.

Bud Yerly

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@matr
onics.com> On Behalf Of D McFadyean
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Flap operation - trigear


The former.

On a related question, has anyone replaced their electric flaps with a manu
al system (but not the mono system of levers and rods)? 
The Motion Systems servo requires increasing amounts of commutator cleaning
 (now down to about 10 hour cycles, which is too much, and has been a probl
em on RVs too).

Duncan McF.

> On 15 June 2021 at 11:30 flyingphil2 <philipjtiller@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A quick question for tri-gear owners.
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> Do you lower your flaps by holding your finger down on the flap switch un
til the motor drives the flaps to the correct setting?  
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> Or
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> Do you have a clever switch that you can just press and let go and the mo
tor drives the flaps to half flap, followed by another press to drive the f
laps to full flap?
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> Read this topic online here:
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