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Hi Marcel

I believe this is a fairly common problem if the fuselage has been parked in strong sunlight and got hot.

If you are a Europa Club member, there is an article in the Europa Flyer No 68 ...

Hi Brian

My Europa is not flying yet and as the original mounts supplied with the kit were 12+ years old, I decided it would be prudent to replace with new items when I fitted the engine.
A set wa ...

Hi All

I recently purchased new MT04 engine mounts from Europa.

However, on examination, I noticed that the bolt hole and the raised ring that locates in the engine frame are not in the centre o ...

Hi Graeme

I have sent you a PM.

Hi Rowland

My cowl had been trimmed by Nev when I collected it and was as shown in the picture.

I therefore assumed the intention was for the hinge to be riveted to the underside of the cowl and ...

Hi All

Clearing my garage, I have the following items available if anyone is interested, all unused and in original condition as supplied by Europa:

1) Adjustable NACA Scoop (x2) for fuselage si ...

Hi Kyle

Yes, oval PVC electrical conduit. Very thin wall - the type you bury in plastered walls.

I secured at the back of the wheel well and aft of the baggage bay. I used one for the brake pi ...

Hi Kyle

A couple of pics of my installation. I think you have it spot on.

I added some spiral wrap later to protect from chafing between the pipe, the rudder cables and wiring.

Hi Dan

A pdf attached of the "Epoxy Wipe" or "Skim Coating" method extracted from Wayne Hicks Cozy project.

There is also lots of great finishing advice on this forum from Bu ...

Hi Dan

The original web article can be found here:

http://curedcomposites.com/index.html

or the page on finishing here:

http://curedcomposites.com/finish.html

Another good article on fi ...

Hi Rod
Silmid UK sell a 200ml dual tube and a 1.4Kg kit.

Hi Rowland

Here is an old link to the Data Plate offered by the LAA:

http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/engineering/aircraft_id_plate.html

Not sure if they are still available but it m ...

Hi Rowland
I had the same advice from Nev.
I took off all the Gel Coat from the rebates, not only to give a good bond but the windscreens are slightly thicker than the rebates and taking the Gel Coa ...

Gents
Now I am confused.......
Are we suggesting that early kits were supplied with only 4 DL07 shoot bolt guides?
My kit, No: 497 was supplied around 2001 and certainly came with 8 guides.

Chap ...

Thanks to all for the info and pictures.

I was concerned that the spider collector pot would end up 'floating' on the hoses and that the coolant pipe would be sitting on the ring mount. However, f ...

Hi All

A quick question on the routing of the coolant hose from the collector pot south to the radiator.

My 912s as supplied has the collector pot sat on top of the crankcase (with the little ru ...

Hi Griffo
I’m sure you did not mean to, but comments such as “Oh well you can take a horse to water but cant make it drink" tend to come across as a bit of a put down because someone has fai ...

Thanks all for the good advice and experiences.

I trimmed for a nice gap all around and had several dry-runs before applying the glue. Also hot glued some spacers onto the door to aid accurate loc ...

Hi All

Just glued the Door glass, went easier than expected.

I have seen on this forum that some have put a thin layer of weave over the glued joint on the outside to prevent paint cracking.

...

Gents

The Europa Build Manual calls for a post-cure, see Chapter 37, Page 2, which states:

"The first thing that you need to do with your flying surfaces is post-cure them at a temperature ...